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orders ; by Signor Passerini of Florence, Hon. M.E.S. A box of Coleoptera from the 

 Isle of Wight ; by George Guyon, Esq. Two pairs of Boarmia Abietaria, bred spe- 

 cimens ; by the Rev. Joseph Greene. A specimen of Hydrelia Blomeri ; by Mr. 

 Shield. Four bred specimens of Ypsipetes Ruberaria, Freyer, a new British species ; 

 by Mr. Bond. 



Thomas Jones Stevens, Esq., Bogota, was elected a Corresponding Member, and 

 Thomas Boyd, Esq., 17, Clapton Square, was elected an Ordinary Member of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Bond exhibited a box of Coleoptera from the Mundarra River, 400 miles N. 

 of Sydney, among which were several new and interesting species, including a curious 

 cylindrical Scarites and two species of Cerapterus. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some splendid males and females of Callithea Sapphira, 

 bred in Brazil by Mr. Bates. The President stated that larvae and pupa? of this spe- 

 cies had beeu received from Mr. Bates, and would shortly form the subject of a paper 

 for this Society. 



Mr. Moore exhibited several curious parasitic insects obtained from the great ant- 

 eater (Myrmecophaga jubata), the gland antelope of Africa {Boselephus Oreas), and 

 the ostrich, in the Zoological Society's Gardens ; and he also showed some immature 

 specimens of a foreign Polistes, which had been drawn out of their cells. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a box of Lepidoptera, captured in July near Ripley, among 

 which were two of Plutella horridella, taken among apple-trees in a garden at Ock- 

 ham, and Gelechia basaltinella, out of the old thatch of a bam. He likewise exhibited 

 specimens of the rare and curious Bedellia somnulentella, bred from larva? found at 

 Lee, mining the leaves of Convolvulus arvensis ; also examples of the second brood of 

 the new Lithocolletis Scabiosella. 



Mr. Weir exhibited some rare Lepidoptera recently taken near Tunbridge Wells — 

 Gracillaria Ononidis from Genista tinctoria, Gelechia gerronella, Zelleria insignipen- 

 nella, Adela violella ? &c. 



Mr. A. F. Sheppard exhibited several fine Lepidoptera, taken near Margate in 

 August, — Colias Hyale, Eudorea lineolea, CEcophora deauratella, &c. 



Dr. Dutton exhibited some Noctuae, caught in the Isle of Wight, the most remark- 

 able being the sexes of the rare Agrotis lunigera. 



Mr. E. Shepherd exhibited a fine specimen of Chilo cicatricellus, a new British 

 species, taken flying near Dover ; also two new species of British Tortrices, from the 

 same locality. 



Mr. Curtis exhibited a specimen of Sphinx Antaeus, bred in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Gardens, from a pupa imported with plants from Trinidad, and remarked upon 

 the caution with which we should regard as native all the extraordinary insects which 

 appear in this country. He referred especially to such as were captured at light- 

 houses on the coast, of which he adduced some examples, having no doubt that most 

 of the rare or unique species taken in this way, had come across the sea. 



Mr. Curtis exhibited a leaf of Viburnum Lantana, on which were many scale-like 

 formations, which he supposed were the work of an insect, although he had failed in 

 detecting any inmates. 



Mr. Wilkinson exhibited some case-bearing larvae, probably of Incurvaria mascu- 

 lella. The cases were oval and convex, formed from leaves, and the larvae were found 

 feeding on the fallen leaves of oak and birch, but they had eaten fresh leaves since 

 their capture. 



