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Donations. 



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

 the donors : — ' Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land, 

 Vol. ii., Part 2 ; by the Society. ' Fabricia Entomologica,' par H. Jekel, Part 1 ; by 

 the Author. A paper entitled ** On some Arctic Species of Calanidae,'' by John 

 Lubbock, Esq., F.Z.S. (from the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History'); by the 

 Author. ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' Vol. vii., No. 5 ; by the Society. 

 'Journal of the Society of Arts ' for August ; by the Society. The ' Literary Gazette' 

 for August ; by the Editor. The ' Athenaeum ' for August ; by the Editor. ' Re- 

 sumen de las Actas de la Academia Real de Ciencias de Madrid, en el Ano Academico, 

 de 1847 a 1848 ;' Idem, 1848 a 1849 ; ' Estatutos de la Academia Real de Ciencias ;' 

 all by the Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid. The ' Zoologist' for September; 

 by the Editor. ' Insecta Maderensia; being an Account of the Insects of the Islands 

 of the Madeira Group,' by T. Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S. ; by the Author. 

 ' Bericht iiber die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl. Preuss. 

 Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin im Monat Juni, 1853,' by Dr. Sehaura; 

 ' Hemiptera and Orthoptera from Mozambique,' forming part of the work of Dr. 

 Peters on that country, by Dr. Schaum ; both presented by the Author. 



Old Series of the Society's ' Transactions.' 



It was announced to the Meeting that, by a resolution of the Council, at the end 

 of the present year the stock of the old series of the Society's ' Transactions ' would 

 be made up into volumes ; and this notice was given that the Members might avail 

 themselves of the interval to complete their sets. 



Trade Museum of the Society of Arts. 



It was also announced that the Council had resolved to present to the " Trade 

 Museum " now forming by the Society of Arts such duplicate specimens of insects as 

 could be spared from the Society's collection, especially of those which are injurious or 

 beneficial to man, and a certain selection had been made ; but in order to make the 

 gift as comprehensive as possible, the Council requested the co-operation of the Mem- 

 bers, by their giving such further specimens from their own collections as they may 

 think proper. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. S. Stevens, on the part of Mr. Evans, of Darley Abbey, exhibited a specimen 

 of a new British Noctua, of which several had recently been taken in North Wales. 

 According to Berrien- Schaffer's figure and description, it appears to be the Spoelotis 

 Valesiaca, And. 8f JBoisd., but it does not agree with Freyer's figure of the species. 



Mr. Stevens also exhibited six specimens of Agrotis lunigera, likewise examples of 

 Spslotis catalcuea, taken recently at the Isle of Wight. He also brought for exhibi- 

 tion a box of insects collected in the neighbourhood of Singapore by Mr. Wallace, 

 wliich contained many new and interesting species both in Lepidopteraand Colcoptera: 

 among the latter, the Longicorns were very beautiful, and bore much the larger pro- 

 portion compared with the other families. 



Mr. Bond brought for exhibition specimens of Acidalia degeneraria from the Isle 

 of Portland ; Orthosia hyperborea from Perthshire, observing that this species had 



