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subdued as to render it just as safe an inhabitant of a wall- 

 hive as the smaller variety of bee. In a portion of the 

 Punjab, near the hills, this bee is also met with ; and I have 

 seen the under surface of the principal branches of a large 

 peepul-tree studded with so many colonies, individually of 

 such great strength, as to deter the neighbouring peasanty 

 from attempting to deprive them of their stores, notwithstand- 

 ing it was conjectured that there were several hundred weight 

 of combs on the tree. The largest of these assemblages of 

 combs, the probable accumulation of several seasons, was of 

 such a size as I think it not prudent to cite ; but, from the 

 specimens I have seen of the produce of this bee, I conceive 

 their domestication, if introduced into Europe, would prove a 

 most valuable acquisition to this branch of farming, although 

 I must confess myself unable to devise any safe and easy plan 

 for transporting such a colony. 



Art. XIV. — Proceediufts of the Ent077iological Society of 



France. 



Sitting of the 7tii December, 1836. 



M. DupoNCHEL in the Chair. 



The following donations were announced : — 



The Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. The 

 Proceedings of that Academy during the year 1835 ; also, An 

 account of the works on Natural History, published during 

 the year 1835. 



M. Graels. Inauguration of the Society of Arts and 

 Natural Sciences at Barcelona. 



Don Salvador Lopez y Ramos. A Memoir of the Agri- 

 cultural Instruments used in Spain ; also, A Memoir of Insects 

 injurious to the Vine. 



M. Brulle. An account of the Scientific Expedition to 

 the Morea : the Entomological part, with plates. 



M. Dahlbom. Some Swedish Journals, containing extracts 

 from the Annals of the Society. 



The Secretary read a copy of the letter which he sent to 

 M. Lefebvre, the late secretary, on the occasion of his resign- 

 ing that important office. 



