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Female. — Clypeus quadrate, truncated before; sides of the breast 

 covered with a yellowish gray substance, intermixed with coarse 

 hairs. Length, ljjf inches. 



Dr. H. accompanied these descriptions with an account 

 of the characters of the sub-genera, into which the Goliath 

 beetles had been distributed, and subjoined the notes of Dr. 

 Savage relative to their habits, food, and habitat. Dr. S. 

 says that he " has seen Professor King's G. regius, which is 

 no more nor less than the female of Drurii; of this I am 

 as certain as that the princeps of Hope is the female of 

 Cacicus" 



Dr. Gould exhibited about 50 species of Shells, received 

 from Dr. Savage, from Cape Palmas. 



There were among them several new species, which he should 

 hereafter describe. A valve of Unto ochraceus was among them. 

 He had once before received a valve of U. complanatus from the 

 same region, which was supposed by the person who brought it to 

 have been indigenous there. These instances show with how much 

 caution the alleged localities of shells should be regarded. 



Dr. Henry J. Bigelow was elected Cabinet keeper in the 

 place of Dr. Henry Bryant, resigned. Several matters of 

 business were disposed of. 



ADDITIONS TO THE CABINET. 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson presented a mass of Egg cases of Buccinum, 

 fished up at Marblehcad, Mass. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Northern Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences. Pam. 1843. From the Academy. 



Meteorological Register for 1822 — 25, by Joseph Lovell ; also 

 from 1826—30, by Tho. Lawson. Svo. Philad. 18-40. From 

 Hon. R. C. Winthrop. 



Monograph of the species of the genus Pupa, found in the U. S. 

 By A. A. Gould. 8vo. Pam. From the Author. 



PROCEEDINGS E. S. N. H. 18* DEC. 1S43. 



