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aud Captain Taylor gave an interesting account of its habits, and of the immense 
damage it was occasioning in India. The opinion of the meeting seemed to be that 
the " borer " probably attacked only those trees that were in a sickly condition, 
and that remedial measures should be applied towards improving the general health 
of the trees. That the trees were in a morbid condition was rendered extremely 
probable, inasmuch as the three years immediately preceding the gi-eatest amount 
of borer-mischief were notorious for drought. 
Dr. Wallace, of Colchester, stated that he would be happy to forward eggs of 
Bomhyx Yamo-mai to any member wanting them, on receipt of three postage stamps. 
Mr. Smith read " Descriptions of Aculeate Hymenoptera from AustraUa." 
Mr. J. G. Desborough communicated Notes " On the duration of life in the 
Honey-bee." 
Mr. Hewitson sent a note on Tachyris Jacquinoti. 
Erratum in Vol. iv. — In Messrs. Douglas & Scott's paper on New British 
Hemi'piera at p. 271, dele the word ''Head" at the beginning of the description of 
Corixa Scotti. 
LIST OF CAPTURES OF HEMIPTERA IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA; 
TOGETHER WITH DESCRIPTIONS OP SEVERAL NEW SPECIES. 
BY J. W. DOUGLAS AND JOHN SCOTT. 
Our mutual friend, tlie Eev. O. P. Cambridge, having visited 
Palestine and Syria during the months of March, April, and May in 
the year 1865, collected, besides insects of other orders, the following 
species of Hemiptera, which he kindly placed in our hands for determi- 
nation, and, where new, for description. With but very few exceptions, 
only a single example of each species has been captured, and it is 
extremely interesting to find that out of the whole number at least 
one-fourth of them appear to be new. "We annex an entire list, and 
afterwards proceed to describe the novelties. 
SEMIPTEBA-HETEB OPTEBA. 
Section Scutatina. 
1. Odontotarsus grammiciis, L. Plains of Jordan; in April. 
2. Eurygaster maurus, L. Plains of Jordan, in April. 
3. GrapJiosoma lineata, L. Sea of Galilee, in April. 
4. Leprosoma Stali, n. s. On the road from Jerusalem to Nablous, 
in April. 
5. Sehirus duhius, Scop. Jerusalem, &c., under stones, March and 
April. 
