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book that fell into our hands relating to insects ; and these ideas our readers can 
find in chap, i., sections 836-840, of a Grammar of Entomology, by E. Newman, 
published some twenty years ago. Notices of New Books—Zoology of the Voyage 
of H.M.S. Herald , part 3; Transactions of Linnean Society of London, vol. xxi., 
part 3 ; Annals of Natural History, Nos. 83 and 84 ; Transactions of Entomological 
Society of London, vol. iii., part 3. (C. Collingwood) Birds in the neighbourhood 
of Blackheath in 1854; (W. M. E. Milner) Occurrence of the Snowy Owl in 
Sutherlandshire; (G. Norman) Singular Conduct in a Bobin; (J. Hogg) Notice 
of a Tunny, stranded in the Estuary of the Tees; (E. T. Higgins) Supposed new 
species of Flounder; (E. Newman) White specimen of the Flounder ; (E. Charles- 
worth) Shell-fish Burrowing into Bocks. Proceedings of Societies—Entomological 
Society, January 1, 1855; Anniversary Meeting, January 22, 1855. 
No. 149, March:—E. Newman, Esq., President of the Entomological Society 
of London, delivered his annual address at the anniversary meeting. Mr. Newman 
gives us a very able resume of the progress entomology has made for the last twelve 
months and a sketch of the late secretary of the Society, Mr. Wing, who was cut off 
at the very threshold, as it were, of a brilliant and successful career. Our readers 
will find a brief notice of his decease in our obituary portion. He also gives a notice of 
Abel Ingpen, George Newport, Major Champion, and Count Mannerheim, all of them 
distinguished as entomologists, though not connected with the London Society. 
We have then a list of those serials, published throughout the year, that contained 
aught of interest to entomologists—such as the “ Annals and Magazine of Natural 
History,” &c. The “ Zoologist” itself, as one would naturally expect, is also mentioned. 
At this part of the address, we must say, we expected that the talented and 
amiable president would have condescended to have noticed our humble labours. 
Surely, the Bev. J. Greene’s carefully compiled Catalogue of Irish Lepidoptera, or 
Mr. Hogan’s list of Dublin Coleoptera, would have been as interesting novelties to 
mention to the society as the fact that Anthrocera minos was taken in the Co. 
Galway, an account of which capture, Mr. Newman tells the members, they will find 
in a January number of the u Zoologist.” We have then a very accurate list of 
Entomological works published, with short criticisms upon nearly all of them, 
which will be extremely useful. We think the praise given to Mr. Wollaston 
highly deserved, and we are glad to see it so cordially given. (C. B. Bree) Black 
Hare, shot at Brome; (A. G. More) On the three species of Divers or Loons; 
(C. B. Bree) Bare Birds captured near Stowmarket; (J. H. Gurney) Note on the 
Eagle which is said to attack the trained Falcons of Asiatic Falconers; (H. Ste¬ 
venson) The Lapland Bunting in Norfolk; (E. Newman) Bemarkable variety of 
the Woodcock; (A. Boberts) Occurrence of the Shag, the American Scaup, and 
the Continental Wagtail, near Scarborough; (A. S. Taylor) Note on the great 
Vulture of California; (B. H. Stretch) Correction of an error; (A. B. Wallace) 
The Entomology of Malacca. It will give an idea of the richness of this part of the 
world in entomology to say, that the result of Mr. Wallace’s collecting in Singa¬ 
pore and Malacca, for about four months, was a collection of 2,000 species of in¬ 
sects. Proceedings of Societies—Entomological Society, February 5, 1855, J. 
Curtis, President, in the Chair. Society of British Naturalists, annual meeting, 
January 2, 1855, Mr. H. Harding, President, in the Chair. 
