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' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,' Vol. viii. 

 Nos. 1 and 2 ; 'A Notice of the Origin, Progress and Present Condition of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,' by W. S. W. Ruschenberger, M.D., 

 Surgeon U.S. Navy; by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 'Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge,' Vol. viii.; by the Smithsonian Institution. 

 ' Transactions of the Linnean Society of London,' Vol. xxii. Part 1 ; List of the 

 Linnean Society of London,' 1856; by the Society. 'Proceedings of the Literary 

 and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, during the forty-fifth Session, 1855-56/ 

 No. 10 ; by the Society. ' Remarks on the Habits and Distribution of Marine 

 Crustacea on the Eastern Shores of Port Philip, Victoria, Australia, with Descriptions 

 of Undescribed Species and Genera,' by John Robert Kinahan, M.B.,T.C.D., M.R.I. S., 

 Acting Professor Natural History Department of Science and Art, &c. &c. ; by the 

 Author. 'Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,' 1856, No. 9; by the Editor, M. F. E. 

 Guerin-Meneville. 'The Substitute,' Nos. 3,4,5 and 6; 'A Manual of British 

 Butterflies and Moths,' No. 10; ' Elements of Entomology,' by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S, 

 No. 3; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 'List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects 

 in the Collection of the British Museum,' Part 9, Noctuida? ; by the Author, Francis 

 Walker, F.L.S. 'The Zoologist' for December; by the Editor. 'The Journal 

 of the Society of Arts' for November; by the Editor. 'The Literary Gazette' 

 for November ; by the Editor. 



Election of a Subscriber. 



J. V. Yatman, Esq., 2, Bombay Place, Amersham Park, New Cross, was balloted 

 for and elected a Subscriber to the Society. 



Mr. Westwood called attention to the excellent descriptions of New Holland and 

 other exotic insects published by M. Perroud in the Transactions of the Lyons 

 Society, and expressed a wish that some of our young entomologists would furnish 

 similar papers, which really are a step in advance of Science : he was also desirous 

 of knowing whether the recent discovery of the larva of Agrotis Ashworthii had 

 contributed in any way to the settlement of the disputed question as to the genus to 

 which this species should be referred. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a box of Lepidoptera and other insects, taken by 

 Mr. Diggles at Moreton Bay, including Papilio Anactus, M^Leay ; Eurycus Cressida, 

 a fine Bombyx, allied to Laria, of which the female is apterous ; Deilephila Celerio? 

 and Deiopeia pulchella? apparently identical with the European species; and a fine 

 Neuropterous insect, the Stilbopteryx costalis of Newman. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited specimens of Gelechia paupella, bred from the flowers of 

 Inula dysenterica : he observed that this species is closely allied to G. inopella, and 

 when he discovered it he supposed it was the summer brood of that species ; but, being 

 larger, it would have been an exception to the general rule in Lepidopterous insects, 

 in which the sstival specimens are usually smallest, as in the well-known instance of 

 Ennomos illunaria : he added that the species exhibited was probably the Apheloselia ? 

 Tnulella of Curtis. 



Mr. A. F. Sheppard sent for exhibition specimens of Ypsipetes elutaria and 

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