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the worm holes and strengthen the fabric of the carvings ; and (3), that after the worm | 
has been destroyed, further attacks from it can be prevented by treating the carved 
work with a solution of corrosive sublimate, either in methylated spirits of wine or | 
parchment size, according to the character of the surface of the wood-work ; the 
strength of the solution being sixty grains of chloride of mercury to a pint of fluid, | 
whether methylated spirit or parchment size. 
Paper read. 
Mr. J. S. Baly read a paper entitled “ Descriptions of new Genera and Species of 
Phytophaga,” in which sixteen new species were described, and four new genera 
ytophaga, I ’ 
established under the names of Euphene, Sophrena, Nisotra and Glycernia. 
December 5, 1864. 
F. P. Pascor, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Additions to the Library. 
The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the donors:— | 
‘Catalogus Specicrum Generis Scolia, conscripserunt Henricus de Saussure et Julius 
Sichel ; presented by the Authors. ‘ Elaterides Nouveaux,’ par M. E. Candéze; by the 
Author. ‘ Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,’ Vol. vii. Parts 1—5; by the Entumological 
Society of the Netherlands. ‘Sepp, Nederlandsche Insecten,’ 2d Series, Nos. 35— | 
46; by S.C. Snellen van Vollenhoven, Esq. ‘Synopsis des Agrionines, 4e légion: 
Platycnemis, par M. Edm. de Selys-Longchamps; by Dr. Hagen. ‘ Die wirbellosen 
Thiere der Provinz Preussen’; ‘ Die Odonaten und Nenropteren-Fauna Syriens und 
Klein-Asiens ;’ by the Author, Dr. Hagen. ‘The Journal of Entomology,’ No. 11; 
by the Proprietors. ‘The Zoologist’ and‘ The Entomologist’ for December; by the 
Editor. ‘The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, No. 7; by the Editors. ‘The 
Journal of the Suciety of Arts’ for November; by the Society. ‘The Reader’ for 
November; by the Editor. ‘The Atheneum’ for November; by the Editor. 
The following additions by purchase were also announced :—Voyage de Décou- 
vertes de l’Astrolabe—Partie Entomologique, par le Docteur Boisduval; Fabricius 
(J. C.), Species Insectorum; Paykull (G.), Fauna Suecica, Insecta; Paykull (G.), 
Monographia Staphylinorum Suecie ; Paykull (G.), Monographia Caraborum Suecie ; 
Gravevhorst (J. L. C.), Coleoptera Microptera Brunsvicensia nec non Exoticorum 
quotquot exstant in Collectionibus Entomologorum Brunsvicensium ; Percheron (A.), 
Monographie des Passales; De Laferte-Senectére (F.), Monographie des Anthicus ; 
Sturm (Jacob), Catalog der Kaefer-Sammlung; Catalogue de la Collection Entomo- 
logique du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, par MM. Milne-Edwards, Blan- 
chard et Lucas; Fairmaire (Léon), Essai sur les Coleoptéres de la Polynésie; 
Fallen, Monographia Cimicum Sueciz. 
Election of Members. 
The Rev. Herbert Milnes, of Crich, near Matlock; William Hume, Esq., of 
9, Gracechurch Street, London; and Trovey Blackmore, Esq., of The Hollies, Wands- 
worth, were ballotted for and elected Members of the Society. 
