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sixteenths of an inch long. Its color is black, and in this and other respects 
it appears ,to correspond “with the beetle given as Hylastes carbonarius by Dr. 
Fitch, and for the present I have named it so, not knowing the synonym which 
it now bears. The specimens of it exhibited were taken, en the 24th May last, 
at Wright’s Island, in the Gatineau. 
The two cases upon the table contain specimens of the beetles described, 
as well as others, in all, forty species of Ottawa coleoptera injurious to fie 
pine, viz. :— 
SCARABEIDA, 5326 PER OSD NPR SOE MIE Rand. 
3426 Dichelonycha albicollis, Burin. ms dentator, Fabr. 
BUPRESTIDA. CHRYSOMELIDA., 
3683 Chalcophora virginiensis, Drury. 5609 Cryptocephalus notatus, Foor. 
3684 & liberta, Germ. 5676 Glyptoscelis hirtus, Oliv. 
3686 «é fortis, Lec. 5740 Chrysomela philadelphica, Zann. 
3696 Dicerca tenebrosa, Kirby. 
t ‘ OY. CURCULIONIDA, 
3715 Buprestis maculiventris, Say. 
3718 re consularis, Gory. 8853 Seythropus elegans, Couper 
3721 3 striata, abr. 8928 Hylobius pales, "Herbst. 
3735 Melanophilafulveguttata, Harris, 8931 “__ stupidus, Sch, 
3768 Chrysobothris Harrisii, Hentz. 8934 Pissodes strobi, P ach, 
8937 aS affinis, Rand. 
CERAMBYCIDAi. 8990 Dorytomus mucidus, Say 
4915 Orthosoma cylindricus, Fabr. ie ; 
4924 Tragosoma Harrisii, Lec. Ser ees 
4927 Asemum meestum, Hald. ‘ 9501 Pityophthorus materiarius, Fitch, 
4928 ~ atrum, Munn. 9528 S sparsus, Lec. 
4932 Criocephalus agrestis, Kirby. 9546 Xyvleborus xylographus, Say. 
4960 Callidum antennatum, Newm. 9562 Tomicus calligraphus, Germ, 
4961 “« -Janthinum, Lec. 9568 is pini, Say. 
5153 Atimia vonfusa, Say. ip semicastaneus, Mann. 
5165 Rhaginm lineatum, Oliv. 9619 Dendroctonus terebrans, Lec. 
5323 Monohammusscutellatus, Say. 9642 Hylurgops pinifex, Fitch. 
5325 6 contusor, Kirby. Hylastes carbonarius, F%tch. 
Nore.—The numbers in the above list are from Crotch’s (revised) Check-List of North Ameri- 
can Coleoptera. 
SIXTH SOIREE. 
Frimay, 11th February, 1881: J. A. Grant, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S., F.G.S, 
delivered a lecture upon “The Brain, the Gymnasium of the Mind,’’ which might 
be considered a continuation of his lecture upon “The Brain” in last year’s 
course, and was in like manner illustrated by the dissection of a human brain, as 
well as by charts and a series of skulls. He contended that the human counten- 
ance, which derives its expression from the influence of the brain, was a much 
