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Fam. Harpalid^e. 



Acinopus, Ziegler. 

 Sp. 13. Ac. Australis, Hope. Niger, thoracemagno, transverse sub- 

 rugoso, marginibus externis thoracis postice late cupreis ; elytris 

 fere glabris, marginibus subceneis et punctatis. Long. lin. 9, lat. 

 lin. 2±. 



Fam. ByrrhiduE. 



Sp. 14. Anthrenus Australis. Niger, capite atro, thorace medio 

 concolori marginibus externis albis ; elytris tribus fasciis undatis 

 albis ; corpore infra nigro. Long. lin. 1 \, lat. lin. £. 



Fam. Melyrid^e. 

 Sp. 15. Dasytes nigricans, Hope. Ater pubescens, thorace longi- 



oribus capillis obsito ; elytris atro-brunneis marginibus externis 



pallidioribus . Long. lin. 1J, lat. lin. J. 

 Sp. 16. Dasytes fuscipennis. Ater, antennis rubris ; thorace pu- 



bescente, nigro ; elytris fusco-testaceis punctatis, pedibus concolori- 



bus. Long. lin. lj, lat. lin. f. 



Fam. Pselaphid^e. 



Articerus, Dalman. 

 Sp. 17. Articerus Fortnumi. Sanguineus, capite elongato-ovato 

 fronte rotundato ; thorace fere quadrato, angulis anticis rotundatis, 

 medio impresso ; elytris thorace latioribus marginibus posticis *•- 

 gricantibus ; abdomine postice rotundato uirinque maculd nigrd 

 insignito. Long. lin. ^, lat. lin. J. 



Mr. Evans communicated a notice relative to an exotic species of 

 caterpillar of large size and black colour with red spots, the hairs of 

 which are so rigid that they penetrate into the flesh when incau- 

 tiously handled, causing much pain and inflammation. 



Mr. Westwood stated that he had recently acquired the greater 

 part of Latreille's original collection of bees from the Abbe Blondeau, 

 by whom it had been purchased at the sale of the collection of Baron 

 Dejean. 



Mr. Edward Doubleday (in allusion to Mr. Saunders's paper) stated 

 that in North America he had observed that the cotton plants are not 

 attacked by any of the Tineidte, but that they suffer greatly from the 

 attacks of several species of Noctuidce. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



February 9, 1843. — Professor Graham in the Chair. 



Professor Graham then read a highly interesting account of his 

 botanical excursion in Ross-shire, during August 1842, with a party 

 of friends : — 



The party left Edinburgh on the 21st of August, and met at Ding- 

 wall — thence they walked by Garve, Auchnalt, &c. for Kinlochewe. 

 On the low hills near Garve they found a sprinkling of alpine vegeta- 

 tion, and Nymphcea alba, beautifully in flower, in a pool near the top of 



