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twelve o’clock. He had himself bred Stylops five or six 
times, 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 Plantations.—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 larve 
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 larve 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 larve. Mr. Janson 
thought that the larve 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. 
