4604 Entomological Society. 



" Euryporus picipes, Payk. I took this rare insect in June, 1837 : I believe it was 

 found under a stone at Slaughter, in Gloucestershire. 



" Stenus vafellus ? Erich., and S. aemulus, Erich., I discovered in the marshes at 

 Horning, Norfolk, on the 14th of July, 1840. I am indebted to Mr. Waterhouse for 

 the names of these two species, which he found in my collection." 



British Species of Stenus. 



Mr. Waterhouse read a memoir, by himself and Mr. Janson, on the British species 

 of the genus Stenus, with notes on the species of the genus in the collection of the 

 late Mr. J. F. Stephens. 



Brazilian Ants. 



Mr. Smith read a paper, by himself, entitled " Descriptions of some Species of 

 Brazilian Ants, with Observations on their Economy by Mr. H. W. Bates." 



In his note on a new species, Eciton legionis, Smith, Mr. Bates says that he only 

 found it on open, sandy and grassy campos, which kind of locality afforded him an 

 opportunity' of observing some parts of the habits of the species, and the business 

 which occupies its immense processions. Among other things, he noticed that the 

 column consisted of two trains of ants, moving in opposite directions, one train empty- 

 handed, the other loaded with a variety of the mangled remains of insects, chiefly the 

 larvae and pupae of ants. 



Mr. Brayley, present as a visitor, remarked that this fact might illustrate one of 

 the causes of the accumulation of insect remains seen in strata of the secondary geo- 

 logical formation, for if these trains of ants had been covered up suddenly, the stratum 

 in which they were imbedded would in after time exhibit the same appearance as the 

 deposits to which he had alluded. 



Mr. Saunders observed, that insects were sometimes congregated together in im- 

 mense numbers by local or accidental circumstances: he remembered especially that, 

 a few years since, Galeruca Tanaceti was seen in immense numbers on the Norfolk 

 coast. 



Errata. 



Page 4568, line 12, for " cherry-tree drooping" read " drooping cherry-tree." 

 „ 4571, lines 27 and 30, for " murinus " read "castaneus." 

 „ „ line 28, insert a comma after " Kuper." — J. W. D. 



Anniversary Meeting, January 22, 1855. — Edward Newman, Esq., President, in 

 the chair. 



Election of Officers. 



The Secretary read the chapter of the Bye-laws pertaining to the Anniversary 

 Meeting, and the Report of the Library and Cabinet Committee made to and adopted 

 by the Council. The Treasurer's accounts, duly audited, were laid before the Meeting, 

 and it appeared that the finances of the Society were now in a better condition than 



