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August 19, three ; August 23, six ; August 24, two ; August 25, two ; September 3, 

 one; September 5, four. — F. V. Jacques; Redcliff Crescent, Bristol, December 12, 

 1848. 



Inquiry respecting the Wireworm. — There was a curious fact mentioned in the 

 newspapers lately, relating to the destruction of considerable numbers of partridges, by 

 their feeding on seed grain which had been steeped in a solution of arsenic for the 

 purpose of preventing the ravages of the wireworm. That it is effectual for this pur- 

 pose I think is highly probable ; and the fact of the destruction of the partridges which 

 I have mentioned is a proof that a considerable quantity of arsenic must be taken up 

 by the seeds, — and it does not seem to have rendered the grain in any way unpalatable 

 to the birds. I should be glad to know whether this preparation of the grain not only 

 prevents the wireworm from destroying the seed, but also whether it allows them at the 

 same time to feed on it sufficiently to destroy life : in fact, whether sowing grain thus 

 prepared is a cure for the wireworm or only a palliative ? — Beverley R. Morris, A.B., 

 M.D. ; York, January 5, 1849. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



January 22, 1849 (Anniversary Meeting).— W. Spence, Esq., President, in the 

 chair. 



T. Desvignes, H. T. Stainton, G. B. Waterhouse, and J. Walton, Esqrs., were 

 elected members of the Council in the room of A. Ingpen, G. Newport, J. F. S. Pany, 

 and J. O. Westwood, Esqrs., and the following were elected to the respective offices 

 for 1849: G. B. Waterhouse, Esq., President; W. Yarrell, Esq., Treasurer; E. Dou- 

 bleday and J. W. Douglas, Esqrs., Secretaries. 



The President then delivered an Address, for which and his services to the Society 

 a vote of thanks was passed by acclamation, and he was requested to allow this ad- 

 dress to be printed, when he intimated his intention of printing it for distribution 

 among the members and subscribers at his own expense. 



Votes of thanks were then passed to the Treasurer, Secretaries, and the retiring 

 members of the Council. 



February 5, 1849. — G. B. Wateehouse, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected as members, viz., W. S. 

 Dallas, Esq., John Lee, Esq., LL.D., F.B.S., &c. ; as subscribers, G. Bedell, Esq., 

 H. Jobson, Esq., W. F. Saunders, Esq., John Bell, Esq., M.D. 



Mr. A. White, on the part of Mr. Whittingham, exhibited a specimen of Velleius 

 dilatatus, found in Epping Forest, in June, 1848, in decaying matter at the root of 

 a tree. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited a larva of Velleius dilatatus and Volucella , 



found in a hornet's nest by Professor Henslow ; also drawings of a species of a new 

 British genus of Aphides, which he proposed to call Smynthurodes Betae, having 

 found them in January last on the roots of common beet, where they live in small 

 communities. He also exhibited a male of Osmia bicornis, from Albert Way, Esq., 



