5086 Entomological Society. 



Mr. White read a description of a new Longicorn beetle, brought from Ceram 

 by Madame Pfeiffer. 



Mr. Westwood read a description of Tbaumantis Aliris, a splendid new species of 

 Morpkidae, from Borneo. 



Mr. Baly read descriptions of two species of Pseudomela, a new genus of Ckryso- 

 melidaj.— /. W. D. 



April 7, 1856. — W. Wilson Saundees, Esq., President, in tke chair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors: — ' Entomologische Zeitung,' Nos. 3 and 4, for March and April, 1856; by 

 the Entomological Society of Stettin. 'A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' 

 by H. T. Stainton, No. 2; by the Author. 'The Entomologist's Weekly Intelli- 

 gencer,' No. 1 ; by the Editor. 'Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,' 

 Vol. i. No. 1 ; by the Society. ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' Vol. viii. No. 19; 

 by the Society. 'The Natural History Review,' No. IX.; by the Dublin University 

 Zoological Association. ' The World of Insects : a Guide to its Wonders,' by J. W. 

 Douglas; by the Author. ' The Zoologist' for April; by the Editor. ' The Journal 

 of the Society of Arts' for March; by the Editor. 'The Literary Gazette' for 

 March ; by the Editor. ' The Athenaeum' for March ; by the Editor. ' Papers and 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land ; ' ' Tasmanian Contribu- 

 tions to the Universal Exhibition of Industry at Paris ;' by the Royal Society of Van 

 Diemen's Land. Fifty copies of ' An Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting 

 of the Entomological Society of London, held on the 28th of January, 1856,' by 

 Edward Newman, Mem. L. C. Acad. (nom. Latreille), F.L.S., Z.S., &c; by the 

 Author. A small box of remarkable Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, &c, from Ceylon, 

 received from Mr. Thwaites, M.E.S. ; by W. Spence, Esq. 



Prize Essay for 1856. 



The President announced that the Council had determined to offer a prize of £5, 

 for an Essay on the Natural History of Gelechia terrella, and whether this common 

 little moth was injurious to Agriculture or not. The Essay to be illustrated by figures 

 of the insect in all its stages, and to be delivered on or before the 31st of December 

 next. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. A. F. Sheppard exhibited a specimen of Ennomos Alniaria, taken sitting on 

 a post, near Margate, in September, 1855. This is the third specimen of this species 

 known to have been captured in Britain. 



The Nuisance of Acari. 



Mr. Westwood read a note, addressed by a lady residing at Lyme Regis to Dr. 

 John Lee, of Hartwell House, Aylesbury, and communicated by that gentleman, 

 giving an account of the appearance in the writers house of a vast quantity of Acari. 

 They proceeded, in the lirst instance, from some Egyptian palm-leaves which were 



