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products of the Island, and the Society regret that the nut 

 which Mr. Gray procured from Carthagena and sent hera 

 with great care, soma months ago, has as yet shown no signs 

 of vegetation. 



The President moved that Mr. Gray be elected an Hono- 

 rary Member of the Society, which was agreed to unani- 

 mously. 



Mr. Bojer communicated to the Society a copy of the Il- 

 lustrated London Neivs, containing wood-cuts and a descrip- 

 tion of that species of Hytnenopters to the ravages of which 

 the destruction of the potato crop in Europe has been as- 

 cribed. In this paper, Mr. A. Smee, Member of the Royal So- 

 ciety of London, expresses his belief that this insect, which is 

 represented in the cuts both in its larva and in its perfect state, 

 belongs to the order "Aphis," of which it constitutes a hitherto 

 unnoticed species, to which he has given the Dame of Aphis 

 Vastator. 



Thursday, bth August 1847. 



The Hon. G. F. Dick, President, in the Chair. 



Present . — Mr. Bojer, Vice-President, Mr. Bouton, Secre- 

 tary, Mr. Desenne, Treasurer and four ordinary members. 



Mr. Numa Bouton was proposed by the Secretary, and se- 

 conded by the President. 



The Secretary laid on the table a No. of the Journal of the 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India. 



The Secretary communicated to the Society a letter from 

 Mr. Joachim Diore, Hobart Town, transmitting a collection 



