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Dr. Guyon, one of our members, lias been taking fish in the oasis of tli^ 

 circle of Biscara, and also further south at Tuggurth, on the northern slope 

 of Mount Atlas, 400 meters above the sea. Those he took are interesting.- 

 A species of trout not before known to be in Algeria is found in the rapid 

 and limpid torrents of Oned-ei-Abaieh, in Kybalia, near the city of Collo, 

 This salmonoide (like a salmon) has a double row of teeth in the lower 

 jaw, and is named by Mons. Valenciennes sala?-, a name borrowed from 

 the ancient poet Ansonius, and made a generic name. It is a peculiar 

 kind, has large, roundish black spots on its sides in regular order, and 

 therefore is called salar macrostigina, or big-spotted trout. It also dif- 

 fers from other trout — the lateral fins are nearer together, the back one 

 higher than it is long, the tail more forked. 



SILKWORMS. 



In Lombardy the disease continues ; pulverized charcoal and sulphur 

 have been fully tried as remedies but without the hoped success. I regret 

 that the prize of 12,000 francs for a remedy is not yet won. The disease 

 seems at present to be indomitable. 



SOUTH AMERICAN LAMAS. 



Mons, Vauvert De Mean writes to the President of the Society that 

 thirty-nine lamas have arrived at Glasgow in May, 1858, on board the 

 Bteamship New York from New York. They are imported by Mr. Benja- 

 min Whitehead Gee, who comes in the ship with them. 



This herd is from Peru. They came from thence by land to Guyaquil,, 

 thence by water to Panama, thence across the Isthmus to Aspinv/all^ 

 thence on board a small vessel to Baltimore, thence to New York, and 

 lastly thence to Glasgow, thus traveling by land and sea 4,000 miles. 



The greatest mortality among them was on the Isthmus, when twenty of 

 them died for want of suitable feed, by scorpions, serpents, heat and other 

 causes. On the voyage to Baltimore two lambs perished, but on the voyage 

 to Glasgow one lamb was born, and many of the females became pregnant. 

 Thirteen males and twenty-six females arrived at Glasgow. This herd has 

 cost ten thousand dollars. They are now in the best health. 



In consequence of the prohibition of their export by the Peruvian govern- 

 ment, it is feared that this heard is the first and the last which will be 

 imported into this country. This herd ought not to be divided. I do not 

 know to what country it will be sent. 



P. S. — I have just learned that it was originally bought in Peru by a 

 Frenchman, who intended it for France, but for reasons not clearly ex- 

 plained, sent it to New York to Mr. Gee. Mr. Mitchell, a delegate of the 

 Imperial Society in London, states to the council that it has been bought 

 for Australia, where it will soon be sent, where nothing will be neglected 

 to acclimate it. 



Note hy H. Meigs. — This herd was exhibited in the Crystal Palace, at 

 the twenty-ninth Fair of the American Institute, October, 1857. 



