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twelve o'clock. He bad himself bred Stylops five oi- six 

 limes, and had never done so later than the month of April, 

 always having captured the attacked, or infested, bees early 

 in the day. On one occasion he bred a Stylops on the same 

 day on which he had captured the infested Andrena, conveying 

 the bee home, shut up in a pill-box ; then, on arriving at home, 

 he had placed the bee in the sun, enclosed in a wooden box 

 having a glass lid ; when, in the course of half an hour, the 

 Stylops quitted the body of the bee. On other occasions he 

 had kept Stylopized bees in pill-boxes the whole of the day 

 of capture, but on placing them in a good-sized glass-topped 

 box, and supplying the bee with a few fresh flowers, the 

 Stylops had emerged early the following morning. The 

 President remarked that he had once found a large number 

 of bees in the afternoon at dusk, some of which contained 

 male Stylops, but on that occasion the morning had been wet 

 and dull, and therefore the bees had probably only just made 

 their appearance. Some further discussion ensued, during 

 which the President stated that during flight the males do not 

 move the rudimentary anterior wings (or "elytra"). 



Insects Destructive to Coffee Plantatiotis. — Some further 

 remarks were communicated by Mr. Gooch, of Natal, respect- 

 ing the ravages of a Longicorn beetle in the coffee plantations 

 there, which gave rise to a discussion as to whether the larvae 

 of Longicorn beetles attack healthy wood or not, a remark 

 having been made by Mr. Newman in the 'Entomologist' 

 that, according to his experience of fifty years, he had never 

 found the larvae of Longicorn beetles in decayed wood, or 

 those of Lamellicorn beetles in sound wood. Mr. M'Lachlan 

 stated that from his own observations healthy wood was not 

 attacked by British species of the family, though there were 

 exceptions, such as Saperda populnea. Mr. Smith remarked 

 that he once attempted to sit upon a rail, which broke under 

 him, when it was found to be infested with Rhagium bifas- 

 ciatum, and was completely rotten ; and the President had 

 experienced the same thing in Turkey with regard to a chair, 

 which was destroyed by Longicorn larvag. Mr. Janson 

 thought that the larvae of Longicorns do not attack wood 

 rotten from other causes; but Mr. M'Lachlan understood 

 Mr. Newman's observation to refer to living and healthy 

 trees. 



