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M. Th. Lacordaire, Vol. vi. and Livr. 5 and 6 of Plates ; by Prof. Lacordaire. 1 Mono- 

 graphic des Elaterides,' par M. E. Candeze, Vol. iv. ; by the Author. ' Proceedings 

 of the Natural History Society of Dublin,' Vol. iii. Part II. ; by the Society. 'Bei- 

 trag zur Kaferfauna der Insel Jesso, bearbeitet von August Morawitz,' Erste Lieferung. 

 Cicindelida) et Carabici ; 1 Vorlaufige Diagnosen neuer Coleopteren aus Siidost-Sibi- 

 rien,' von Cand. August Morawitz ; 1 Vorlaufige Diagnosen neuer Carabiciden aus 

 Hakodade,' von Cand. Aug. Morawitz ; by the Author. ' Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society,' Vol. xii. No. 56 ; by the Society. ' The Intellectual Observer,' No. 20 ; by 

 Messrs. Groombridge & Sons. 'The Zoologist' for September; by the Editor. 

 ' The Athenaeum ' for August; by the Editor. 'The Reader' for August; by the 

 Editor. 'The Journal of the Society of Arts' for August; by the Society. 'On 

 Cephalization, and on Megasthenes and Microsthenes, in Classification,' by James D. 

 Dana ; by the Author. 



Election of a Member. 

 William Wix, Esq., of Cockshot Hill, Reigate, was ballotted for, and elected a 

 Member of the Society. 



Exhibitions, fyc. 



Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some Hemiptera and Hymenoptera, and a collection of 

 Coleoptera made by Mr. F. G. Waterhouse during his journey of exploration across 

 the Australian Continent ; from one-fourth to one-third of the Coleoptera appeared to 

 be species new to Science. 



Mr. Bond sent for exhibition the following Lepidopterous Larvae, admirably pre- 

 served by Mr. T. Baker, of Cambridge : — Papilio Machaon in four different stages of 

 growth, Vanessa Io, Arctia caja, Odonestis potatoria, Gastropacha quercifolia, Por- 

 thesia auriflua, and Cucullia Verbasci. 



Prof. Westwood remarked that Mr. Baker's preparations rivalled those of Dresden 

 in beauty : he had been informed that the method adopted at Dresden was to squeeze 

 out the intestines through a hole made near the anal extremity of the larva, then to 

 insert a fine straw, and blow the skin out, after which it was placed in a glass vase, 

 which was itself placed in a tin vessel and held over a lamp, by which the larva-skin 

 was quickly dried. The small larvae, as those of the Tineae, were put alive into the 

 hot bottle, baked until they swelled to the proper extent and dried, and were then 

 pinned with all their contents inside. 



Mr. D. Sharp exhibited a specimen of Coccinella labialis, taken a week previously 

 at Heme Bay. 



Mr. Janson expressed an opinion that C. labialis was only a variety of the common 

 C. 7-punctata. 



Mr. Waring exhibited two males and a female of Lithostege nivearia, taken in 

 Suffolk ; and a male specimen of Sterrha sacraria, taken at Banstead Downs : both 

 these rare Geometrae had been captured by Mr. Bouchard. 



Mr. Stainton entered at length into some interesting details respecting the charac- 

 ters of the mines of numerous genera of leaf-mining Tineae, and exhibited the result 

 of his observations by means of a table, in the different columns of which the principal 

 and distinguishing peculiarities of each genus were shown. 



