5762 Entomological Society, 



Meneville. 'The Zoologist' for May; by the Editor. ' Slettiuor Entomologische 

 Zeitung,' Vol. xviii. Nos. 1 — 3 ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. ' A Manual 

 of British Butterflies and Moths,' Vol. i. and No. 14 ; 'The Substitute' for 1856—7; 

 'Elements of Entomology,' No. 7 ; 'The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' No. 

 27 ; by II. T. Stainton, Esq. ' On the Distribution of certain Species of Fresh-water 

 Fish, and on the Modes of Fecundating the Ova of the Salmonidae ; by John Hogg, 

 Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. ;' by the Author. ' The Literary Gazette' for April ; 

 by the Editor. *The Athenaeum ' for April; by the Editor. 'Proceedings of the 

 Berwickshire Naturalist's Club,' Vol. iii. No. 7 ; by the Club. ' List of the Specimens 

 of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,' Part XL, Noctuidae ;' 

 by the Author, F. Walker, Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited two pairs of Endromis versicolor recently taken in Tilgate 

 Forest ; also a pair of Euchirus longimanus from Ceram ; and some fine species of 

 Pieris sent by Mr. Wallace from the islands of Baley and Loraback, which were inte- 

 resting from the variation of the species in these closely-adjoining islands. 



Mr. Stevens also exhibited a specimen of Hetaerius sesquicornis taken on the 2nd 

 instant, in a nest of Formica fusca, at Hampstead ; and a specimen of Lophopteryx 

 Carmelita bred from the egg. 



Mr. Foxcroft sent for exhibition specimens of Anchomenus Ericeti, Panz., and 

 other Coleoptera and Lepidoptera taken at Rannoch. 



Dr. Power exhibited a box of British Coleoptera containing a fine series of Drypta 

 emarginata, Sunius filiformis, Meloe brevicollis, and other rare species; also three 

 specimens of Hetaerius sesquicornis, taken from nests of Formica fusca at Hampstead. 



Mr. Croker exhibited a box of Indian Locustidae and GryllidEe; also a fan used 

 in Egypt to drive away the mosquitos. 



The President observed that similar fans were used in the East Indies for this 

 purpose. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited a mutilated specimen of Acherontia Atropos which he 

 had lately found in a bee hive. He observed that he had never heard of any instance 

 having been recorded, in this country, of this moth proving destructive to bees ; but 

 his attention had been lately drawn to one of his hives, the stock of which did not 

 commence working, and gradually got weaker and weaker, till at last scarcely 100 bees 

 remained. On turning up the hive he discovered the remains of the specimen of A. 

 Atropos, which he exhibited, attached to the comb. Whether the loss of the stock was 

 to be attributed in any way to the moth was a matter of conjecture. 



Mr. Westwood also exhibited a gigantic species of flea, for which he proposed the 

 specific name of imperator. The specimen, which is about twenty times the size of 

 the common Pulex irritans, was found dead in a bed at Gateshead. 



Mr. Westwood also exhibited some cloth-like texture from South America, said to 

 have been found inside a tree, and to be the production of some insect. 



Major Vardon exhibited some insects brought from the interior of Africa by Dr. 

 Livingstone, respecting which Mr. Westwood furnished the following details. 



" The insects which Dr. Livingstone has placed in my hands are — 

 " 1. The larva of a coleopterous insect, of which I am unable to determine the 

 family, but think it may possibly be Cebrionideous. The head is flat, nearly circular, 



