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my observations, therefore, amounts to this, — the Paussi do not seek the ants nor 

 remain with them voluntarily; on the contrary, they use every possible exertion to 

 escape, though not one that I saw succeeded in doing so ; they are captives to the 

 ants ; and for what other purpose should the latter toil in their capture, but in the 

 pursuit of their natural instinct to secure food wherever it is offered ?" 



Mr. Stainton read a paper intituled * On the Spirit with which Scientific Books 

 should be Kead and Studied/ 



Part 6., Vol. iii., n.s., of the Society's 'Transactions,' recently published, was on 

 the table.— J. W. D. 



Society of British Entomologists. 



November 2, 1855. — Mr. Harding, President, in the chair. 



Mr. Biggs was elected a subscriber to the Society. 



The President announced that he had received from E. W. Buxton, Esq., a pair 

 of Lithosia muscerda for the Society's cabinet. 



The President exhibited Depressaria costosa and D. umbellana, bred from Fungi ; 

 D. granulosella, bred from wild parsley; Gelechia basalis, bred from thorny sallow; 

 Sciaphila perletana, from wild marjoram, thistles and various plants; Sciaphila sub- 

 jectana, from the small bugloss. 



The President remarked that while on the coast of Kent he took a pupa in a stalk 

 Eupatorium cannabinum, which produced a specimen of Pterophorus Acanthodactylus ; 

 he believed the habits of this insect were not known before. 



The President also exhibited some specimens of Colias Edusa, with pupae-cases ; 

 these, with Colias Hyale, were taken in some profusion near Darenth Wood. 



Mr. Jobson exhibited some specimens of Colias Hyale and C. Edusa ; also 

 specimens of Trochilium cynipiformis, bred from the oak ; T. formiciformis, bred 

 from the apple; and T. myopaeformis, bred from the willow: Zeuzera iEsculi and 

 a species of Adela, taken near Darenth. 



November 6, 1855. — Mr. Harding, President, in the chair. 



The President exhibited a box of insects, captured in various parts of the country ; 

 among them were many of our rarest Lepidoptera. He likewise exhibited a box of 

 insects taken at Darenth, on the 26th of October, in three hours' collecting ; among 

 them were Petasia cassinea, Himera pennaria, Cheimatobia dilutaria, Peronea 

 ferrugana, Simaethis pariana, Cheimabacche phryganella, Depressaria arenella, 

 D. propinquella, D. umbellana and D. carduella, Gracillaria stigmatella, Chauliodus 

 chairophyllellus and Cerostoma radiatella, — showing that something is to be obtained 

 even at this season. 



The Secretary announced the donation from Mr. Stainton of the first volume of 

 his ' Natural History of the British Tineina,' and a vote of thanks to the donor was 

 unanimously carried. — J. T. N. 



