JOURNAL OF PR0CP:KD1NGS. XXV 



seeds of the Dividivi, {Ccesulpiniu coriaria), the legumes of which are 

 so valuable as a substitute both for oak bark and galls. 



Mr. Spence made some observations upon the great annoyance 

 recently caused by swarms of the minute ant {Formica unifasciuta) 

 to the inhabitants of the houses in several parts of Brighton, as well 

 as in London ; and which had, in some instances, increased to such an 

 extent that the latter were under the necessity of quitting their resi- 

 dences, the ants devouring or attacking every article. Mr. Spence 

 mentioned that the only plan hitherto discovered for their destruction 

 was to lay down pieces of raw meat, which they assailed in great 

 numbers, and then to throw down boiling water over them. 



The Rev. W. Kirby mentioned that in some parts of Suffolk the 

 largest species of British ant (Formica rvfa) had been equally trou- 

 blesome. He also noticed having observed ants at work by moon- 

 light, a fact which had been doubted. 



Dr. Horsfield suggested that the most effectual mode of destroy- 

 ing the former insects would be by fumigation by sulphur. 



July 1th, 1834. 

 J. G. Children, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Donations. 



Proof Impression of the Portrait of the Rev. W. Kirby. Present- 

 ed by Mr. Lupton. It was unanimously decided that this admirable 

 likeness of the Honorary President should be framed and suspended 

 over the President's chair in the meeting-room of the Society. 



Centurie de Carabiques nouveaux. Par M. Gory ; 



Description et Figures de Pamborus Guerini, Zuphium fuscum, 

 Cordistes 4~maculatus, Oxycheila distigma, CalUcnemis Latreillei et 

 Trochalm rotundatus. By M. Gory. From the ' Magasin de Zoo- 

 logie,' de M. Guerin (F.) ; 



Descriptions et Figures de Melolontha spinipennis, Areoda macii- 

 lata et Melolontha lactea, (from the Revue Entomologique de Sil- 

 bermann). Par M. Gory. All presented by M. Hippolyte Gory, of 

 Paris. 



Memoire sur les Raphidiens ; 



Note sur la Larve du Myrmeleon lihelluloides, et Descriptions et 



