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Entomological Society. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's accounts was read by Mr. M'Lachlau, one of the 

 Auditors, and showed a balance in favour of the Society of £122 6s. 4cl. 



The President delivered an Address on the state and prospects of the Society and 

 of Entomology in general; the Meeting passed a vote of thanks to the President for 

 his Address, and ordered it to be published in the * Proceedings' of the Society. 



A vote of thanks to the President for the courteous and able manner in which he 

 had fulfilled the duties of his position during the two years that he had occupied the 

 Presidential Chair; to Mr. Janson, the retiring Secretary; and to the other retiring 

 Members of the Council, wus also unanimously agreed to by the Meeting. 



February 3, 1862.— Frede rick Smith, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The President thanked the Society for having selected him to fill the chair; and 

 nominated Messrs. Lubbock, Pascoe and W. Wilson Saunders to he his Vice- 

 Presidents. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be presented to 

 the donors: — 'The Journal of Entomology,' No. 4; presented by the Proprietors. 

 ' The Athenieum 1 for January ; by the Editor. 1 The Journal of the Society of Arts' 

 for January; by the Editor. ' The Zoologist' for February; by the Editor. ' Sit- 

 zuugsberichte der Konigl. Bayer. Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Munchen,' 1861, 

 Heft V.; by the Academy. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Dunning suggested that the accuracy of the minutes would be increased, and 

 the value of the Society's 'Proceedings' materially enhanced, if each Member who 

 made exhibitions, or took part in the discussions or conversations thereupon, would 

 have the goodness to hand to the Secretary, either during or at the close of the 

 Meeting, or to transmit to him by post, a brief note containing the substance of his 

 communication to the Society, the names of insects referred to, and the authorities 

 for those names, references to authors quoted, and generally any facts narrated or 

 opinions expressed by the Member, which he thinks it desirable to have recorded. It 

 was scarcely advisable to trust more than necessary to the Secretary's memory or 

 power of rapid reporting; and Mr. Dunning thought that whilst the carrying the 

 above suggestion into effect would be a great convenience to the Secretary, it would 

 entail but slight inconvenience on each individual Member. 



Mr. Lubbock exhibited a magnified drawing of a singular dipterous larva found 

 under logs of wood; he was unable to state to what family it belonged, but hoped to 

 breed the perfect insect. 



Professor Westvvood, though at first inclined to consider it the larva of one of the 

 Muscida 1 , thought it most probably referable to some species allied to Platypeza. 



Mr. Walker remembered having, some years ago, found flat larva) adhering closely 

 to damp wood, and somewhat resembling that represented in Mr. Lubbock's figure : 

 he agreed with Professor Westwood that the larva did not belong to the Muscida3. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited a living pupa of the lepidopterous genus M icropteryx, and 



