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and the right hind-foot having a small round plate instead of the usual process ; and 

 the other example being a queen, in which one of the fore-pair of legs was exceedingly 

 short. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited specimens of (Ecophora lacteella, bred from corks of wine- 

 bottles by Mr. Felkin, and also reared by himself from nests of Bombus Raiellus, in 

 which the larvae fed upon the wax. He also exhibited Bombus nivalis, Zett^ a new 

 British species, taken in Shetland by Mr. John White ; and Pompilus variegatus, ta- 

 ken by himself last month near Wakefield, where the males were plentiful, but only 

 one female was captured. He likewise exhibited Batrisus venustus, one of the rarer 

 Pselaphidae, taken in the nest of Myrraica rubra. 



Mr. F. Grant exhibited several specimens of Hypera tigrina, a new British species 

 of Curculionidae, bred from wild carrot last July; specimens of Coleophora Onosmella, 

 found on Echium vulgare, and Sciaphila Perterana reared from larvae on heads of 

 groundsel ; all found near Dover last month : likewise Coleophora Hemerobiella, from 

 larvae found on pear trees at Putney. 



Mr. Wing exhibited part of a French wine-case, perforated by galleries of larvae, 

 probably of Cossus ligniperda. 



Mr. Waring exhibited specimens of Crambus uliginosellus and Penthina Caprae- 

 ana, bred from sallow from West Wickham, and Tortrix Viburnana. 



The President read descriptions of three new species of Paussus, from the collec- 

 tion of Herr Dohrn, President of the Entomological Society of Stettin. 



Mr. F. Smith read some ' Notes on the Development of Osmia parietina, and other 

 British Insects.' 



The Secretary read the conclusion of Mr. Wm. Varney's paper on the habits of 

 various insects. — J f W. D. 



Some Account of the Country of the River Solimoens, or Upper 

 Amazons. By H. W. Bates, Esq. 



The Amazons, from the mouth of the Rio Negro upwards, is name< 

 by the Brazilians the Rio Solimoens. A different name is given to 

 this part of the river, apparently from the circumstance that the Rio 

 Negro, at its mouth, seems to be a continuation of the main river, oi 

 rather an equal branch to that of the upper river. But in all its granc 

 features the Solimoens shows itself to be the main stream, — the same 

 white turbid current, and the same general appearance of the forests 

 that clothe its banks. In the course of my travels I spent a whole 

 year on this upper river, and now proceed to give you a short account 

 of it, as far as my want of conveniences at the present time will admit. 



I left the city of the Bana of the Rio Negro on the 26th of March, 

 1850, for the little town of Ega. The voyage occupied thirty-fiv 

 days, slowly moving along under the bauks of the river. It was the 

 rainy season, the waters were rising, only wanting about 5 feet of high- 



