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Hewitson's view, that Collections are given to public Societies to 'prevent the dispersion 

 of them : gifts to individuals, for the gratification of friendly feeling, stand on a very 

 different footing ; yet, even in the latter case, the conversion of the gift into money 

 would be generally deemed a most ungrateful proceeding. I know nothing more of 

 the matter in dispute than what is to be collected from the two letters, and my sole 

 object in troubling you with these few lines is to avert the discouragement of dona- 

 tions to public Institutions, which Dr. Gray's avowal that " their property must be 

 liable to be distributed like that of a private individual " must necessarily produce. I 

 most strongly dissent from the Dr. 's doctrine that the legality of the sale is the only 

 question for consideration. 



I am, Sir, yours obediently, 



J. P. WiLMOT. 



Leamington, May 12. 



[The discussion on this subject will now cease. — Edward Neivman.] 



Proceedings of Societies, 

 Entomological Society. 

 May 3, 1858.— Dr. Gray, President, in the Chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors: — ' Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Natnralistes de Moscou,' 1856, Nos. 

 2 — 4, and 1857, No. 1 ; presented by the Society. * Catalogue of the Lepidopterous 

 Insects in the Museum of the East India Company,' by Thomas Horsfield, M. and 

 Ph. D., F.R.S., Keeper of the Company's Museum, and Frederic Moore, Assistant, 

 Vol. i. ; by the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company. ' Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society,' Vol. ix, No. 30 ; by the Society. * Proceedings of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society,' Nos. 339—349, both inclusive; by the Society. * The Zoologist' for 

 May ; by the Editor. ' Abhandlungen de Mathemat-Physikalischen Classe der Ko- 

 niglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenchaften,' Vol. viii. Parti.; * Ueber den 

 Auban und Ertrag des Bodens im Konigreiche Bayun,' Part I., by Dr. F. B. W. 

 Hermann; by the Akademie. 'The Athenaeum' for April; by the Editor. 'The 

 Literary Gazette' for April; by the Editor. 'The Journal of the Society of Arts' 

 for April ; by the Society. ' List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the 

 Collection of the British Museum,' by Francis Walker, F.L.S., ^c. — Supplement ; 

 by the Author. 'A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' No, 16; by the 

 Author, H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Nos. 

 79—83 ; by the Editor, H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Elections. 



Robert McLachlan, Esq., of Park Road Terrace, Forest Hill, and Alfred Boot, 

 XVI. 2 L 



