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ceed to remark on the geographical distrihution of the family En~ 

 chlorides. Had some of the Continental entomologists been better 

 acquainted with Mr. MacLeay's Hora? Entomologica?, they ce 

 never would have considered Euchlora as an European genus, 

 late work, published in Paris, the " Histoire Naturelle des Animaux 

 Articulccs" (at page 135), we find under the generic name Euchlora, 

 not only Mimela and Aprosterna included, but also Anomala, &c. 

 It is singular that the same appellation is given to twenty-two spe- 

 cies therein specified, a short analysis of which I now place before 

 you, and shall then allude more particularly to the genera composing 

 the family, the range over which it extends, and mention the coun- 

 tries and localities in which they severally occur. 



" Of the above twenty-two species, five of them appear to be true 

 Euchlora, two others belong to Mimela, Kirby, another to Rhom- 

 honyx, Kirby, and the remaining fourteen to Anomala of Megerle, as 

 it now stands. Before I conclude these remarks on the species of 

 the genus before us, it is necessary to state that I have elevated 

 Euchlora to the rank of a family, the following genera properly be- 



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 Genus 1. Euchlora. 



" The family of Euchlorida, from the above table, consists of five 

 genera, and nearly two hundred species, which have fallen under my 

 notice. True Euchlora, I state, belongs exclusively to Asia and its 

 isles. It occurs as far south as Manilla, appears at Singapore, and 

 runs from thence through the continent of India up to the Hima- 

 laya ; the extreme eastern point appears to be Japan, while its 

 western range does not reach Bombay, probably from the interven- 

 tion of some physical barrier. Captain Ezra Downes has taken it 

 at Neemuch. The Entomology of that district essentially agrees 

 in character with that of Calcutta and Madras, at the latter of which 

 places Euchlora is taken. 



Genus 2. Aprosterna. 

 " This genus is not peculiar to Asia, as some of the species are 

 found in New Guinea. 



