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Mr. Tomes demonstrated the structure of the poison-gland which supplies the fang 

 in the "Rat-tail" of Sta. Lucia (Craspedocephalus atrox), from a dissection recently 

 made in a specimen which died in the Menagerie. Mr. Tomes' communication was 

 illustrated by drawings from the pencil of Mr. Flower, F.Z.S. 



The Secretary read three communications from Mr. Adams, on the genera Scutus, 

 Monotygma and Nematura: and the meeting adjourned to June 24. 



Evening Meeting, June 24. — John E. Geay, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the chair. 



Mr. Lovell Reeve communicated the description of a species of Bulimus from Bris- 

 bane, Moreton Bay, Australia, which he considered new to science, and which he cha- 

 racterized under the name of Bulimus Maconelli. The fine specimen from which 

 Mr. Reeve's description was drawn up, forms part of the collection belonging to the 

 Manchester Museum, and was exhibited to the meeting. 



The Secretary read some notes on the Birds of Madeira, which had been observed 

 by Mr. Vernon Harcourt, during his residence on that island. Mr. Harcourt's obser- 

 vations are to the effect that 30 species of birds breed in Madeira, and that 65 species 

 are occasional visitants, numbers which greatly exceed any previous account of the or- 

 nithological riches of the island. 



Mr. Westwood read a paper upon the dentition of the tiger beetles, which was 

 illustrated by several careful drawings of their structural peculiarities. 



Mr. Gray communicated a notice of the recent occurrence of Ryalecus Glesne, 

 which appears to become more common in the British Seas. 



The Secretary stated to the meeting that he had just received a large and interesting 

 collection of birds, mostly collected in Trinidad, from His Excellency, Lord Harris. 



Mr. Gould directed attention to some of the most interesting among them. 



The meeting then adjourned to July 8. 



July 8. — In consequence of the death of the President, no meeting was held. — 

 D. W. M. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



July 7, 1851. — J. O. Westwood, Esq., President, in the chair. 



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

 donors thereof: — ' The American Currant-moth, (Abraxas P Ribearia) ;' by Asa Fitch, 

 M.D. : 'A Catalogue with References and Descriptions of the (Homopterous) Insects 

 collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History, New York;' by Asa 

 Fitch, M.D. : both presented by the author. ' Transactions of the Linnean Society,' 

 Vol. xx. part 3: 'Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' Nos. 41— 44, pp. 49— 112: 

 * List of Members of the Linnean Society, 1850 : ' all presented by the Society. 

 'The Zoologist' for July; by the Editor. A Blatta and a Pentatoma, on which were 

 living larvae of one of the Tenebrionidae, imported from Abyssinia in a parcel of the 

 new vermifuge called "Kousso;'' presented by William Mansell, Esq. 



Mr. Edwin Shepherd exhibited specimens of Phibalapteryx polygrammata, Har- 

 palyce Sagittata, Eupithecia sparsata, Psecadia funerella, Cosmopteryx Lienigiella, 

 and a new species of Gelechia allied to dimidiella ; all recently captured at Burwell 



