Entomological Society. 2463 



'Athenaeum' (1848, Oct., Nov. Dec. ; 1849, Jan., Feb., March, April), from the editor. 

 1 Du Systeme Nerveux chez les Invertebres dans ses rapports avec la Classification de 

 ces Animaux, par M. Emile Blanchard,' from the author. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected as subscribers: R. Gear, 

 C. S. Gregson, B. B. Labrey, T. H. Allis, E. Brown, K. F. Logan, and G. Ransome, 

 Esqrs. 



Herr P. C. Zeller, of Glogau, was balloted for, and elected an honorary member, 

 in the room of C. J. Schoenherr, deceased. 



Certificates were read in favour of W. Michael, Esq., of Red Lion Square, as a 

 subscriber ; and Francis Swanzy, Esq., of Dix Cove, West Coast of Africa, as a cor- 

 responding member. 



P. H. Vaughan, Esq., of Bristol, signed the obligation-book, and was admitted a 

 member of this Society. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a section of a stem of a thistle, showing pupa? of Onco- 

 cera Cardui imbedded in the pith, the larva? having fed thereon. He also exhibited 

 a rare species of Curculio, having a Sphaeria attached to its body : he had received it 

 from Mr. Bates, by whom it was found in Para. 



Mr. H. T. Stainton exhibited a box sent up by Mr. Allis, of York, containing nu- 

 merous specimens of Haworth's Tineidae, with that author's labels attached, by seeing 

 which, obscurities with regard to many species had been satisfactorily cleared up. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited some larvae of a species of Porrectaria in the leaves of 

 Ballota nigra, the parenchyma of which they eat, leaving the cuticles, giving a blotched 

 appearance to the foliage. These larvae inhabit cases formed by them out of the 

 leaves, and they enlarge their habitations from time to time as their growth requires. 

 The cases are long and flattened in form and black in colour, and are abundant on 

 the Ballota nigra. Mr. Douglas stated, that in the place where he found these larvae 

 he had, last year, found Porrectaria lineola of Stephens, and he supposed these might 

 be the larvae of that species. 



Mr. Douglas also exhibited a specimen of Aphelosetia rufocinerea of Stephens, 

 reared from a pupa in a web on the stem of the common dock, found by him last 

 March, at New Brighton. This was interesting as an illustration of the history of a 

 species about which nothing was known, though it was very common in this country. 

 It did not appear to be known on the Continent. 



Mr. Hogg exhibited part of an immense nest of Vespa vulgaris, formed in the roof 

 of his own house, at Norton, Durham. From its great size, he was of opinion that 

 this nest was the work of more than one year. 



Mr. Swanzy exhibited some rare and interesting Coleoptera, collected by him at 

 Dix Cove, West Coast of Africa. 



Mr. W. S. Dallas read a " Description of a New Hemipterous Genus, Urochela, 

 from Boutan, East Indies ; " with a figure in illustration. 



Mr. Douglas read a paper on twenty species of Gelechia, being a continuation of 

 his monograph " On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller." 



Mr. Westwood called the attention of the Society to the descriptions and notices 

 which he had published in his ' Introduction,' and in the ' Journal of Proceedings ' 

 of the Society for July, 1847, of a minute but singular Hymenopterous insect, para- 

 sitic in the nests of mason-bees and wasps, to which he had applied the name of 

 Melittobia Audouinii ; having at the same meeting exhibited specimens of the inscei 



