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April 1, 1856. — Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Election of Fellows. 



James Alexander Brewer, Esq., and Dr. Thomas Hawkes Tanner were balloted 

 for and elected Fellows of the Society. 



Entomological Society. 

 March 3, 1856. — W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors: — 'Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,' Vol. xvi. Part 2; 

 by the Society. < Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,' Parts 18 to 22, 

 being for the years 1850 to 1853 and part of 1854 ; ' Reports of the Council and Au- 

 ditors of the Zoological Society of London,' for the years 1852 to 1855 ; by the Society. 

 'Proceedings of the Royal Society,' Nos. 17 and 18; by the Society. 'Revue et 

 Magasin de Zoologie,' 1855, No. 12, and 1856, No. 1 ; by the Editor, M. Guerin- 

 Meneville. 'The Athenaeum ' for February; by the Editor. ' The Literary Gazette' 

 for February ; by the Editor. ■ Journal of the Society of Arts ' for February ; by the 

 Society. ' Insecta Saundersiana,' Diptera, Part V. ; presented by W. W. Saunders, 

 Esq. ' The Zoologist ' for March ; by the Editor. ' Entomologische Zeitung,' Nos. 

 1 and 2, January and February, 1856 ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. ' A 

 Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' by H. T. Stainton, No. 1 ; by the Author. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Epischnia diversalis, a reputed British spe- 

 cies, taken in October, 1855, by Mr. Mitten, " flying in a thin wood near Hurstpier- 

 point, Sussex." 



Mr. Stevens also exhibited a few very remarkable insects sent from Borneo by Mr. 

 Wallace. Mr. White took occasion to make some remarks upon these insects, and 

 urged the members to pay more attention to exotic Entomology. 



The President exhibited a new Longicorn beetle from N. India, in which were 

 combined several anomalous characters, rendering its relationship very doubtful. 



The President also exhibited an amphipod crustacean, from a well at Wandsworth. 

 Mr. Westwood identified it as Gammarus subterraneus, Leach, belonging to the blind 

 genus Niphargus, Schiodte. Mr. Lubbock remarked that he had seen a similar ex- 

 ample from a well near Bromley, which unfortunately was not preserved. He took 

 this opportunity to mention that he would be glad to receive fresh-water Entomostraca 

 from any part of the world. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited a Lepidopterous larva, probably of an Ephestia, said to 

 have been vomited by a gentleman. 



Mr. Hudson exhibited a Dorcns parallelipipedus and a living larva of the same 

 species, dug out of an old ash tree at Coombe Hurst, Croydon. 



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