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ripe, tlioiigli nearly so ; and, from a conversation wliieh 
took place at the Meeting, it was stated Py a mcmPer 
present, tliat he had tlio PxU'harossa in perfection so late 
as the lOtli of April. 
Erom LIr. Cox, gardener to W. Wells, Esq., of Kcd- 
leaf, Kent, there were some admirable specimens of 
BeiirrS Clairgcau Pear, and some other varieties, re¬ 
markably well grown, wliich wo shall take an oppor¬ 
tunity of noticing hereafter. 
^Ir. Mickle, of Gloucester, nearly covered one end of 
the room with a collection of the Pears and Apples of 
Gloucestershire, illustrative of the Cider and Perry 
orchards of that district, And Mr. Dickens, of Peter- 
ston, near Ross, furnished a similar collection from the 
orchards of Herefordshire. 
We find our space too limited to overtake the whole, 
or even to give anything like a minute description of 
this vast exhibition of fruits ; but we shall endeavour, 
from time to time, to give our readers a few observatious 
on such points as may bo found interesting. 
The Meeting of The Entomological Society, on the 
hth of November, was an especial one, called in pur¬ 
suance of a requisition addressed to the President, by 
several members of the Society, for the purpose of de¬ 
termining the question as to the advisability of the in¬ 
troduction into the Society of a new class of non-paying 
members, to be termed Associates, consisting of not 
more than ten in number, being persons of limited 
means, but who had, nevertheless, deserved well, by 
their exertions in the Science. 
The proposal was moved by Mr. Westwood, and 
seconded by Mr. Newman, and was opposed by an 
amendment proposed by Mr. Edwin Sheppord, and 
seconded by Mr. Pascoe. On being put to the ballot, it 
was found that a majority of the members present were 
against the admission of Associates; and thus a system 
of exclusiveness, (which has already resulted in the 
establishment of a separate Society of practical ento¬ 
mologists), has been established, which, considering the 
comparatively restricted number of the followers of the 
study of insects, appears to us much to be deplored. 
The meeting, subsequently, proceeded to the ordinary 
scientific business, the President, J. Curtis, Esq., being 
in tlio chair. In the absence of Mr. Douglas, Mr. 
Newman acted as joint secretary. A numerous list of 
donations of books to the library was announced as 
having been received from the Smithsonian Institute of 
Washington, the Boston Society of Natural History, 
the New Orleans Academy, the Royal Society of London, 
the Society of Arts, the Entomological Society of Stettin, 
]M. Guerin, IMr. Stainton, &;c., and thanks were ordered 
to be forwarded to the several donors. 
Mr. Stainton exhibited various rare Moths of the 
family Noctudia), captured in the neighbourhood of 
i Brighton, by Mr. Winter, having been attracted to sugar 
! daubed upon the trunks of trees; amongst them was a 
beautiful species, Phlogopliora empgrea, a native of 
Erance, but which had not been before found in this 
ink 
country. Also, a remarkable variety of a Butterdv, 
PohjmnmaUi'^ Agestis, marked on tlie upper surface of 
its wings like P. Arl/ixerxnt, also captured near Brigliton, 
hy Mr. Henry Cooke. 
jMr. Newman exhibited a remarkable Moth, Pntometa 
ohliqua, a native of Australia, but which had been 
reared in this country hy Mr. Oxley, from a sack-shaped 
cocoon ; also, a globular mass of silk, of the size Gf a 
boy’s marble, which had been spun upon a furze-bush 
by myriads of a little mite of the genus TetmnycJim, 
nearly allied to the common Red Spider of the hot¬ 
houses. 
Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some rare Microlepidoptera, 
from the coast of- Hampshire, including a new Tortrix, 
from Haling Island, and the beautiful Tinea Aurogiit- 
tella, from the Isle of Wight. He also exhibited a box 
of very beautiful Longicorn and other Beetles, just 
arrived from Borneo, where they had been captured by 
Mr. Wallace; and gave an account of the comparative 
advantages of the employment of Camphine Benzine; 
and the newly-patented Rectified Borneote of Petroline, 
for discharging grease from the bodies of insects, some 
specimens of winch, cleaned by the latter fluid, were 
exhibited, and which had been completely restored to 
their original brilliancy. 
Mr. Westwood exhibited a specimen of the Rove 
Beetle, Velleius dilatatus, which ho had received from 
Mr. G. W. Johnson, and which had been found infest¬ 
ing the common hive ; its usual habit being to frequent 
the nests of the Hornet. It appears, however, to be 
variable in this respect, as Mr. Waterhouse stated that 
M. Chevrold had taken it in the holes of the Goat Moth 
Cossus lignipenln, and a specimen had lately been taken 
in the New Eorest in the body of a dead heifer. 
Mr. "Westwood also exhibited specimens of the 
Weevil, Ihjiiera Eumicis, with its curious cocoon, reared 
by Professor Henslow. 
Mr. Eoxcroft exhibited several boxes of rare insects, 
which ho had collected during the past season in Perth¬ 
shire. Among them were a large number of specimens j 
of Cetonia anea, Tnehius gallieiis, &c. 
Mr. Winter exhibited a specimen of the hitherto 
unique Moth, Ennomos Alniaria, and IMr. Syme, the 
Spherites glahmtus, a very rare Beetle (hitherto a doubt¬ 
fully reputed inhabitant of this country), taken in 
fungi, in Kincardineshire- 
Dr. Power exhibited specimens of the rare Kotio- 
pliilus rufipcs, as well as a singular specimen of the 
female of Ifydroporus picipes, with opaque elytra. 
The Rev. Hawley Clark, a new British species of the 
last-named genus, from Mr. Waterhouse’s collection. 
Letters were then read, addressed to the President, 
from Mr. Ally, of York, and John Hogg, Esq., E.R.S., 
on the unusual number of Moths which have been 
observed during the past season, as well as the paucity of 
Wasps ; proving that the extraordinary severity of the 
last winter was not destructive of insect life. 
A note was also read, from A. H. Halliday, Esq., on 
the British Inlc Gall, which has been so extremely 
abundant, during the past two seasons, in the south- 
