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Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a box of Lepidoptera, chiefly Pyralidae, taken at Sarawak 

 by Mr. Wallace, amongst which was a beautiful species of Cerura, allied to C. liturata 

 of India; a singular Bombyx, allied to the Megasoma pardale of Java; and several 

 Pyralidae, remarkable for the extraordinary development of the palpi, in one species 

 the terminal joint of the palpi being turned back over the head of the insect, and 

 equal in length to the abdomen. 



Mr. Hunter exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Reading, of Plymouth, four living speci- 

 mens of Carabus intricatus, recently found in moss in that neighbourhood ; and a 

 specimen of Glsea erythrocephala, taken on ivy blossoms, in November last, at the 

 same place, being the second recorded British specimen of that species. 



Mr. Smith read an extract from the ' Entomological Magazine' for 1837, in which 

 Mr. Shuckard recorded a specimen of Carabus intricatus sent to Mr. Smith amongst 

 a large number of Carabi, collected on Hawley Flat, near Blackwater, Hants, not 

 Horsley Downs, as stated by Mr. Shuckard. Mr. Smith had frequently searched the 

 locality without success, in May and June ; but, not knowing the habit of the species, 

 had not thought of hunting for it in the wood which skirts the south-east end of that 

 locality. 



Mr. Waterhouse said Mr. Digby had informed him that he found this species in 

 Germany, in the moss and rotten wood on the stumps of trees which had been cut off 

 nearly level with the ground. 



Mr. Stevens remarked that he had searched for this species in June in the locality, 

 in Devonshire, mentioned by Dr. Leach, but without success. 



Mr. Wollaston said the natural habitat of the species seemed to be in moss during 

 the winter ; it probably would be more frequently found, if searched for at this 

 season. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a most beautiful Callithea, taken by M. De Gand at Taba- 

 linza, in Peru ; and a Curculio from Bunnah, allied to Paehy merits, having very 

 remarkable hind legs. 



Mr. Waterhouse observed it was a singular fact that four or five Brazilian species 

 were closely allied to this Indian insect. 



Mr. Wollaston exhibited a large box of minute Coleoptera, being a portiou of 

 his captures during his last visit to Madeira. 



Mr. Lubbock called attention to a remarkable paper lately published by Professor 

 Siebold, entitled * Wahre Parthenogenesis bei Schmetterlinge und Bienen,' containing 

 some extraordinary theories on the generation of bees and other insects: he stated 

 that an English translation of the work would shortly be published. 



The President read an extract from a letter addressed to Mr. W. Marshall by 

 Mr. Monteith on the reported capture of six specimens of Pieris Daplidice near 

 Glasgow. 



Mr. T. V. Wollaston read a paper on the British Atomariae, in which twenty-three 

 species are described as natives of this country. 



Mr. Pascoe read a paper on Longicorn Coleoptera, being a continuation of that 

 read by him at the Meeting in March last. — E. S. 



