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of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' Vol. iv. No. 15 ; presented by the Society. 

 ' Exotic Butterflies,' Part 33 ; by W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., &c. ' The Entomo- 

 logist's Annual ' for I860 ; by the Editor, H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' The Zoologist ' for 

 January; by the Editor. 'The Athenaeum' for November and December; by the 

 Editor. ' The Literary Gazette ' for December ; by the Editor. ' The Journal of the 

 Society of Arts ' for December ; by the Society. ' Descriptions of some Asiatic Lepi- 

 dopterous Insects belonging to the Tribe Bombyces,' by Frederick Moore, Assistant to 

 the Natural-History Department of the Museum, India House; by the Author. 'List 

 of the Specimens of Lepidoplerous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,' 

 Part xix. Pyralides ; by the Author, Francis Walker, Esq. F.L.S., &c. ' Catalogue of 

 British Coleoptera,' sheets H and I ; by the Author, G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., F.L.S. 



Election of a Member and Subscriber. 

 J. W. May, Esq., 19, Clifton Road, St. John's Wood, was balloted for and elected 

 a Member of the Society ; and R. G. Keeley, Esq., II, Sydney Terrace, Marlborough 

 Road, Chelsea, and W. G. Pelerin, Esq, 28, Hertford Road, De Beauvoir Square, were 

 elected Subscribers to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited a large box of insects of various orders, sent from 

 Siara by M. Mouhot. 



Mr. Groves exhibited a specimen of Libellula pectoralis of De Selys, a dragon-fly 

 new to Britain, taken in June near Sheerness. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited a small Lepidopterous larva with eight ventral and two 

 anal prolegs, preserved in spirits, which he had received from a correspondent, who, 

 whilst asleep, was aroused by a smart bite inflicted on his instep, and who, on exami- 

 nation of the part afi"ected, discovered the larva exhibited. Mr. Westwood observed 

 that although some Lepidopterous larvae were known to be carnivorous, and many 

 species in confinement would devouv other larvje, yet, taking for granted that the larva 

 exhibited was the real culprit In this case, this was the first instance he had heard of 

 their attacking the human species. The larva appeared to be that of one of the Tineidae, 

 but there was no appearance of a case in which it might have resided. 



Mr. Westwood also exhibited an elytron of a beetle {Broscus cephalotes) received 

 from Sir C. Lyell, who had sent it to him as that of a " fossil" beetle, having been 

 obtained from Mundesley, in Norfolk, from a formation containing fish remains (as 

 Agassiz determined them) of extinct species, although associated with recent shells. 

 Mr. Westwood, however, had no doubt that the elytron was a recent one, and it was 

 not diflScult to account for it being found in such a situation, as the species is common 

 under marine rejectamenta on the coast, and it might readily be supposed that the 

 working of worms might have carried down so small an article as the elytron of a beetle. 

 The fact, however, possesses a certain interest in connexion with that of the flint arrow- 

 heads in the drift, which is attracting so much attention at the present time. 



Dr. Allchin exhibited a small flask, constructed of brass, for introducing small 

 quantities of chloroform into pill-boxes containing Lepidoptera, for the purpose of 

 killing them ; he and others had experienced much inconvenience in using chloroform 

 for this purpose when engaged in collecting, and the instrument exhibited was calcu- 

 lated to remove all difficulty, as by means of it a single drop could be introduced into 

 a pill-box without any risk of spilling or evaporation. 



Part 4 of the current volume of the ' Transactions,' recently published, was on the 

 table.— £. S. 



