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Smerinthus Populi ; by the Rev. Joseph Greene. Six specimens of Plutella Dalella ; 

 by the Rev. J. Johnson. 



Monsieur Henri Jekel, of Paris, was balloted for and elected an Ordinary Foreign 

 Member of the Society. 



Mr. Curtis exhibited a box of rare Coleoplera from Mozambique, received from 

 Signor Bertoloni, of Bologna, including a specimen of Goliathus Derbyanus. 



Mr. Edwin Shepherd exhibited a new British moth, Noctua Sobrina, H.-Schcef., 

 and an apparently new species of Peronea ; both taken this season in Perthshire by 

 Mr. Weaver. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited another specimen of Noctua Sobrina, and a remarkable 

 variety of Trichius fasciatus, in which the dark markings of the elytra were run toge- 

 ther into a blotch; both taken by Mr. Weaver, in Scotland. He also exhibited a box 

 of Diurnal Lepidoptera, in the finest condition, captured in Nicaragua, and forwarded 

 in paper envelopes, the wings being closed over the body. In this state they were 

 packed into a small space, and travelled free from injury, requiring only to be relaxed 

 and set. 



Mr. Shield sent for exhibition a specimen of Depressaria subpropinquella, bred 

 from a larva found feeding on a thistle ; and a new Nepticula, of which the larva 

 makes a peculiar centrifugal mine in the leaves of Rumex Acetosa, and hitherto found 

 only near Dublin. Mr. Stainton intends to describe the species under the name 

 of N. Acetosas. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited living specimens of a South American ant, Odontomachus 

 unispinosus, imported with some Orchidaceous plants, and given to him by Mr. 

 Stevens. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited leaves of Glechoma hederacea, bearing tubular galls on the 

 upper side, formed and tenanted by larvae of Cecidomyia bursaria, Bremi. These 

 insects he had been able to identify by means of the Monograph on Cecidomyia, just 

 published by Herr Winnertz, in the 8th volume of the ' Linnea Entomologica.' Mr. 

 D. also exhibited a living larva of a Talaeporia ? from a fence near Croydon ; and 

 leaves of sallow in which were the mines of Lepidopterous larvae (Nepticula) and of 

 Dipterous larvae (Phytomyza), almost identical in appearance. 



Mr. Boyd exhibited Triphaena subsequa, Limacodes asellus, Macaria notata, Pro- 

 delia literalis, and varieties of Satyrus Janira and Argynnis Paphia, all captured in 

 the New Forest. 



Mr. Curtis exhibited parasitic insects taken from Malachius aeneus, Epipone spi- 

 nipes, Andraena Gwynana, Athalia lineolata, Bombus pratorura, and an Ammophila 

 from Africa. 



Mr. John Clifford, of Pimlico, sent a sample of pearl barley, destroyed by insects, 

 which were now identified as Anobium paniceum and Ptinus ovatus. The Chairman 

 remarked that the former of these insects had several times been reported to the Soci- 

 ety as injurious to farinaceous substances. 



Mr. T. Desvignes exhibited specimens of a new Ichneumon, reared from larvae of 

 Nonagria Typhac and N. paludicola ; and read a description of the species under the 

 name of I. paludator. 



Mr. Baly communicated " The Characters of Paralina, a new Genus of Chrysome- 

 lidae,'' of which the type is Chrysomcla Indica, Hope. 



Mr.. Westwood exhibited his original sketch of a moth taken at Ballymena, in 

 Ireland, by Mr. Templeton, and mentioned in Westwood and Humphreys' ' British 



