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ing ceremony of the Thursday at Upsala: there was music, a 
speech from the President, and a presentation by the delegates 
of congratulatory addresses. The English delegates, however, 
had an agreeable surprise in the middle of the President’s 
speech—when, suddenly changing his language from Swedish 
to excellent English, he announced that the special medal 
struck by the Academy for presentation to ‘the most worthy 
living successor of Linnzeus’ had been awarded to our country- 
man Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, to whom the British Minister 
at Stockholm had undertaken to forward it. As at Upsala, 
the Stockholm Academy celebration was concluded by a 
banquet presided over by the Prince-Regent. It was held in 
a celebrated restaurant known as ‘ Hasselback,’ near the park 
of ‘Skansen’; and from it the company adjourned to the 
park itself, where a féte was organized by the students with 
national songs, informal speeches, etc., etc., making a cheerful 
close to a somewhat fatiguing but most interesting round of 
festivities. 
“Tn connection with these celebrations, several memorial 
editions of works by Linné, a descriptive catalogue (with 
reproductions) of portraits and statues representing the great 
naturalist, and other similar literature, were published by the 
Upsala University and the Stockholm Academy. Copies of 
all these works were kindly given to every delegate; and 
even, if he so desired, were forwarded free of cost to his 
home address. Everything, in short, was done that could be 
done to make the ‘ Linné-Fest’ agreeable at the time and a 
pleasant memory for the future to all who attended it.” 
Papers. 
Col. CHartes Swinuor, M.A., F.LS., read a paper on 
“The species of Hesperiide from the Indo-Malayan and 
African Regions, described by Herr Plotz, with some new 
Species.” 
Lieut.-Col. NevintE Manpers, R.A.M.C., read a paper on 
“The Butterflies of Mauritius and Bourbon.” 
Dr. T. A. Cuapman, M.D., F.Z.S., read a paper on ‘The 
Hibernation of Marasmarcha,” and exhibited specimens to 
illustrate his remarks. 
