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pubescence; head closely and strongly punctured ; antennsg pale testaceous; thorax a 

 little broader than the elytra, widest in front, where it is rugose and much punctu- 

 lated, smouth and less sculptured behind ; elytra distinctly punctured, punctures in 

 lines; having a sutural stria, nearly obsolete on the disk, and gradually widening as it 

 approaches the apex, which is rounded in the female ; in the male the apex of the 

 elytra is broadly retuse, with two stout acute teeth on the upper and outer edge. 

 Length l£ — If line. 



Differs from bidens in being more elongate, paler in colour, more pubescent, 

 without the distinct thoracic line, and the retusion of the elytra is broader, with the 

 teeth acute and further apart. 



In the stems of Clematis vitalba, rather plentifully. Isle of Wight. — Thomas 

 John Bold ; Long Benton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, December 15, 1856. 



Proceedings of Societies. 



Entomological Society. 

 November 3, 1856.— W. W. Saunders, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



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

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

 Vol. iii. Parti.; presented by the Society. 'Journal of the Proceedings of the 

 Linnean Society,' Vol. i. No. 3 ; by the Society. ' Entomological Papers, being 

 Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera, with such Observations on their Habits, -.Sec, 

 as appear in any way interesting,' by John Nietner, Colombo, Ceylon, Nos. 1 and 2; 

 by G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. ' Bericht iiber die Oesterreichische Literatur der 

 Zoologie, Botanik und Palaeontologie aus den Jahren 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853;' 

 ' Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Weill,' Band V.; by the 

 Society. ' The Natural History Review,' No. 12 ; by the Dublin Natural History 

 Society. ' Entomologische Zeitung, 1856,' Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10; by the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Stettin. 'A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' No. 9; 

 ' The Substitute,' Nos. 1 and 2 ; ' Elements of Entomology,' by W. S. Dallas, 

 F.L.S., No. 2; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 'The Athenaeum' for October; by the 

 Editor. 'The Literary Gazette' for October; by the Editor. 'The Zoologist' 

 for November; by the Editor. 'The Journal of the Society of Arts' for October; by 

 the Society. A specimen of Belostoma sp ? by James Weston, Esq. 



Election of a Member. 



George Edwards, Esq., of 24, Acacia Road, St. John's Wood, was balloted for and 

 elected a Member of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 

 Mr. A. F. Sheppard exhibited Acronycta Alni and Phibalapteryx gemmaria, 

 taken near Brighton. 



