3820 Entomological Society. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



February 7, 1853. — Edward Newman, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The President returned thanks for his election, a«d nominated as Vice-Presidents, 

 W. W. Saunders, Esq., W. Spenee, Esq., and J. O. Westwood, Esq. 



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

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

 January ; by the Editor. ' Journal of the Society of Arts,' Nos. 1 — 10 ; by the So- 

 ciety. ' Entoraologische Zeitung' for December, 1852; 'Linnea Entomologica/ 

 7 Band: Berlin, 1852; ' Catalogus Coleopterorum Europae, herausgegeben vom 

 Entomologischen Verein in Stettin :' Vierte Auflage, Berlin, 1852; all by the Ento- 

 mological Society of Stettin. ' Bericht iiber die wissenchaftlichen Liestungen im 

 Gebiete der Entomologie wahrend des Jahres, 1850,' von Dr. Herm. Schaum, Berlin, 

 1852 ; by the Author. * Description of a New Genus of Calanidae,' by John Lubbock, 

 Esq. ; by the Author. ' Memorias de la Academia Keal de Cieucias de Madrid,' 

 Tomo 1, parti 2 : Madrid, 1851 ; 'Resumen de las Actas,' 1850—51 : Madrid, 1851 ; 

 by the Academy. ' Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,' Vol. XIII, 

 part 2 ; by the Society. ' Reports of the Juries of the Exhibition of 1851 ;' by the 

 Commissioners of the Exhibition. A specimen of Glossina morsitans ; by Mr. 

 Spenee. A specimen of the insect-wax of China ; by Mr. D. Hanbury. Specimens 

 of Asemum striatum (3), Pissodes Pini (4), Tinea ochraceella, Tengstrom (3), Ela- 

 chista locupletella (2) ; by Mr. John Scott, Renfrew. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected: John Garland, Esq., 

 Dorchester, a Member, and F. T. Hudson, Esq., Greenwich, a Subscriber to the So- 

 ciety. 



Mr. D. Hanbury brought for exhibition, specimens of the white insect-wax of 

 China in its crude state, obtained by the persevering endeavours of his friend, William 

 Lockhart, Esq., of Shanghae. The correct Chinese name for this production is. 

 Chung-pih-la — literally, insect-white-wax. He read the following particulars respect- 

 ing it, and the insect by which it is produced, from a paper by Dr. Macgowan in the 

 'Journal of the Horticultural and Agricultural Society of India,' 1850. 



" The animal feeds on an evergreen shrub or tree, Ligustrum lucidum, which is 

 found throughout Central China, from the Pacific to Thibet, but the insect chiefly 

 abounds in the province of Sychuen. Much attention is paid to the cultivation of 

 this tree: extensive districts of country are covered with it, and it forms an important 

 branch of agricultural industry. The ground is ploughed semi-annually, and kept 

 perfectly free from weeds. In the third or fourth year they are stocked with the in- 

 sect, which is effected in spring, with the nests of the insect. These are about the 

 size of a ' fowl's head ;' and are removed by cutting off a portion of the branch to 

 which they are attached, leaving an inch each side of the nest. The sticks with the 

 adhering nests are soaked in unhusked-rice-water for a quarter of an hour, when they 

 may be separated. When the weather is damp or cool, they may be preserved in 

 jars for a week, but if warm, they are to be tied to the branches of the trees to be 

 stocked without delay, being first folded between leaves. By some the nests are 

 probed out of their seat in the bark of the tree, without removing the branches. 



