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and Admiral Stirling's convention, instead of in any way rendering it accessible to us, 

 seems to me to have quite a different bearing. I had quite been looking forward to 

 the receipt of a host of curious forms from that extraordinary country, but 1 have 

 completely given up all such expectations." 



Mr. Newman communicated the two following notes : — 



Note on Trochilium Chrysidiforme. 



" In the report of the August meeting our Secretary has appended to the 

 interesting record of the capture of Trochilium Chrysidiforme an assertion that the 

 species had previously but two British representatives: if he will turn to page 3289 

 of the ' Zoologist,' he will find a record by Mr. Barron of the capture of a third 

 specimen near Haslar Hospital." 



Hats manufactured of the Silken Felt spun by Saturnia Spini. 



" It will be recollected by several of our members that I had the pleasure of 

 mentioning, at a former meeting, the fact of the silk of Saturnia Spini being applied 

 to economical purposes at Vienna. I have lately learned from my friend Mr. Pretsch, 

 who was also my original informant, that the silken felt which I then described has 

 been most successfully applied to the manufacture of hats by Herr Flebus, of Vienna, 

 who has taken out an Austrian patent for this object. The hats are extremely 

 durable and perfectly waterproof, being rendered so by the glutinous nature of the 

 silk itself: they are held in great estimation by sportsmen and gentlemen much 

 exposed to the weather, but the cost has hitherto been too great to admit of any 

 extensive sale. Herr Flebus is, however, about to establish a factory in the district 

 of Erzgebirge, situate between Bohemia and Bavaria, induced by the abundance of 

 the food of the caterpillar and the cheapness of human labour." 



New Locality for Geodephaga. 



Mr. Douglas said it might be worth while to inform Coleopterists that a week 

 since he took Tarus axillaris and Licinus depressus three miles beyond Croydon: 

 these species had not hitherto been found nearer to London than Reigate or 

 Boxhill.— /. W. D. 



Society of Bbitish Entomologists. 



August 7, 1855. — Mr. Harding, President, in the chair. 



Mr. Millar exhibited, among other Micro-Lepidoptera, specimens of Nothris 

 Durdhamella, bred from larvae found by Mr. Harding feeding on the wild marjorum 

 {Origanum vulgare), and identical with a larva swept by Mr. E. Shepherd near Dart- 

 ford, which a good deal resembled that of Gelechia rufescens. Mr. Harding stated 

 that he had recently met with this species near Darenth. 



Mr. Millar also exhibited a specimen of Colias Edusa, a male, taken by a friend 

 near Darenth Wood, on the 22nd of July. 



