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donors : — The ' Zoologist ' for December ; by the Editor. The ' Athenaeum ' for Novem- 

 ber; by the Editor. The 'Literary Gazette' for November; by the Editor. 'Proceed- 

 edings of the Royal Society,' Vol. vi. No. 88 — 90 ; by the Society. ' Journal of the 

 Society of Arts,' No. 2, and ' List of Subjects for Premiums ; ' by the Society. ' De- 

 scription of a new Hemipterous Insect, Atelides centrolineatus, forming the Type of 

 a new Genus,' by W. S. Dallas, Esq., F.L.S. ; by the Author. Specimens of Pytho de- 

 pressus (3), Cetonia eenea (4), Libellula arctica (2), Ctenophora atrata (2) ; by Mr. Wea- 

 ver. A box of British Lepidoptera ; by Mr. Douglas. Specimens in illustration of 

 the metamorphoses of six species of Strepsiptera from Albania ; by Mr. S. S. Saunders. 



Henry Tompkins, Esq., of Lewes, was elected a Subscriber to the Society. 



The President exhibited some new Coleoptera from Ceylon and China, from the 

 collection of Major Champion. 



Mr. F. Grant exhibited a male Lucanus Cervus, of which the right hind leg was 

 much smaller than the left one ; a remarkable variety of Triphasna janthina ; and a 

 long series of Peronea rufona, illustrating the variation of the species. 



Mr. Douglas, on behalf of Mr. H. Cooke, exhibited a remarkably dark red variety 

 of Hypochalcia ahenella, taken at Hastings. 



Mr. Edward Sheppard exhibited some English ship-biscuit that had been a voyage 

 to America and back, infested with Stene ferruginea and a species of Apate. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a remarkable variety of Vanessa Urticae, bred from a 

 larva taken near London ; a specimen of Pieris Daplidice, taken by E. C. Buxton, 

 Esq., at Holme Fen ; and an example of Notodonta tritophus, captured in Scotland, 

 from the collection of the same gentleman. He also exhibited a specimen of Mono- 

 chamus Sutor, found on the banks of the Regent's Canal ; one of Pogonocherus fasci- 

 culatus, bred from the hoop of a cask ; and a selection of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera 

 from a collection just received from Mundo Nova, Rio Grande, where they were cap- 

 tured by Mr. Plant. Many were rare or new, and all were in fine condition. 



Mr. Waterhouse observed that many of the species were also found at Rio Janeiro, 

 about 500 miles north of this locality, but there was a perceptible variation, although 

 not amounting to specific distinction, between the insects of the two places. 



The first part of an interesting and valuable memoir by S. S. Saunders, Esq., was 

 read, entitled " Notices of some new Species of Strepsipterous Insects from Albania, 

 with further Observations on the Habits and Transformations of these Parasites," in 

 which several unknown points in the economy of these insects are elucidated. 



Mr. Douglas read a continuation of his "Memoir on the Natural History of Bri- 

 tish Micro-Lepidoptera," the genera Gracillaria and Lithocolletis being illustrated by 

 descriptions of the larvae and their economy of three species of each genus, accompa- 

 nied by coloured drawings by Mr. Wing. 



The Secretary read the following remarks from a note accompanying Mr. Weaver's 

 donation : — " The Ctenophora pectinicornis I procured from hard undecayed stumps 

 of trees, in which the larvae make deep round holes, working quickly up and down 

 them at their pleasure, and taking care to form an opening for the imago to emerge." 



The President read a letter from Mr. James Crook, Turton, near Bolton, Lanca- 

 shire, offering certain northern Lepidoptera in exchange for southern species. 



The next part of the Society's ■ Transactions,' it was announced, would be ready in 

 a few days. — /. W. D. 



