280 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY 
bighshire. Ireland — Colin Glen, near Belfast; Hermitage, 
County Wicklow; County of Derry. Glen Fee, Clova Moun¬ 
tains ; Braid Woods, near Edinburgh.” 
It is even hardier than P. aculeatum and P. angulare, 
and may be cultivated like them in every particular. 
The first Meeting of the Entomological Society during 
the present year was held on the 5th of January, the 
chair being occupied by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., 
F.R.S., President. 
Amongst the books upon the table presented to the 
Society since the last Meeting were continuations of 
Mr. Neitner’s descriptions of minute species of Beetles 
captured by himself in Ceylon, and of which the descrip¬ 
tion had first appeared in the newspapers of that island, 
and a few copies had subsequently been printed 
separately for distribution. 
The Rev. D. J. Drakeford, M.A., of Chewton, Mendip, 
Somersetshire, and H. S. Digby, Esq., of Fenstanton, 
Hunts, were elected members; and E. W. Robinson, 
Esq., a subscriber to the Society. 
Mr. Stevens exhibited a considerable number of new 
and interesting Lepidoptera, chiefly Moths belonging to 
the family Pyralidre, recently taken by Mr. Wallace at 
Sarawak, in Borneo. Among the species was a beautiful 
grass Moth allied to Centra liturata, of India; a 
singular Bombyx, allied to the Javanese Megasoma par- 
dale, and several Pyralides, with the palpi enormously 
developed and thrown over the back, extending back¬ 
wards to the extremity of the abdomen. 
Mr. Hunter exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Reading, of 
Plymouth, four living specimens of the rare Carabus 
intricatus, taken iu damp moss in the neighbourhood of 
that place, being the old habitat recorded long ago by 
Dr. Leach, the authenticity of which had been doubted, 
in consequence of no subsequent specimen having been 
found there, although repeatedly searched for. Mr. F. 
Smith had received a specimen from Hawley Flat, near 
Blackwater, Hants, as recorded in The Entomological 
Magazine for 1837. He also had repeatedly searched 
that locality since that time, but without success. It 
appeared, however, now that the precise habits of the 
species were known, that the want of success had 
originated in consequence of collectors not searching in 
the right place, namely, the damp moss at the roots of 
trees during the winter, instead of beneath stones iu 
more open places iu May and June. 
Mr. Reading also sent for exhibition a specimen of 
the Clcea erythrocephala, a Moth belonging to the family 
Noctuidse, of which only a single British specimen had 
hitherto been captured. It was taken upon Ivy blossoms 
in November last. 
Mr. Stevens also exhibited a new and very beautiful 
Butterfly belonging to the genus Callithea, taken by 
M. De Gaud in Peru, and allied to the Callithea Batesii 
of Hewitson. The outer margin of the fore wings and 
the whole of the hind wings is rich blue, the former 
having a large bright crimson spot at the base, extend- 
GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, January 27, 1857. 
ing nearly to the anal angle. He also exhibited a 
remarkable Curculio from Burmah, allied to the genus 
Pachymerus, with singularly-formed hind legs. 
Mr. Vernon Wollaston read a memoir upon the j 
British species of the genus Atomaria, a group of Beetles 
of minute size, as indicated by their generic name, and 
of which he described twenty-four distinct species as 
natives of this country. He also exhibited a box of 
minute Coleoptera, beautifully set out upon card, being 
a portion of his capture during his last visit to Madeira. 
Mr. Lubbock called attention to a remarkable memoir 
lately published by Professor Von Siebold, entitled j 
Wahre Parthenogenesis hie Schmetterlinge und bienen, 
containing some extraordinary theories on the genera- - 
tion of Bees and other Insects, considered with reference 
to the Parthenogenetic theory of the Aphides, or Plant 
Lice, proposed by Professor Owen. An English transla¬ 
tion of Von Siebold’s paper will shortly be published. 
A letter addressed by Mr. W. Marshall to Mr. Mon- 
teith on the reputed capture of six specimens of the 
Bath White Butterfly ( Pieris DapHdice), near Glasgow, 
was read, as well as a paper by Mr. Pascoe, containing 
descriptions of new exotic species of Longicorn Beetles , 
chiefly from Borneo, recently transmitted to this country 
by Mr. Wallace. 
We are well pleased to announce the safe return from 
India of Mr. Fortune. He has been superintending 
the formation of vast plantations of the Tea plant in 
the Himalayas. We hope to have the pleasure of 
perusing another volume from his pen relative to his 
researches in China and India. Such a volume just 
now would be doubly interesting. 
EXOTIC NURSERY, KING’S ROAD, LONDON. j 
( Continued from page 234.) 
Aquarium. —This is the name of a large house, which 
is thirty-five and a half feet long by twenty-eight and a 
half feet wide, with a tank (aquarium) thirty by twenty- 
two feet, having an average depth of eighteen inches of 
water for growing Water-Lilies and other aquatic plants 
iu a moist stove heat. Besides the actual water-plants, 
this house contains a great number of other kinds of 
stove plants, but chiefly such as flourish best in a damp 
atmosphere, at least while they are young and growing 
fast; therefore it will give a very good idea to the student 
of stove plants if we enumerate the principal tribes 
which are wintered here, and also to the collector of rare 
plants if we give the names of the greatest rarities in 
this house. 
Let us begin with the Water-Lilies, of which Nym- 
phcea ccerulea and Devoniana, the finest of them, were in 
bloom; and cyanea, with dentata, had just done bloom¬ 
ing. The young plants were very numerous, and of the j 
following kinds:— N. tliermalis, Ortigiesiana, Guianensis, 
esculenta, sanguinea, gigantea, stellata, rubra, and several 
kinds of odorata, including a night-flowering kind, which 
is called nocturna ; also lots of Pistia stratiotes floating 
about. This is the “ Water Soldier” of the Indies, and ; 
only requires to be thrown into water to increase and i 
multiply enormously. 
Inverted pots and other pedestals hold up an immense 
