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new to this Country, with Remarks on the Nomenclature of Conio- 

 pteryx and on Orthotaenia, Buoliana, &c.' By John Curtis, Esq., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



1 Supplemental Descriptions of Species of African, Asiatic and 

 Australian Cetoniidae.' By J. O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



'Notes on the Species of Amycterus and allied Genera, with 

 Descriptions of some New Species.' By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Journal of Proceedings. 



Anecdote of a Terrier. — About three months since a friend of mine lost a favourite 

 terrier dog, and, after some days' absence, supposed it had been stolen. Seventeen 

 davs from that of its being missed, some labourers at work in a field sat down on the 

 bank to have their dinner, and soon had their attention drawn to a low moaning 

 noise, which at last they discovered to issue from a rabbit's burrow: the poor dog was 

 at once thought of ; and eleven feet from the mouth of the hole, after much labour in 

 digging, he was discovered wedged in: when taken out he could not stand, but by 

 judicious management in feeding soon recovered. — T. Catchpool, jun.; Colchester, 

 September 14, 1854. 



Occurrence of Hoopoes in the Isle of Wight. — When in the Island in August last 

 I saw hoopoes in several collections, and was told that they generally occur there in 



April. Two were killed at one shot by the gamekeeper at Warren in April last. 



— John Dutton ; St. Peter's Place, Hammersmith, September 7, 1854. 



Occurrence of the Red-necked Phalarope near Penzance. — A specimen of this 

 elegant little wader has at last turned up in our Land's End district, and I believe it 

 is the first recorded instance of its occurrence in Cornwall. It is in winter plumage, 

 or it is otherwise an immature bird : the back is very dark, and several of the feathers, 

 especially the scapulars, are broadly margined with reddish yellow. — Edward Hearle 

 Rodd ; Penzance, October 30, 1854. 



Capture of Deilephila Galii. — When out mothing, between Kingsdowne and 

 Margaret's Bay, on the 22nd of July, about half-past nine, I took a female specimen 

 of this rare Sphinx in first-rate condition : it is now in the possession of Mr. F. Bond. 

 — J. Thorne ; Morpeth Street, Ilethnal Green. 



Occurrence of Elachista triseriatella near Dublin. — It will interest the Micro- 

 Lepidopterists to hear that I took a fine specimen of the above species on some nettles 

 at Howth, County Dublin, on the 1st of July, of the present year. This is, I believe, 

 only the second instance of the occurrence of this beautiful little moth ; the first 

 specimen (on which the species was founded) having been taken on Durdham Downs, 

 near Bristol. — A. R. Hogan ; Charlton, Dundrum, near Dublin, October 10, 1854. 



