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in the American continent: — " It seems to breed only on the 

 higher mountain-elevations, where the atmosphere is very dry 

 and attenuated, and where the soil seldom or ever gets soaked 

 with moisture." Professor Thomas " found it most numerous 

 in all stages of growth along the higher valleys and canyons 

 of Colorado, tracing it up above the perennial snows, where 

 the insect must have been hatched, and where it was found in 

 the adolescent state. In crossing the mountains in Colorado 

 it often gets chilled in passing the snows, and thus perishes 

 in immense numbers, when bears delight to feed on it." 



"My own belief," continues Mr. Riley, "is that the insect 

 is at home in the higher altitudes of Utah, Idaho, Colorado, 

 Wyoming, Montana, North West Dakota, and British 

 America. It breeds in all this region, but more particularly 

 on the vast and hot dry plains and plateaus of the last-named 

 territories, and the plains west of the mountains, its range 

 being bounded probably on the east by that of the Buffalo 

 grass." 



Edward Newman. 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 



of London. 



Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., President, in the 

 chair. 



April 5, 1875. 



New Species of Ornithopiera. — Mr. Sealy read the follow- 

 ing notes on the species of Ornithoptera exhibited at the last 

 meeting : — " The insect occurs in tolerable abundance along 

 the coast of South Malabar, Cochin, and Travancore. At the 

 town of Cochin, where 1 live, it is frequently seen. I have 

 also observed it niany miles inland, flying over the trees in 

 the low jungles at the foot of the Western Ghauts; but E 

 have not noticed it at any great height above the sea. In 

 Cochin 1 have seen it from March to August flying over the 

 tops of the tallest cocoa palms, occasionally descending to 

 hover over the flowers, especially those of the large scarlet 

 Hibiscus, near which 1 have caught it in my own garden. 

 The males seem less common than the females, and seldom 

 are perfect on the wing. For several years 1 could get no 



