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into that part of the hole already excavated, the remains of the wood which they had 

 gnawed, and which they deposited there in the form of very minute saw-dust com- 

 pactly pressed together. They underwent all their changes in the body of the tree, 

 and the perfect insects continued gnawing their way until they emerged from their 

 prison through cylindrical holes nearly on the opposite side of that where the oviposi- 

 tor had been originally inserted. It is the dead tree only that the insect attacks, and 

 I do not apprehend therefore that any injury can occur to thriving plantations from 

 their peculiar habits : their food consists altogether of the wood of the tree in which 

 the eggs are laid, and the spruce-fir seems to be selected above all others as their fa- 

 vorite locality. — Oswald Mosley ; Rolleston Hall, September 27, 1850. 



Note on Lamia Textor. — A living specimen of Lamia Textor, which has been in 

 my possession about sis weeks, shows slight patches of mould on various parts of its 

 body, especially at the base of the elytra and insertion of the head. The cause is, no 

 doubt, the dampness of the earth in its cage, but I never before saw mould show it- 

 self on a living animal. I have never seen it noticed that this species produces an 

 audible creaking sound on being handled ; the insect, if seized by the body, bends 

 down its head and thorax, and on raising them the sound is heard ; it is very distinct, 

 and appears to be caused by the friction at the base of the thorax. — George Guyon ; 

 Richmond, Surrey, October 17, 1850. 



Capture of Dictyopterus Aurora in Scotland. — A report has recently obtained cir- 

 culation that Cucujus depressus had been taken in Scotland : this proves to be erro- 

 neous, as the specimen of the insect in question, and which is now in my collection, 

 proves to be Dictyopterus Aurora, a not very uncommon insect in Sweden, but hitherto 

 unknown as British. It is a beautiful addition to our Fauna, and was taken flying, in 

 Perthshire, by Mr. Weaver, in June last. — J.F.Stephens; Eltham Cottage, Foxley 

 Road, October 18, 1850. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



October 7, 1850. — G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors thereof: The ' Zoologist,' for October ; presented by the Editor. ' Entomo- 

 logische Zeitung,' for August and September ; presented by the Entomogical Society 

 of Stettin. ' Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France,' 1848. ' Troisieme et 

 Quatrieme Trimestres,' and 1849, complete. ' Insecta Saundersiana, or Characters of 

 Undescribed Insects in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. ; Diptefa, Part L, 

 by Francis Walker, Esq.' ; presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. A small collection of 

 Insects from Hong Kong ; presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq., Corresponding M. E. S. 



George Guyon, Esq., of Richmond and Ventuor, and Mr. Charles Potter, 6, Cole- 

 man Street, were elected subscribers. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some beautiful Lepidoptera, received from Mr. Bates, 

 collected by him at Ega, Upper Amazons, including a new species of Papilio, Hectera 

 Andromeda, a new species of Castnia, and a new Callithea ; also some Homoptera 

 and Diptera of curious form, and some conspicuous Staphylinidae. 



