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Proceedings of the Zoological Sot 



Monthly General Meeting, September 4, 1851. — E. J. Rudoe, Esq., in the chair. 



Richard Gibbons, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



H. E. Lord Harris, Governor of Trinidad, was elected an Honorary Member. 



Professor E. Forbes and W. 0. Lamond, Esq., were proposed as candidates for 

 the Fellowship. 



The Report of the Council stated that at the previous Meeting Messrs. W. Gra- 

 ham, H. Wilson, F. H. Gabriel, J. Blyth, J. Lubbock, C. S. Crowley, H. Heane, G. 

 Lenox-Conyngham, the Marquis d'Azeglio, Lord Burghley, M.P., W. Milner, Esq., 

 M.P., and Professor Percy, were elected Fellows ; and the number of visitors to the 

 Gardens during the month of August was 145,025. The total number of visitors dur- 

 ing the year has been 489,679. Among the donations to the Menagerie during the 

 month of August, one of the most remarkable is a Syrian bear, presented by Mr. Al- 

 derman Finnis. But by far the most important are a male and female tiger, which 

 have just been received from Bombay, and are a gift from His Highness the Guicowar 

 of Baroda. The support of this prince, who is one of the most powerful of Western 

 India, is to be regarded as another most fortunate incident in the history of the Soci- 

 ety, and has already added one of the most considerable desiderata in the collection of 

 Carnivora. The Society are greatly indebted to Col. Outram, Resident at the Court 

 of Baroda, to Mr. Davis, and to Mr. A. N. Shaw, F.Z.S., for the valuable services 

 which they have rendered in conciliating the favour of His Highness. — D. W. M. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



September 1, 1851. — J. O. Westwood, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Previous to the ordinary Meeting, a Special General Meeting was held, at which 

 a revision of the Bye-Laws was made. Oue of the alterations was, that a new class 

 of Members, called Associates, should be created, for the express purpose of admit- 

 ting working entomologists to the advantages offered by the Society's Meetings, Li- 

 brary, and Collections. 



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

 donors : — ' Entomologische Zeitung ' for July and August ; by the Entomological 

 Society of Stettin. ' Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou,' 

 1849, No. 4, 1850, No. 1 ; by the Society. ' Abhandlungen der Mathemat.-Physika- 

 lischen Classe der Kcenigliche Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenchaften,' Band v., 

 Abth. 1, and Band vi., Abth. 1 ; Munich, 1851 : « Bulletin' ditto, 1847, Nos. 1—35 : 

 by the Academy. ' Melitemata Entomologica,' auctore Dre. Frederico A. Kolenati, 

 Fasc. 1 ; Petropoli, 1845 ; by the Author. ' On the Hessian Fly,' by Dr. A. Fitch ; 

 by the Author. ' The Athenaeum ' for July ; by the Editor. 'The Zoologist' for 

 September; by the Editor. A selection from the Hymenoptera collected at the Isle 

 of Wight and exhibited at the last meeting ; by Mr. F. Smith. Four specimens of 

 Lobophora polycommata ; by Mr. T. H. Allis. Two specimens of Cecidomyia Tritici, 

 and two of a new species of Cecidomyia ; by Mr. Brown, Burton-on-Trent. 



Alfred Beaumont, Esq., of Huddersfield, was balloted for and elected a Member 

 of the Society. 



Mr. White exhibited a specimen of the spider-like crustacean, Nymphon gigan- 

 teum, Goodsir (Stromii ? Kroyer), taken at a depth of twenty fathoms, in the sea on 

 the coast of Zetland. 



