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Proceedings of Societies. 

 Entomological Society. 

 November 5, 1860. — J. W. Douglas, Esq., President, in the chair. 

 Donations. 



The following donations were annonnced, and thanks ordered to be presented to the 

 donors:— 'Patent Office Reports: Agriculture,' for 1857,1858,1859; presented by 

 the United Stales Government. ' Twelfth Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of 

 Agriculture, with an Abstract of the Proceedings of the Countj' Agricultural Societies 

 to the General Assembly of Ohio: for the year 1857;' by the Board. 'Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, shewing the Opera- 

 lions, Expenditures and Condition of the Institution for the year 1858 '; by the In- 

 stitution. ' Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History,' Vol. vi.. Sheets 

 23 — 28; Vol. vii., Sheets 1 — 9;*by the Society. * Bibliographia libroruni Entomolo- 

 gicorum in America Boreali Editorum ; ' by the Author, W. Sharswood. ' Sitzungsbe- 

 richte der Konigl bayer Akademie du Wissenschaften zu Miinchen,' 1860, Heft 

 1 and 2; by the Academy. ' The Zoologist' for November ; by ihe Editor. 'Journal 

 of the Society of Arts' for October; by the Editor. ' The Farm and the Garden,' 

 Vol. ii. Nos. 19 — 21 ; by C. A. Wilson, Esq. 'Tbe Athenaeum' for October; bv the 

 Editor. ' De la Chasse des Hymenopleres ; ' by the Author, Dr. Sichel. ' The Jour- 

 nal of Entomology,' No. 2 ; by the Proprietors. Four specimens of Heliophobus his- 

 pidus ; by F. Bond, Esq. 



Exhibitions. 



The President exhibited Mycetoporus angularis, Rey and Mnlsant, a species not 

 hitherto announced as British, which he had taken in the mud on the coast near 

 Shoreham, Sussex, on the 7th ult. : he observed that the above authors described the 

 sixth segment of the abdomen in this insect as testaceous-brown, which did not ao-ree 

 with his examples; the insect had been previously taken by Dr. Power and Mr. 

 Waterhouse. 



Dr. Power sent for exhibition the following British Coleoptera, with the accom- 

 panying remarks : — 



Mycetoporus angularis, Rey and Muls. Cambridge, 1833. I have seen many 

 other specimens in possession of Messrs. Waterhouse, Douglas, Brewer, &c. 



Quedius infuscatus, Erich. Sent to me by Mr. Crotch for determination. Said 

 to be found about nests of Formica fusca. 



Ammcecius brevis, Erich. Taken by Mr. Hayward on the sands at Southport. 

 These three insects, I believe, have not hitherto been announced as British. 



Sphindus Gyllenhalli, Chev. Taken by C. Turner, iu a fungus in the New 

 Forest. This insect is figured by Spry and Shuckard, and described as found iu Sher- 

 wood Forest, but does not occur in Stephens or auy of our Catalogues ; neither have I 

 seen any British specimens except this. 



Rliizophagus nilidulus, Erich. Scotland. Distinguished from R. dispar, which I 

 Lave placed below it for comparison, by its larger size, cylindrical and convex form, 

 the red band at base of the elytra, and especially by the last segment of the abdomen 

 being deeply impressed beneath. 



