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that lie had brought over several hundi-ed undescribcd species, 

 descriptions of which would shortly appear. 



Attention was called to the peculiar physical geography of 

 Chili ; its insect fauna was remarkable for an European like 

 character with a few Australian forms, while on the other side 

 of the Andes, not more than ninety miles from Santiago, the 

 insect fauna would be quite of a Brazilian type, and the climate 

 almost tropical. 



Four species of Cicindelidm occur in Chili, one Agrius and three 

 Cicindela ; the Ilegacephala Chiliensis of Laporte is really from' the 

 Argentine Eepublic, and has really not been found in Chili. 

 Mr. Eeed proposes that it should be called in future Tetracha 

 Lajfortei. 



The CarabidcE number about one hundred and eighty species, 

 the genus Carabus fourteen. The Hydrodephaga and water 

 beetles generally are few in number. One species of ^ecrophorus 

 has recently been discovered in Chili^ previously only one species 

 was known in all South America, viz., that found'by M. D'Orbigny 

 in the interior of Bolivia. 



Lamellicorns are represented by about fifty species. Seteromera 

 are common in the dry northern plains and mountains. 



Among the Tetramera are about one hundred species; there are 

 two hundred and fifty Curculionidae ; numerous Phytophaga. 

 The Trmera include about twenty-five species. Mr Eeed 

 concluded by a few remarks on the other orders, and exhibited 

 a number of new and interesting species from Chili, the island of 

 Juan Fernandez, and the Argentine Eepublic ; also a number of 

 beautiful drawings of Chilian Lepidoptera. 



The next evening meeting was held November 11th, 1873. 



Mr. E. "Wheeler exhibited some specimens of a species oi Phmdonj 

 captured by him in Norway, were they were occurring [in countless 

 numbers on alder trees, the trees in some places being quite 

 defoliated by them. 



Dr. Smith exhibited a living Coleopterous larva received from 

 Melbourne, feeding in wood, of apparently a species of gum tree 

 (Eucalyptus.) 



