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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
He then called upon Hr. Elkanah 
Armitage, Sec. to read the report for 
the past year. The report is too long 
for insertion, but it was universally 
considered to evince great prosperity. 
The Annual Address to the members 
of the Society was then delivered by 
Mr. T. Blackburn, at tho conclusion 
of which the Chairman called upon 
Mr. T. Geldart to propose the first 
resolution, in doing which the last 
named gentleman made some appro- 
priate remarks. The resolution was 
“ that the report just read by the 
Secretary be adopted, printed, and 
circulated.” It was seconded by Mr. 
Martin Geldart, and carried unan- 
imously. 
In response to the call of the Chair- 
man, the Rev. Joseph Greene, M. A, 
author of “ Pupa-digging,” rose to 
propose the second resolution, viz — 
“ that this meeting sympathises with 
the Bowdon and Alti’incham Entom- 
ological Society in its endeavours to 
extend and improve the knowledge of 
Entomology,” and introduced it with 
some able remarks. It was seconded 
by Mr. F. Kenderdine of Manchester. 
The proceedings were terminated 
by Mr. C. Worthington, proposing 
and Mr. J. Kingsley, seconding a vote 
of thanks to tho Chairman for the 
able manner in which he had con- 
ducted the meeting. 
Iu the course of his remarks Mr. 
Kingsley, complimented tho Society 
on their success in establishing tho 
1 Weekly Entomologist.,’ and appealed 
to the meeting to give its support to 
that periodical. 
At the close of the proceedings an 
exhibiton of insects was made by the 
members, consisting of the following 
families and orders, Coleoptcra by Mr. 
C. Worthington, Rhopulocera and 
Geometrina by Mr. E. M. Geldart, 
Sphingina by Mr. /. Armitage, Noc- 
tuidee and Orthosidcc by Mr. T. 
Blackburn. 
YOEK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The usual monthly meeting of this 
Society was held on the evening of 
the 2nd. inst. at the residence of the 
President, the Rev. Canon Hey, who 
exhibited Caralus Clathratus , recently 
taken by him in Ireland, besides many 
rare species of Coleoptcra contained 
in his cabinet. Mr. Prest exhibited 
Anthophagus Alpinus, B. Lunatus, 
Endomychius Coccineus, and the 
following Lepidoptera, — Cymatophora 
Ocularis taken near Worcester, Leu- 
cania Phragmitidis taken near London, 
Coleophora Mellilotclla &c. Mr. Birks, 
exhibited Epione Advenaria , Teph. 
rosia Extcrsaria, Eupithccia Linar- 
tata, E. Succenturiata , E. Sub/ulvata , 
E. Pimpinellata, E. Expallidata, E. 
Trisignaria, C. Ocularis, (bred by 
Mr. Edmunds of Worcester) A*. Bon- 
dii, (taken by Air. Me. Lachlan,) 
Agrotis Agathina, (taken near York,) 
Celcophora Vihicella &c. Mr. 
Carrington exhibited Nudaria Senex, 
Lobophora 1 /retain, L. Polycommata , 
varieties of Abraxas Grossulariata, 
