352 Royal Society of Edinburgh, 



" This and the foregoing species are described from a French work 

 now in the course of publication, by the Count de Castelneau." 



Sp. 2"). ]']y. tuivittata, Perty. 



Long;, lin. 5 ; Lat. lin. 2 \ . 



Subtus. testaceo-metallica, thorace viridi, margine stridjue media 

 flavis, elytris testaceo-viridibus. 



Stat it ra omnino E. Frischii, sed satis minor. Subtus testacea, metal- 

 lico-nitida, abdomine obscuriore. Caput ceneum, subtilissiml punc- 

 tulatum, clypeo reflcxo. Thorax viridi-amcus, nitidus, margine 

 laterali lato, uittdque media flams. Scutellum viridi- ane urn, 

 politum. Elytra longitudinaliler punctulata, tcstaceo-viridia. 

 Antenna brunnea. Pedes metallico-testacei, 



Hab. in Java. 



In Museo Dom. Pertv. 



Sp. 26. Eu. splexdexs. Schonherr. 



Supra glabra, viridi -orichalcea, nitidissima, thorace elytrorwnquc 

 dorso subtiliter parce punctulatis, clypeo rejlexo integerrimo. 



Hab. in China. 



In Museo Dom. Schonherr. 



" It is probable that the above species is a Mimela. It is con- 

 sidered by Professor Perty to be an Euchlora. I have added Schon- 

 herr's short Latin description ; for more ample details consult the 

 Appendix to Schonherr's ' Synonymia Insectorum,' torn, i, part 3, , 

 page 1 10." 



Besides the above twenty-six species of Euchlora, there are seve- 

 ral other insects which have been comprehended under that name ; 

 for instance, E. Dalmanni of Schonherr, and Chrysea of Kollar, both 

 of which are true Mimela, and allied to M. fastuosa, Fab. ; and 

 to these may be added various species of Anomala, recorded by Fa- 

 bricius, De Jean, and others. The latter writer, in Jiis last catalogue 

 of 1837, mentions the names of E. piligera, Japonica, chalcites: as 

 he, however, confounds Mimela with Euchlora, little reliance can be 

 placed on his authority ; they are, moreover, manuscript names, and 

 no names ought to be adopted without published descriptions. I 

 may add, that in the Dutch and other collections, about six others 

 have fallen under my notice, making in all about thirty species; 

 which number no doubt will be considerably increased the more we 

 become acquainted with the Entomology of Oriental India. 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 



Dec. 16. — Sir Thomas M. Brisbane, Bart. President, in the Chair. 

 The first paper of the evening was an account of experiments on 

 the development and growth of Salmon, from the exclusion of the 

 ovum to the age of two years. By Mr. Shaw, Drumlanrig. This 

 communication formed the sequel of a former one read to the Society 

 in December 1837, and continued the account of Mr. Shaw's expe- 



