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Brazilian insects. — Mr. ITcinrich nnrmcistcr, son of tlio well-known author of 

 the " Ilaudbuch," who has resided twelve years in Brazil, intends to emulate the 

 example of Messrs. Bates and Wallace, by collecLiiig in Brazil, chiefly in the 

 province of Espirito Santo, with visits to other parts of the South American 

 Continent. Mr. Burmeistcr has ali'eady devoted all his spare time to the breeding 

 of Lcpidoptera, and has thus accumulated a mass of facts of the greatest importance 

 with regard to the natural position of many genera. 



The Birch-wood Dinner. — The annual dinner of the Entomological Club will bo 

 held, as usual, at " The Bull," at Birch-wood Corner, on Friday, the 3rd of July. 

 Osbert Salvin, Esq., will preside. 



The late Mr. Desvignes' Collection of Ichneumonidm. — We have great satisfaction 

 in stating that this important Collection has been purchased by the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. 



Entomological Society of London, \st June, 1868. H. W. Bates, Esq., F.Z.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



G. P. Shearwood, Esq., of Stockwell, and II Cavaliere Francfort, of Pallanza, 

 Lago Maggiore, were elected Members. 



Mr. Jenner Weir called attention to a Report of a Meeting of the Scientific 

 Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, in which were some rather remark- 

 able misapprehensions of the habits of the larva of Coleophora hemerohiella. It was 

 explained that none of the Entomologists who are Members of that Committee 

 were present at the Meeting in question. 



Mr. F. L. Keays exhibited specimens of Psyche cra.ssiorella from Hornsey, and 

 stated that the oaks were there much disfigured by the curled leaves in which 

 Attelahus curculionides deposits its egg. 



The Hon. T, Do Grey exhibited pupas of Hypercallia Ohristiernana ; the larva3 

 he had found near the end of May feeding on Poly gala vulgaris near Shoreham, in 

 Kent. Mr. ]\tcLachlan mentioned that he had recently found the larvae in the 

 same locality. 



Mr. A. G. Butler exhibited varieties of Nemeohius Lucina and of Anthocaris 

 cardamines from Herne Bay ; the latter were remarkable for the great size of the 

 central black spot of the anterior wings ; the posterior pair also showing an indica- 

 tion of this spot. 



Mr. H. Bui'meister (son of Professor Burmeister), who was present as a visitor, 

 exhibited many drawings of the transformations of South American butterflies, 

 together with the pupa-skins and perfect insects of some of them. He mentioned 

 that he had bred a species of Castnia, which he exhibited, from a larva feeding in 

 the interior of the pseudo-bulbs of Orchidaceoe. 



Mr. Butler mentioned that Otiorhynchus picipes had been causing great damage 

 to roses near Manchester, by eating off the young shoots. 



Professor Westwood made some remarks on the habits of Ateitchu,s saccr, as 

 obsei'ved by him at Cannes. 



Mr. McLachlau exhibited lai'vaj of a caddis-fly which he attributed to Enoicyla 

 pusilla of Burmeister, the only authenticated instance of one of these insects living 

 out of the water in the larval condition. These had been sent to him by Mr. J. E. 

 Fletcher, of Worcester, who found them at the roots of willow-trees. 



Mr. Frederick Bates communicated " Descriptions of New Genei'a and Species 

 of Hetcromera," from Australia. 



