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of the late Mr. Francillon, and many of them collected in 

 Georgia, by Mr. Abbott, By this munificent gift, the cabinet 

 of the Entomological Club receives an addition of about 200 

 species of Lepidoptera. 



Mr. Newman, of Deptford. A copy of Stephens's Syste- 

 matic Catalogue. 



Mr. Edward Doubleday and Mr. Robert Foster, honorary 

 members of the Entomological Club, took leave of the Club, 

 previously to starting on an entomological tour to North Ame- 

 rica. They purpose landing on New York, then visiting the 

 Falls of Niagara, and passing down the St. Lawrence, to 

 Quebec; after staying a month or two in British America, 

 they will return to New York, and then proceed by way of 

 Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati, towards the extreme 

 west of the Union, residing two or three months in the state of 

 Illinois; thence they will travel down the Mississippi, to New 

 Orleans ; then through West and East Florida, to the extreme 

 southern part of the latter, and return by the Atlantic States to 

 New York. The whole journey will occupy from eighteen 

 months to two years. A portion of the specimens collected 

 will be, from time to time, transmitted to London, for the 

 cabinet of the Entomological Club, and duplicates of every 

 species will, as far as possible, be reserved in the possession of 

 the travellers, to be brought to England by themselves. Mr. 

 Doubleday will also transmit, monthly, an account of the pro- 

 gress made, with permission to the Editor of the Entomological 

 Magazine to publish the same ; a duplicate of this account will 

 also be kept. By this means, the results of the expedition 

 will be, as far as possible, secured to the public. 



Sitting of the 20th April, 1837. 

 Mr. Newman in the Chair. 

 The Curator read the following list of donations : — 

 Mr. W. E. Shuckard, of London. His Essay on the Fos- 

 sorial Hymenoptera of Great Britain. 



Mr. E. Quekett, of London. A pair of Polyommatus 

 Avion. 



Mr. Show ell. A series of 35 folio copper-plate engrav- 

 ings, representing various objects in natural history. 



