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Entomological Society. 



Royal Society/ Vol. ix. No. 33 ; by the Society. ' The Journal of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England,' Vol. xix, Part 2 ; by the Society. ' Tijdschrift voor 

 Entomologie uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche Entomologische Vereiniging,' Vol.ii., 

 Parts 2 and 3 ; by the Netherlands Entomological Society. ' Insecta CaffYariae,' Part 

 ii. ; by the Author, Professor C. H. Boheman. ' The Zoologist ' for March ; by the 

 Editor. ' The Athenaeum ' for February ; by the Editor. ' The Literary Gazette ' for 

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

 Society. 'A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' No. 26 ; ' The Entomologist's 

 Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 124—127 ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. * Linnaca Entomo- 

 logical Vol. xiii ; by the Entomological Society of Stettin. 'Description of New 

 Species of Phytophagous Beetles ;' by the Author, J. S. Baly, Esq. ' A Catalogue of 

 British Coleoptera,' Part 2 ; by the Author, G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 



Election of a Member and Subscriber. 



The Rev. Evan Lewis, B.A., of Rolhwell, Northamptonshire/was balloted for, and 

 elected a Member, and W. B. Tegetraeier, Esq., of Muswell Hill, a Subscriber to the 

 Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited two specimens of Petasianubeculosa, which had that morning 

 emerged from the pupae : he had reared the larvae from eggs received from Perthshire, 

 and the insects had passed two winters in the pupa state. 



Mr. Stevens also exhibited some butterflies, chiefly Pieridae, sent from Siam by 

 M. Mouhot, and some beautiful Micro-Lepidoptera, taken by Mr. Diggles at Moreton 

 Bay. 



Mr. Douglas exhibited a box containing 1300 specimens of Coleoptera, taken 

 during the last month, chiefly in the neighbourhood of Lee, but a few were from 

 Hammersmith Marshes and Darenth Wood, amongst them were the following : — 



Stenus solutus. Stenolophus exiguus 



„ pubescens Gyrophaena lucidula 



Sunius intermedins Euryusa laticollis 



Calodera aethiops Homalota flavipes 



„ nigrita Thiasophila angulata 



„ riparia Quedius brevis 



Phlceopora reptans Saprinus piceus 



Sericoderus lateralis Dendrophilus pygmaeus 



Oxypoda n. sp. ? 



Mr. Douglas also exhibited a monstrous species of Pulex found in grass at the 

 margin of a pond, and some larvae, supposed to be those of Trinodes hirtus, found under 

 loose bark of oak, also a specimen of Rhyzophagus politus, Hellw., Fab., a species new 

 to Britain, taken by sweeping in a ditch at Lee, in June. 



Mr. Westwood exhibited a drawing of the larva of a species of the Dipterous 

 Genus Thereva, remarkable for the anomalous development of the abdominal seg- 

 ments which were comparatively of so large a size, each being also transversely 

 divided by an impression that there appeared to be double the usual number of joints, 

 which added to the head, three thoracic segments (of the usual size) and the anal 

 segment give the appearance of twenty-one segments, being eight more than 

 the usual number ; the eight abdominal segments being as it were duplicated, 

 the alternate ones presenting a minute lobe on each side; the head is extremely small 



Found in 

 nests of 

 Formica 

 rufa. 



