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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.” 
Epwarp Newman. 
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 
of London. 
Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, C.M.G., President, in the 
chair. 
Apri 5, 1875. 
New Species of Ornithoptera.—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 | live, it is frequently seen. I have 
also observed it many miles inland, flying over the trees in 
the low jungles at the foot of the Western Ghauts; but [ 
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 | could get no 
