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entomologicaij SMcrnoN. 



IN .Inno last, an excursion was taken to DnrsUiy, and, the 

 day being fine, many speoios were cn,ptnred, amonf"- 

 thorn being P. alsus, in groat profusion, P. gerymi, A. planta- 

 qinis, A. suhsoricoata, B. pandalis, and P. phceodactylus. 



In ,Tuly an excursion was taken to Ashoot Moor, near 

 Glastonbniy. Among oilier species taken, wore Acidulia 

 immulata, E. allmlatM, and larva of N. typhat in the stems 

 of reed mace, and Gasseda equestris in tlie stems of mint. 



At tbo winter meetings of the Section a largo number 

 of British and foreign species wei'o exhibited by different 

 members of the Section ; and at tho March meeting a paper 

 was I'oad by Mr. Griffiths on the Life TKslnry of Cicada 

 Si'ptemdocim, a North American spepies. 



(IROliGE HATIDTNG, ILm. Sec. 



GEOLOGTOAL SECTION. 



THERE havoboon three evening meetings of tho Section, 

 at which Professor Lloyd Morgan read papers in illus- 

 tration of geological principles : (1) On Denudation in iln 

 IkstmcMrc AsfcrU ; (2) On tlic Processes of Bec.onstruction ; 

 and (3) On tho Processes of AUoraiion, Consolidation, and, Mota- 

 m.orphosis. The papers were illustrated by diagrams, spoci- 

 nuitis, and microscopic sections. At one of these mo(!tings 

 lh(> l'r(>sid(Mit exlnl)it(Ml pyramidal pieces of pennant and 



