4002 Entomological Society, 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



July 4, 1853. — Edward Newman, Esq., President, in the chair. 



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

 donors : — The ' Zoologist ' for July ; by the Editor. The ' Athenaeum ' for June ; by 

 the Editor. The ' Literary Gazette ' for June ; by the Editor. The ' Journal of the 

 Society of Arts ' for June; by the Society. ' Entomologische Zeitung' for April and 

 May; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. ' Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England,' vol. xiv. part 1, 1853 ; by the Society. ' Exotic Butterflies,' part 

 7 ; by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. * Monographic des Guepes Solitaires,' par H. F. 

 de Saussure, Cahiers 5 et 6 ; by the Author. ' Abhandlungen iiber eine neue Daph- 

 nieart, Daphnia aurita, und iiber die Daphnia laticornis, J urine J von Dr. Sebastian 

 Fischer : ' Abhandlungen iiber die in der Umgebung von St. Petersburg vorkommen- 

 den Crustaceenans, der Ordnung der Branchiopoden uud Entomostraceen,' von Dr. 

 Sebastian Fischer: ' Erganzungen, Berichtungen und Forsetzung zu der Abhandlung 

 iiber die in der Umgebung von St. Petersburg vorkommenden Crustaceen,' von Dr. 

 Sebastian Fischer : all presented by the Author. 



R. F. Logan, Esq., of Duddingston, near Edinburgh, was balloted for and elected 

 a Member of the Society. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited a large box of insects, captured this season in Scotland by 

 Mr. Foxcroft, and sent as a sample of the species to be distributed among his Sub- 

 scribers. There were many fine and rare species, including Notodonta Carmelita 

 among the Lepidoptera, and Lamia aedilis among the Coleoptera. 



Mr. Janson exhibited some insects taken on the occasion of the Society's visit to 

 Mickleham, on the 25th of June ; including the very rare moth, Pachetra leucophaea 

 (or the species known by that name in England), and the following rare Coleoptera: — 

 Claviger testaceus, Baris picicornis, and Sphaerosoma Quercus. 



Mr.Tebbs exhibited Notodonta trepida, which was attracted to a light at Highgate. 



Mr. Weir exhibited the scarce Aplota palpella, bred from Genista tinctoria, grow- 

 ing at Pembury, near Tonbridge Wells. 



Mr. Hunter exhibited a living larva of Limenitis Sibylla, found on honeysuckle at 

 Black Park. 



Mr. Bond exhibited Hydrilla caliginosa, $ and £ , lately taken in the New Forest. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited the rare Curculionidous beetle, Plinthus caliginosus, from 

 West Wickham ; the exceedingly rare moth, Chariclea Delphinii, the larva of which 

 he thinks he took last year near Arundel ; and a specimen of Aplecta nebulosa, with a 

 pollen -mass of a flower attached to each eye. 



Mr. Waring exhibited two living mole-crickets ; on which Mr. Douglas remarked 

 that he once had two of these insects together in a box, and in a short time he found 

 they were both dead, and greatly mutilated by each other. 



Mr. Carter exhibited a Cucullia umbratica, with a number of flower-anthers at- 

 tached to its head; and Aphelia pratana, with a Gordius ? protruding from its abdomen. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited Laverna ochraceella, Curtis, bred from leaves of Epilobium 

 hirsutum, in which the larvae mine and make their cocoons, — a discovery of Mr. Jor- 

 dan, of Teignmouth. He also exhibited the larva, pupa, and imago of Araeocerus 

 Coffeae, Fab., a beetle belonging to the family Anthribiriic, which he had found in con- 

 siderable quantity, feeding upon and doing great damage to mace imported from India. 



