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LINNiEAN SOCIETY. 



Nov. 3, 1 835. — Read Descriptions of some new species of Diopsis. 

 By John O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S. 



This forms a supplement to the very interesting monograph of that 

 curious genus of insects from the pen of the same author, which is 

 printed in the last part of the Society's Transactions. The names and 

 characters of the new species are as follows : 



22. D. Wiedemann!, capite medioque abdominis rufescentibus, thorace 

 nigro, spinis 2 scutellaribus 4que thoracicis flavidis, alis fuscescenti- 

 bus in medio obscurioribus : macula ante apicem sublunari. Long, 

 corp. lin. 4. Habitat in Guinea, Africa?. In Mus. Wiedemann. 



23. D. erythrocephala (Klug, MSS.), capite laete ochraceo, pedunculis 

 oculiferis obscurioribus, thorace nigro, pedibus anticis pallide luteis 

 tibiis tarsisque fuscis, alis pallide fuscescentibus : macula ante apicem 

 transversa. Long. corp. lin. 3^. Expans. alar. lin. 5^. Habitat in 

 Promontorio Bonae Spei. D. Licktenstein. In Mus. Reg. Berolin. 



24. D. arabica, capite pallide fulvo, pedunculis oculiferis obscurioribus, 

 thorace nigro, collari luteo-fulvescenti, tibiis anticis posticisque fus- 

 cescentibus. Long. corp. lin. 3. Habitat in Arabia Deserta. D. Ehren- 

 berg. In Mus. Reg. Berolin. 



25. D. Miegenii (Wied. MSS.), nigra ; pedunculis oculiferis spinisque 

 scutellaribus fuscis, abdomine ad basin fasciis duabus (postica inter- 

 rupta) argenteis, alis macula parva centrali fasciaque angusta fusces- 

 centibus. Habitat in Guinea. In Muss. Reg. Berolin et Wiedemann. 



26. D. Neesiiy capite rufescenti, thorace obscure nigricanti, scutello palli- 

 diori, abdominis basi rufa apiceque nigro, alis 3-fasciatis. Habitat 

 . In Mus. Acad. Bonnensis. 



The commencement of a paper, entitled, " Descriptions of Indian 

 Gentianece," by Mr. David Don, Libr. L.S., was also read. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



September 22. — The reading was concluded of an anatomical de« 

 scription, by Mr. Reid, of the Patagonian Penguin, Aptenodytes Pa* 

 tachonica, Forst. 



" The specimen, an adult male, whose dissection forms the sub- 

 ject of the following paper, was captured at East Falkland Isle, 

 in latitude 51° 32' south, by Lieutenant Liardet, R.N., and was 

 brought to England in H.M.S. Snake, and presented by that gen- 

 tleman to P. C. Blackett, Esq., by whose kind permission I was al- 

 lowed to examine it in detail : the results of this dissection I now 

 beg respectfully to lay before the Society. Owing, however, to the 

 length of time which had elapsed subsequently to its capture, and 

 to the manner of its preservation (in rum), — together with a wound 

 on the inferior part of the neck, and others in the mouth, added to 

 several bruises, — part of my description will not be so perfect as 

 could be desired. 



" The bones are very hard, compact, and heavy, having no aper- 

 tures for the admission of air; but they contain, especially the bones 

 of the extremities, a thin oily marrow. The foramina for the trans- 



