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similar operation. In the case of the pupae of the 56mbyx Caja, 

 which contained nothing but the exuviae of Pteromali, it may be 

 fairly concluded that the larvae of these (the Pteromali) were 

 too numerous, or became too powerful, to permit the larvae 

 of the iV/usca undergoing their usual metamorphosis : a cir- 

 cumstance much less to be wondered at, than that they should 

 ever accomplish the change when in so debilitated a state. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 Deptford, Nov. 26. 1831. Edward Newman. 



Art. VIII. An Account of the Sandal Wood Tree (Santalum), 

 xjoith Observations on some of the Botanical Productions of the 

 Sandwich Islands. By George Bennett, F.L.S., Member of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons in London, &c. 



The sandal wood tree {Santalum) is placed in the natural 

 order Santalacece, class Tetrandria, order Monogynia. There 

 are several species, but all have not wood possessed of fra- 

 grance. Of those from which the scented wood is procured 

 I am acquainted with three species : two have been described, 

 one the Santalum wxyrtifolium, found on the coast of Coro- 

 mandel ; and S. Freycinet/a/zw?w, found at the Sandwich 

 Islands ; the other, an undescribed species, at the New He- 

 brides group ; the latter appearing to have an affinity to that 

 found on the Coromandel shores. 



The native names of the sandal wood, among some of the 

 countries where it is found indigenous, are as follows : — 



Among the Malays, Jeendana. New Hebrides : Island of 

 Erromanga, Nassau ; Island of Tanna, Nebissi ; Island of 

 Annatom, Narti niat. The Marquesa group, Bua ahi. The 

 Island of Oparo, Turi turi. At the Island of Tahiti (where 

 it has been found on the mountains, but is very scarce) and 

 Eimeo, Ahi. On the Malabar coast, Chandana cotte. In the 

 Island of Timor, Aikamenil. In the Island of Amboyna, 

 Ayasru. At the Fidji group, larse. At the Sandwich 

 Islands, Iliahi. 



This fragrant wood, valuable as an article of commerce to 

 China, is found in India, Eastern Archipelago (more par- 

 ticularly in the islands to the eastward), the Marquesas, Fidji 

 and New Hebrides groups, &c. ; the Island of Juan Fernandez, 

 and has been occasionally found on the high mountains of 

 Tahiti, Eimeo, and Raivavae, or High Island. Mr. Crawford 

 observes {Indian Archipelago^ vol. i. p. 419, 420.), respecting 

 sandal wood, that it is " a native of the Indian islands, and is 

 found of three varieties, white, yellow, and red ; the first two 



