PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Dec . 3.—G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., in the chair.—-An extensive list of dona¬ 
tions of entomological works from the Entomological Society of France, &c., was 
announced. A new species of Wasp was exhibited by the Secretary, communi¬ 
cated by Mr. Thwaites of Bristol, and named Epipone melanocephala , Gmel. 
Mr. Bagster exhibited a green-house plant rendered unsightly by the attacks of 
a minute insect. Mr. Westwood read the description of a minute insect which 
had been discovered within Spongilla Jluviatilis, the common EnglishJTresh-water 
Sponge, by J. Hogg, Esq.; and which, from the continued motion of its sub¬ 
abdominal filaments, was presumed to be the cause of the undulations in the 
water which have very recently been insisted upon, by several eminent French 
zoologists* as proofs of the animality of that substance. (See The Athenaeum , 
No. 579.) There was also read the commencement of a memoir, by Mr. A. 
White, containing descriptions of some new exotic species of Hemiptera. 
LINNiEAN SOCIETY. 
Nov. 6. —The Chairman announced to the meeting that the late Mr. Natha¬ 
niel Winch, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, had bequeathed to the town his entire 
herbarium, consisting of upwards of 12,000 species of plants, together with his 
library of Natural History. [We understand that Mr. Winch has bequeathed 
to the Geological Society his collection of minerals, rocks, and organic remains.— 
Ed.] 
WARRINGTON NATURAL-HISTORY SOCIETY. 
We hail with unalloyed satisfaction and pleasure the honorable part Warring¬ 
ton is taking in the advancement and diffusion of science, and thereby of happi¬ 
ness also. It is already in possession of a Phrenological Society; and on the 
23rd of November, 1838, a Natural-History Society was established in the town. 
Here follow the rules of the latter Institution :— 
1. That this Society shall be denominated 44 The Warrington Natural- 
History Society f the design of its establishment being the promotion of the 
various branches of Natural History, together with Antiquities, by the formation 
of a museum and library, the reading of papers, &c.; 2. That it shall consist of 
resident and non-resident members. All members to be elected by ballot; a 
majority of black balls to exclude; and if the numbers are equal, the chairman 
shall decide; 3. That the subscription—to be paid by resident members only— 
shall be Jive shillings annually, paid in advance ; 4. That persons residing at a 
distance from Warrington who contribute to the museum or library, or in any 
other manner render assistance to. the Society, shall be eligible as non-resident 
