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described by Mr. Curtis in the ' Agricultural Journal ' as injurious to wheat crops. 

 He had found it very injurious to grasses, especially the Festucae, although one spe- 

 cies, F. loliacea, did not appear to be attacked by it. 



Mr. Adam White observed it was a curious fact that the larvae would not attack 

 F. loliacea, as this grass was considered by eminent botanists as a mere variety, and 

 not a distinct species. 



Mr. Stainton read a paper entitled ' On the Recent Progress of Micro-Lepidoptero- 

 logy on the Continent.' 



Society's ' Transactions? 

 Part 1 of Vol. iv. n. s. of the * Transactions,' was on the table. 



August 4, 1856. — J. O. Westwood, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 donors: — 'A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' No. 6 ; ' The Entomologist's 

 Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 15, 16, 17 and 18; presented by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 

 'Genus Familiae Apidarum Heriades, quod Synopsi Monographica exponit;' by the 

 author, Dr. W. Nylander. ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' Vol. viii. No. 21 ; by 

 the Society. 'The Zoologist' for August; by the Editor. 'The Natural-History 

 Review' for July; by the Editors. 'Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,' No. 6; by the 

 Editor. ' Eine neue Oesterreichische Phryganea ' and ' Eine neue maheische 

 Nycteribia ; by the Author, Dr. Kolenati. ' Journal of the Society of Arts ' for July ; 

 by the Society. ' The Literary Gazette ' for July ; by the Editor. ' The Athenaeum ' 

 for July ; by the Editor. ' Report of the Committee on the " Cane-borer ;'' ' by the 

 Author, Prof. Bojer. 



Election of a Subscriber. 



John Sang, Esq., High Row, Darlington, was balloted for and elected a Sub- 

 scriber to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Bold, a specimen of Drepana Sicula, taken 

 at Leigh Wood, near Bristol, in June last: there had previously only been one known 

 British specimen, taken in the same locality many years since by Mr. Mitford, and 

 now in the collection of the Rev. H. Burney. 



Mr. Hunter exhibited Spilodes palealis and Trochilium Chrysidiforme, taken near 

 Folkestone in July last ; also a specimen of Eriopus Latreillii, a Noctua new to Britain, 

 which he had recently bred from a larva believed to have been taken at Black Park, 

 and specimens of the summer brood of Ennomos illustraria, bred from eggs laid by 

 the vernal female. 



Mi-. Weir exhibited some specimens of Macaria notataria, in all of which the under 

 wings were more or less imperfectly developed, to which malformation he had noticed 



