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oak leaves. The galls from which these two emerged are precisely like those from which 

 C. Lignicola are bred, and were gathered with the intention of breeding some of them. 

 This is a curious fact, and tends to involve the study of this genus in more confusion 

 than ever, for if the species are not confined to the various parts of the oak, from which 

 the Cynips have received their specific names, then the whole genus is thrown into 

 almost inextricable confusion : this also tends to show that such names as Quercus-folii, 

 Quercus-petioli, &c, should be used with very great caution, otherwise we shall be 

 creating numbers of species without any real distinction. — Edward Parfitt; 4, Weir- 

 Jicld Place, St. Leonard's, Exeter, May 10, 1856. 



Proceedings of Societies. 



Entomological Society. 



May 5, 1856.— W. W. Saunders, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors: — * Insecta Britannica,' Diptera, Vol. iii. : by Francis Walker, F.L.S. ; pre- 

 sented by the publisher, Lovell Reeve, Esq. The ' Natural History Review,' No. 9 ; 

 by the Dublin University Zoological Association. ' Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,' 

 1856, Nos. 2 and 3 ; by the Editor, Monsieur F. E. Guerin-Meneville. Hewitson's 

 1 Exotic Butterflies,' Part 18 ; by W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., &c. The ■ Literary 

 Gazette' for April ; by the Editor. The ' Athenieum' for April ; by the Editor. The 

 'Journal of the Society of Arts' for April; by the Society of Arts. The 'Zoologist' 

 for May; by the Editor. The ' Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 2, 3, 4 

 and 5 ; by the Editor, H. T. Stainton, Esq. 'A Manual of British Butterflies and 

 Moths,' No. 3 ; by the Author, H. T. Stainton, Esq. Four specimens of Acidalia de- 

 generaria, and four specimens of Heliothis dipsacea ; by 0. Pickard-Cambridge, Esq. 



Election of Members. 



Edward Armitage, Esq., 4, Grove End Road, St. John's Wood, was balloted for, 

 and elected a Member of the Society. 



The President stated that the Entomological Society of France had elected Mr. 

 John Curtis one of its Honorary Members; he felt that this recognition of the valu- 

 able entomological labours of our late President would be as gratifying to the Society 

 as to Mr. Curtis himself. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Janson exhibited three specimens of a Histerideous beetle, hitherto unnoticed 

 as British, Hetserius quadratus, Kug., Eric, which he had captured in the society of 

 ants at Hampstead, a single individual, on the 2lst of April, 1848, in a nest of For- 

 mica flava, since which period he had assiduously searched for it every year, but un- 

 successfully : on the 4th inst, however, he again met with two examples beneath a 

 stone in the company of Formica fusca : be remarked that this insect, which was of 



