3404 Entomological Society. 



1 Entomologische Zeitung' for December and January ; by the Entomological Society 

 of Stettin. ' Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,' Vol. xx., Part 2 ; 

 by the Society. ' Synopsis of the Cleridae of the United States ;' ' On the Pselaphidae 

 of the United States ;' ' Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from California ;' 

 'An Attempt to Classify the Longicorn Coleoptera of the part of America north of 

 Mexico ;' all by John L. Le Conte, M.D., and presented by the Author. Three spe- 

 cimens of a species of Bostrichus that feeds on Chinese bamboo cane ; by Mr. 

 Bowring. Phyllosoma clavicorne, one of the glass-shrimps, captured at sea, on the 

 passage from Central America to the South Pacific ; Zopherus mexicanus, caught on 

 an island in the bay of Fonseca, St. Salvador, and one of the Mutillidae ; all presented 

 by Miss Elizabeth Hornby. A collection of insects of all orders, from Shanghae ; 

 presented by Professor Thompson of Glasgow, through Dr. Carpenter. 



Mr. F. Cox, of Van Diemen's Land, was elected a Corresponding Member of the 

 Society. 



The President appointed Messrs. John Curtis, J. F. Stephens, and H. T. Stainton, 

 Vice-Presidents for the year. 



The President read the following "note from Mr. Spence, and exhibited the vase 

 and insects referred to ; the latter appear to be an undescribed species. 



18, Lower Seymour Street, February 2, 1852. 

 " My dear Sir. — I beg to send from Mr. Bowring, of ^the Board of Trade, for the 

 inspection of the Society, a Chinese carved vessel or vase of bamboo, the interior of 

 which has been much injured by one of the minute Bostrichidae, of which specimens 

 are gummed on the card in the box enclosed herewith, and of which Mr. Bowring 

 begs the Society's acceptance. I will thank you to let the vase be sent back to me, 

 that I may return it to Mr. Bowring, and also a note with the name of the beetle, if 

 it is a known species. If a new one it might be called Bostrichus (or whatever is its 

 modern genus) Bambusae. 



I am, my dear sir, yours very truly, 

 "J. 0. Westwood, Esq/' W. Spence." 



Mr. Curtis remarked that this exhibition was interesting, inasmuch as bamboo was 

 usually free from attacks of insects, and indeed, on that account the canes were im- 

 ported to make fences and for other purposes. 



Mr. Douglas, on the part of Mr. C. S. Gregson of Liverpool, exhibited a drawing 

 on rice-paper, by his friend Sylvester Diggles, Esq., of the British specimen of Gas- 

 tropacha Ilicifolia in Mr. Gregson's collection. The beautiful execution and softness 

 of effect of this drawing elicited great admiration. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited some specimens of Lithocolletis Carpinicolella, reared 

 during the last month by Mr. Stainton, from hornbeam leaves gathered in October 

 and November. Mr. Douglas remarked that it was a great advantage, by means of 

 heat, to rear such small species as this in the winter, when the collector had more 

 time to devote to setting them out, than the pressure of other captures in summer- 

 time would generally permit, and in insects of such delicacy it was a matter of im- 

 portance that this operation should be performed with nicety. 



The President exhibited a female of the Psyche, which Mr. Weaver, in a note reac 

 at a former meeting, sought to establish as a species distinct from P. opacella. Mr. 

 Weaver had informed him that Mr. Doubleday could not see the legs Mr. Weaver 



