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Foerster;' by Mr. Stainton. * Insecta Saundersiana, Diptera, part 2;' by W. W. 

 Saunders, Esq. A box of Cape insects, by — Eooper, Esq., through Mr. Spence. A 

 fine hornet's nest, found in an uninhabited cottage near Thornbury Park, Gloucester- 

 shire ; by H. W. Newman, Esq. 



H. W. Newman, Esq., Thornbury Park, Gloucestershire, and Herr Ernst A. Zuc- 

 kold, Halle, Prussia, were elected Members of the Society ; and Alfred Beaumont, 

 Esq., Huddersfield, a Subscriber. 



Mr. Spence, on the part of Mr. Ellis, exhibited some oak leaves attacked by two 

 different larvae, one of which was Lepidopterous, and the other, which had rolled up 

 the leaves, was Coleopterous. 



Mr. Rich exhibited some splendid Goliath beetles in the finest condition. 



Mr. E. Shepherd exhibited a bred specimen of Vanessa To, remarkable for the 

 nearly white colour of the wings towards the extremity. He mentioned that Mr. Bond 

 had a similar bred specimen ; and that Mr. Doubleday possessed another, taken at 

 liberty. 



Mr. Preston exhibited an Anthocharis Cardamines, recently captured, destitute of 

 the green markings on the under side. 



The President exhibited from his own garden, cases of larvae of Coleophora Heme- 

 robiella, which, as he had noticed, fed on the under side of pear-leaves. He had also 

 observed on the same trees larvae of C. nigricella, feeding upon the upper side of the 

 leaves ; another case-maker which fed at the base of the leaves ; and a fourth, with a 

 very rough case, which fed all over the leaves indiscriminately : besides a larva under 

 a transparent web, and some leaf-rollers. He also stated that he had again found the 

 once rare Lyda fasciata in considerable numbers, several species of Curculionida?, and 

 Cemiostoma scitella, all in his own garden, showing how many species might be found 

 in a small space. 



Mr. Augustus Sheppard exhibited a male Smerinthus Populi, found at liberty, 

 with a long appendage at the base of the right under wing, but distinct, apparently of 

 the same texture as the wing, and, like it, covered with scales. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited some cases of the larvae of Coleophora paripennella, found 

 on a fence at Brixton, where he had observed them to assume a position parallel to the 

 fence, by reason of the case being abruptly curved near the mouth. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited one of the larva-cases off Origanum vulgare, of which he 

 had spoken at the January meeting. It had been stationary since the middle of 

 March, but no insect had yet emerged. 



Mr. J. F. Stephens exhibited from his own garden specimens of Selandria seri- 

 cans, Hartig, a new British species of Tenthredinidae, and a male and female of Lyda 

 inanita. 



Mr. Saunders exhibited some rare Homoptera, and a moth accompanied by its 

 pupa-skin and transparent cocoon, similar to one exhibited by him at the meeting in 

 June, 1850; all received from Assam. 



Mr. Smith mentioned that he had seen a specimen of Gastropacha Ilicifolia, a new 

 British species, captured on heather at Channock Chase, Staffordshire, in the middle 

 of May, by Mr. Atkinson. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited several specimens of a new species of Mecinus, found in 

 company with Baris Atriplicis, about the roots of Plantago maritima, growing below 

 Gravesend ; also a new species of Limonius from oaks near Tooting. He likewise ex- 

 hibited fine specimens of Eupistcria carbonaria, recently taken in Perthshire by Mr. 



