3290 Insects. — Zoological Society. 



winter, but found that the insects only survived for a few weeks after development, and 

 in no case did I see them attempt to feed upon the beans. A gentleman of my ac- 

 quaintance planted a number of the beans, and found their vegetative powers but lit- 

 tle impaired by the drilling they had undergone. Some of the millers' men were 

 much astonished to find the meal, after passing through the stones, apparently alive, 

 and the " queer flies," as they termed them, taking wing and flying about the mill in 

 thousands. — Id. 



Tenacity of Life in Calandra granaria. — Having been often told by the loft-men 

 that it was impossible to drown the corn-weevil (Calandra granaria) I procured a large 

 supply, determined to submit them to a watery ordeal. The result showed me that 

 they are able to resist the action of water long enough for transportation to other coun- 

 tries by ocean currents, should we be at a loss to account for their dispersion by other 

 means. On the 1 6th of December last, I put the whole of the weevils into a glass, 

 and covered them with water. When I took them out, the weather being cold, I pla- 

 ced them on a warm mantel-piece. After sixteen hours' immersion I took out fourteen 

 weevils : in a very short time six were moving, the remainder having been swept down. 

 On the 18th I took out twenty-two, after forty-five hours' immersion : in an hour the 

 whole were quite active. On the 19th, of eighteen taken out, after being seventy hours 

 under water ; five walked off in two hours, eight showed symptoms of life, the others 

 being apparently dead. On the 20th nineteen were taken out, after being ninety-two 

 hours in the water ; of these, five revived in an hour, and at the end of two hours the 

 whole were quite active. I did not take out any more until the 23rd, when, towards 

 evening, I took out eleven, which had then been a hundred and sixty-four hours in the 

 water ; of these, four were moving in three hours, and the following morning I found 

 the whole alive, although not very active. On the 26th, after ten days' steeping, ten 

 were taken out, but only three of them revived, and those not till the following morn- 

 ing. On the 31st, seventeen were taken out after fifteen days' immersion; six of them 

 revived, but were forty-eight hours in doing so, and then were exceedingly languid, 

 moving about as if intoxicated. The remainder I allowed to remain in the water until 

 the 7th and 8th of January, but those, when taken out, appeared to be all dead. — Id. 



Capture of Astynomus JEdilis at Newcastle. — On the 29th of September last, I had 

 a living recently developed specimen (a female) of Astynomus iEdilis, Linn., brought 

 to me, which had been taken on board a grain-laden ship, discharging in our port 

 from Stettin. Two others were seen, but allowed to escape. This is so far interest- 

 ing, as it plainly shows how our Fauna is increased by our mercantile intercourse. — Id. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



Monthly General Meeting, October 2, 1851. — John E. Gray, Esq., V.P., in the 

 chair. 



Prof. E. Forbes and W. 0. Lamond, Esq. were elected Fellows. 



The Rev. B. Winthrop, F. I. Bladon, Esq., and W. R. Crawford, Esq., were pro- 

 posed as candidates for the Fellowship. 



The Report of the Council stated that several interesting animals had been added 

 to the Menagerie, and that a new building was in progress for the reception of the 



