6390 Entomological Society. 



Society. The only question now is whether or not D. papillosa and Zoanthus Couchii 

 are the same ; both have been found on the Cornish coast, and, as Mr. R. Q. Couch 

 speaks of the Zoanthus being common there, he, or some other naturalist, may 

 have had an opportunity of comparing them, and will perhaps kindly help me out of 

 my present difficulty. — E. W. H. Holdsworth ; 26, Osnaburgh Street, January 

 4, 1856. 



Proceedings of Societies. 

 Entomological Society. 

 January 3, L859.— Dr. J. E. Geay, President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

 the donors: — * Transactions of the Zoological Society of London,' Vol. iv., Part 5 ; 

 presented by the Society. ' On the Arrangement of the Cutaneous Muscles of 

 the Larva of Pygcera bucephala,' by John Lubbock, Esq., F.R.S., L S., G.S., Sec. ; by 

 the Author. ' Exotic Butterflies,' Part 29 ; by W. W. Saunders, Esq. * Mono- 

 graphic des Gomphines,' par Edm. De Selys Longchamps, Membre de l'Academie 

 Royale des Sciences de Belgique et de plusieurs autres Academies et Societes 

 Savantes; avec la collaboration de M. le Docteur Hagen, de Koenigsberg; by 

 the Author. 'The Journal of the Royal Dublin Society,' Vol. i. ; by the Society. 

 * Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' Nos. 363 — 369 ; by the Society. The 

 'Zoologist' for January; by the Editor. The 'Athenaeum' for December; by the 

 Editor. The ' Literary Gazette' for December; by the Editor. The 'Journal of the 

 Society of Arts' for December; by the Society. The ' Entomologists' Annual' for 

 1859; 'A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' No. 24 ; The ' Entomologists' 

 Weekly Intetrigencer,' Nos. 1 15—118 ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Election of a Member. 



George S. Mosse, Esq., of Eldon Road, Kensington, was balloted for and elected 

 a Member of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Waterhouse exhibited a specimen of Tachyusa concolor of Kraatz = Homa- 

 lota concolor, Erichs. The insect was found at the uppermost of the Highgate Ponds, 

 on the 25th of May, 1855. Latterly, Dr. Power has taken the same species at 

 Barnes Common and at the Hammersmith Marshes. 



Mr. Waterhouse also exhibited a specimen of Svmbiotes latus of Redtenbacher, 

 which he found in sweeping the herbage in a wood near Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, 

 in the summer of 1854 : Mr. Waterhouse believed this was the first occurrence of the 

 genus Symbiotes in England. 



