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our British species, I have a new locality to record ; the specimens exhibited were 

 taken by me at Darenth Wood." 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Hagen, of Konigsberg, in which, after 

 thanking the Society for having elected him one of its Honorary Members, he 

 expressed a hope that British entomologists would assist him in rendering more perfect 

 his receully-published 'Bibliotheca Entomologica'; if the entomologists of this 

 country would communicate to this Society every error or omission, with respect either 

 to the authors or their works, which they noticed in the ' Bibliotheca,' and such addi- 

 tions as from time to time became uecessary, and the Society would communicate the 

 same to him (Dr. H.), he trusted that, by the assistance and cooperation of this and 

 other Societies, which had been requested to do likewise, a future edition of his recent 

 work might be made a good foundation for a complete and perfect record of ento- 

 mological bibliography. 



The President mentioned that Professor Lacordaire, of Liege, in a letter returning 

 thanks for his election as an Honorary Member, had enclosed a photograph of him- 

 self, in the belief that this Society, like that of Fiance and other scientific bodies, was 

 forming a collection of likenesses of its members. The Council had taken the subject 

 iuto consideration, and having regard to the regret which was now felt at the absence 

 of any such memorial of some of our distinguished entomologists (e.g., the late 

 James Francis Stephens), and to the interest which, after the lapse of a few years, 

 would doubtless attach to such a collection, had determined to provide a proper book 

 for the reception and preservation of photographs of such Members and Subscribers 

 as would be kind enough to present their likenesses to the Society. He trusted that 

 the existing Members of the body would readily respond to this invitation. 



Special General Meeting. 

 The Secretary gave notice that a Special General Meeting would be held on 

 Monday, the 1st of June, at 8 p.m. (or so soon thereafter as the business of the 

 Ordinary Meeting should be concluded), to consider whether the Society's collection 

 of British Insects should be retained or disposed of; and that at such Meeting 

 Resolutions would be proposed with a view to carry into effect the recommendations to 

 the Council, which were agreed to by the Library and Cabinet Committee at its 

 meeting held on the 30th of March last. — J. W. D. 



Clava mullicornis. — Several clusters of this beautiful Polyp were brought to me on 

 the 24th of March, attached to Fucus, which was found growing upon two pieces of 

 rock at the Dingle. Mr. Byerley, in his ' Fauna of Liverpool,' speaks of it, on the 

 authority of Mr. Price, as being "found on loose and floating Fuci washed into the 

 Mersey." They were brought to me, with other specimens, by James Woods, a poor 

 youth who is quite a genius in hunting for marine and freshwater specimens, by which 

 he gains a precarious living, likewise many colds and much rheumatism. — Thomas J. 

 Moore, in ' Naturalist's Scrap Book,' 1 Part i. p. 5. [I am very much pleased to receive 

 this useful and unassuming little journal, to which T wish every possible success: 

 Liverpool entomologists should especially patronize it; to them it will be as useful as 

 the 'Weekly Entomologist' to our entomological friends at Manchester. — Edward 

 Neivma.n.'] 



