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in fact they look nearer to D. conspersa than to D. carpophaga, of which some will 

 have them to be the Irish representative. It seems to me that our English species 

 ought to be arranged thus — conspersa, capsophila, carpophaga, capsincola, Cucubali ; 

 the two last only have the prolonged ovipositor." 



The Secretary exhibited some white silky matter, resembling delicate tissue-paper, 

 which had been sent to the Society by Mr. R. Thomson, of Alderney Road, Mile End, 

 and described by him as having been " taken off a plank that formed part of a bin in 

 which raw chichory had been stowed, apparently the deposit of insects, as numbers 

 flew away when the goods were disturbed." 



It was suggested by Mr. Stainton that the silken web had probably been made by 

 the larvae of Tinea granella, though he was not aware of an instance of that species 

 having attacked chichory. 



It was announced that Mr. B. T. Lowne (who was present as a visitor) was about 

 to proceed to Bahia on an entomological excursion of some duration, and that Mr. S. 

 Stevens would act as his agent in this country for the reception of his captures. 



A communication from Dr. Dohrn aud Dr. Behm, of Stettin, was read, stating that 

 the Thirty-eighth Assemblage of German Naturalists and Physicians would be held 

 at Stettin, from the 18th to the 24th of September, 1863, requesting the attendance of 

 naturalists of other countries, and assuring the members of the Entomological Society 

 of London that they would meet with a hearty welcome. 



Professor Westwood entered into some details of the arrangements contemplated 

 at Stettin for the reception of foreigners, and mentioned also that a meeting of Scan- 

 dinavian naturalists would be held at Stockholm a few days before the Stettin meeting. 



Papers read. 



Mr. Pascoe read some " Notes on Australian Longicorn Beetles, with Descriptions 

 of Sixty new Species." 



Mr. Walker read two papers, entitled " Descriptions of some new iEgeriidae " and 

 " Descriptions of some new Sphingidae." 



Sale of the Society's Collection of Insects. 

 It was announced that the sale of the Society's Cabinets and Collections of Insects 

 (except the type-specimens, part of which had been presented, and part sold, to the 

 British Museum) would take place on Wednesday, the 8th of July. 



New Part of the * Transactions' 

 A new part of the 'Transactions' (Entom. Trans. Third Series, Vol. i. Part 6), 

 being the second quarterly Part for 1863, was on the table. 



Entomology and the British Museum. 

 The chair having been vacated by the President, and taken by Mr. Pascoe, V.P. : 

 Professor Westwood rose to call the attention of the Meeting to the threatened 

 appointment of a successor to Mr. Adam White at the British Museum. After referring 

 to the circumstances under which the vacancy at the Museum had arisen, and the 

 large additions to the entomological collections which had recently been made, the 

 Professor insisted that a good staff of practical entomologists was requisite to keep the 

 collections in proper order and continue the work of classification which had been so 

 successfully begun. The two entomologists upon whom this task had devolved were 

 Mr. Frederick Smith and Mr. Adam White: the latter was removed, so that Mr. 



