4386 Entomological Society. 



Zootomie und Palaeozologie,' heraus-gegeben von Dr. E. D'Alton and Dr. H. Bur- 

 meister; 1848, 2 Quartal. ' Bernerkungen iiber den allgemeinen Bau und die 

 Geschlechtsuntershied bei den Arten der Gattung Scolia, Fabr.' von Dr. H. Burmeis- 

 ter; both presented by Dr. Burmeister. ' Proceedings of the Berwickshire Natural- 

 ists' Club' for 1853; by the Club. A box of British Micro-Lepidoptera; by Mr. 

 Douglas. Two boxes of insects collected in Burmah, and presented by Captain Ha- 

 milton, M.E.S. : this collection contains several very rare and new insects, including a 

 new Goliath beetle, which Mr. Westwood described under the name of Narycius 

 Hamiltonii, and seven specimens of a wasp which M. de Saussure has just described 

 from the single example hitherto seen in Europe, now in the British Museum: the 

 Society passed a special vote of thanks for this valuable donation. 



The Society s Excursion. 



The Chairman announced, that in consequence of the opening of the Crystal 

 Palace having been fixed for the 10th instant, the excursion of this Society, which was 

 appointed for that day, would not take place ; but the Council recommended an ex- 

 cursion to Darenth Wood on the 17th inst. instead. 



Exhibitions. 



The Secretary exhibited some very beautiful drawings, by Mrs. Hamilton, of the 

 transformations of Indian insects, which that lady had forwarded for the use of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Smith exhibited several Hymenoptera, taken by Mr. Foxcroft, in Scotland, 

 including Osmia parietina, of which he found a nest under a stone ; a new species of 

 Andrena ; and two specimens of an Andrena which agree in every respect with some 

 in the British Museum received from Nova Scotia, which he had placed doubtfully as 

 dark varieties of A. Clerckella. 



Mr. Janson exhibited some Coleoptera, sent from Scotland by Mr. Foxcroft, men- 

 tioning especially Elater (Diacanthus) impressus, E. lythropterus, Germar., Pogono- 

 cherus fasciculatus, Sericosomus brunneus, S. fugax and Dictyopterus Aurora. He 

 likewise exhibited a larva of Aplecta tincta with two excrescences, resembling Cla- 

 variae, proceeding from the head, and which the captor states were green when the 

 larva was alive. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a moth (Leucania?) found covered with a fungoid film; a 

 fly, found impaled on a point of dry grass; two living larvae of Notodonta Carmelita, 

 part of the brood hatched from the eggs laid by the female exhibited at the last Meet- 

 ing; and a specimen of the scarce Incurvaria tenuicornis, taken flying at Wickham 

 Wood, in May. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited Drilus flavescens, taken on flowers near Darenth Wood, 

 June 1st ; and seven species of Elachistae reared from the larvae, including the new 

 one from Poa aquatica, for which he had proposed the name of E. Poae. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited some cocoons of the " Eria" silk forwarded from Malta 

 by Dr. Templeton, with a request that he might be informed if any method was known 

 by which the silk could be unwound from these cocoons, in which the silk was agglu- 

 tinated into a solid mass, and hoping, if such a method was not known, some atten- 

 tion would be given to the subject, as, if this difficulty were overcome, there was no 

 doubt this silk would become extensively used. 



