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continental districts, and the means that had, with move or 

 less success, been adopted for preventing its spread. Piof. 

 Westwood stated that the occurrence of the insect in England 

 had been noticed by him in 1862, in a paper read before the 

 Ashmolean Society. 



Water Beetles of Japan. — Dr. Sharp communicated a list 

 of the water-beetles of Japan, chiefly drawn up from materials 

 collected by Mr. George Lewis, with remarks on the distribu- 

 tion of the said insects. 



Colydiida and CossonidcD from Japan. — Mr. Wollaston 

 communicated two papers. First, on a new genus (Pseudo- 

 tarphius) of Colydiidae from Japan ; and secondly, on the 

 Cossonidse of the same islands. In the latter paper the 

 author commented upon the apparent absence of European 

 types in the districts of Japan visited by Mr. Lewis, and 

 stated that their place seemed to be taken by representative 

 forms. Mr. Pascoe thought the fauna of Japan might be 

 indicated as "satellite" (Hke that of Madagascar, &c.), 

 having a quantity of peculiar species mixed with others; 

 and a great deal in common wiih the coasts of China and 

 Siberia. Mr. H. W. Bates asked that judgment upon the 

 affinities of the Japanese fauna be suspended pending further 

 inlbrmation. He said that although there were many 

 Western European species found also in Japan, the collective 

 faunas of the two regions were totally distinct. 



Annual I\Jeetin(/,Januarij '27,1873. — The council presented 

 the following report, in accordance with the bye-laws. 

 During the past year there have been two deaths among our 

 members, viz., Professor Pictel, one of the honorary members, 

 and Mr. Charles Home, an ordinary member.. But the num- 

 ber of members and subscribers elected is in excess of the 

 losses caused by death and resignation. The vacancy in the 

 list of honorary members, occasioned by the death of Prof 

 Pictet has been filled up by the election of his distinguished 

 relative Dr. Henri de Saussure. The meetings of the Society 

 have been exceedingly well attended. According to the 

 librarian's report, it appears that the library has been exten- 

 sively made use of by the members and subscribers, thirty of 

 whom, during the year, borrowed books amounting in the 

 aggregate to 195 volumes. One composition in lieu of 

 annual subscriptions has been received and invested. The 



