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Occurrence of Locusta migratoria near Redcar. — Last Saturday a specimen of 

 Locusta migratoria was captured by a boy near this place, and another seen in the vil- 

 lage the same day; wind East, blowing fresh, as the sailors term it. — J. S. Rudd; 

 Redcar, September 6, 1852. 



Voracious Propensity of the large Dragon-fig. — A very clear morning in the middle 

 of July last, found me within a short distance of Ben Nevis, and as the heavens showed 

 no signs of misty-fying the view, I was easily tempted to make the ascent. I set off 

 between 10 and 11 in the forenoon, and as it was excessively hot, I sauntered slowly 

 on, now pausing at this bush, now at that, and giving to each one a hearty thrashing 

 before parting with it. I was thus engaged when close behind me I heard the rust- 

 ling of a dragon-flv's wings. I turned round, and perceived the creature seated near 

 the edge of the brook by which lies the road, and busily engaged with something or 

 other. I made a stroke and secured it in my net, and found that it was cutting a poor 

 Pamphilus into a proper shape for a meal. I laid hold of it by the wings, took the 

 butterfly from it, and turning its own abdomen round so that it entered its jaws at the 

 junction of the third and fourth segments from the end, judge of my astonishment at 

 seeing it munch away, and chew, and swallow mouthful after mouthful, until nothing 

 remained except the two styles, which it dissevered and permitted to drop. This may 

 seem a good deal in the Baron Munchausen style, but I will vouch for it as a fact, 

 and I have no doubt that other parties wishing to test this singular act of self devour- 

 ment may be gratified. — John Scott ; London Works, Renfrew, September 13, 1852. 



Occurrence of Comatula rosea at Redcar. — Last June I obtained a fine specimen 

 of the " Rosy Feather Star" (Comatula rosea), which had been taken in deep water. 

 Professor Forbes, in his * History of British Starfishes,' says, " I have never heard of 

 its being found on the eastern shores." — J. S. Rudd ; Redcar, September 6, 1852. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



September 6, 1852. — J. O. Westwood, Esq., President, in the chair. 



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

 donors : — ' The Zoologist ' for September ; by the Editor. ' The Literary Gazette ' 

 for August; by the Publishers. ' Notizie relative ad Tnsetti Coleotteri dannosi ed al- 

 cuni ospitanti della planta del Fico ; da Carlo Passerini : ' by the Author. ' Abhand- 

 lungen der Mathemat.-Physikalischen Classe der Koeniglich Bayerischen Akademie 

 der Wissenchaften ;' 6 Bandes, 2 Abth. : Munchen, 1851. ' Bulletin,' ditto, No. 34 

 — 43 : by the Academy. ' Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, New York,' 

 Vol. v., parts 7 and 8, 1852 ; by the Lyceum. * Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England,' Vol. xiii., part 1 ; by the Society. ' Smithsonian Contributions 

 to Knowledge,' Vols. Hi. and iv., Washington, 1852: 'Fifth Annual Report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution,' 1851: 'Report on Recent Improve- 

 ments in the Chemical Arts,' by Booth and Morfit : ' Directions fur Collecting Speci- 

 mens of Natural History : ' ' Abstract of the Seventh Census of the United States : ' 

 'American Zoological, Botanical, and Geological Biography for 1851,' by Charles 

 Guard; all presented by the Smithsonian Institution. A box of insects of several 



