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to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F. W. Hope, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., 

 &c., with forty plates, from drawings by the Author,' by J. 0. Westwood, 

 M.A., F.L.S., &c., part i. ; by the Author. 'Forestry: Tree-pruning 

 viewed Entomologically ; ' by the Author, A. Miiller, Esq. 



Election of Member, dx. 



Edwyn C. Reed, Esq., of the Museo Nacional, Santiago de Chile, was 

 balloted for and elected a Member of the Society. 



The Right Hon. Lord Dormer, of Grove Park, Warwick, was balloted for 

 and elected a Subscriber. 



Exhibitions, dc. 

 Mr. Miiller exhibited the following specimens, which he had found on a 

 recent visit to some hmestone caves in the Jurassian Mountains : — 



1 . A blind Myriapod, found on decayed trunks of trees carried into the 

 cave by floods. 



2. A minute Podura, which had, however, become quite shrivelled. 



3. A species of Hijemalastor, Koch (a genus of Schusselzecken) mentioned 

 by Kolenati in ' Die Parasiten d. Chiroptern ' (Dresden, 1857j. Mr. Miiller 

 did not observe any bats in the cave, but the insect was creeping on one 

 of the stalactites, from which it dropped into his hand. He beheved it 

 was the first time that any bhnd species had been found in the caves of 

 Switzerland. 



Mr. Kirby exhibited a specimen of Lyccena Phoebe, from Australia, 

 described by the Rev. R. P. Murray, in the 'Entomologist's Monthly 

 ]\Iagazine ' for October last. It was stated to be closely allied to the insect 

 figured as Lycsena Erinus by H.-Schseffer, though probably distinct. The 

 true L. Erinus, Fab., is a totally different species from either. 



The Secretary read extracts from a letter from Mr. W. D. Gooch, of 

 Spring Vale, Natal, on the destruction of the coffee plantations there by a 

 Longicorn beetle. He stated that they were splitting up the diseased 

 stumps, and that only about two per cent were unaffected. The larvce 

 bored into the tree between the forks of the root, working into the heart and 

 feeding on the wood, as high up as nine or twelve inches above ground. A 

 specimen of the insect was exhibited, which proved to be Anthores leuco- 

 notus, Pascoe. In the bottle with the larviB were also specimens of 

 Ceroplesis cafi'ra, but the former insect was stated to be the cause of the 

 evil. They had spht up some 5000 trees, which were diseased, and the 

 only remedy which they had, as yet, tried, was to apply Stockholm tar to 

 the roots : he would be glad to be advised as to the best mode of extermi- 

 nating the insects. Mr. M'Lachlau remarked that it was very important 

 to ascertain if the insect was really the original cause, or whether, as he 

 believed, the trees were previously diseased. Mr. Miiller was of opinion 



