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Mr. Distant stated that he had recently received from the Andaman 
Islands some cockroaches, which likewise emitted a strong odour. 
Dr. Sharp communicated a paper “On some Longicorn Coleoptera from 
the Hawaiian Islands.” 
Mr. Peter Cameron communicated a paper “On the Larve of the 
Tenthredinide, with special reference to Protective Resemblance.” 
Mr. H. W. Bates read a paper ‘‘On Macropsebiwm Cotterilli and other 
new Species of Coleoptera from Lake Nyassa.” The author exhibited a 
specimen of the remarkable Longicorn beetle above referred to, which 
is of special interest on account of its possessing some characters of the 
Prionida.—R. Mrexupoua, Hon. Sec. 
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 
Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. 
Ships ‘ Alert’ and ‘ Discovery.” By Capt. Sir G. S. NaRgs, 
R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., Commander of the Expedition. With 
Notes on the Natural History, edited by H. W. FEILpen, 
F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., F.R.G.S., Naturalist to the Expedition. 
2 vols., 8vo, with illustrations. London: Sampson Low, 
Marston & Co, 1878. 
On the 2nd November, 1876, Her Majesty’s ships ‘ Alert’ and 
‘Discovery’ re-entered Portsmouth Harbour, which they had 
quitted on a voyage to the Polar Sea on the 29th May, 1875. 
The expectations which were entertained regarding their reaching 
the North Pole were not realized, but in the opinion of the 
Commander of the Expedition, this was due solely to the fact 
that the North Pole is unattainable by the Smith Sound route. 
Of the adventures which befell the gallant officers and crews of 
these vessels, during their absence of a year and five months, 
a complete narrative is now given in the volumes before us, and is 
rendered all the more interesting from the accompanying maps and 
“permanent Woodbury prints,” which exhibit with photographic 
accuracy some of the more remarkable scenes through which the 
vessels passed. 
The story of the English Arctic Expedition of 1875-6, at least 
in its general outline, must by this time be tolerably familiar to 
most persons; for not only have the papers been full of it, but so 
long an interval having elapsed since the return of the Expedition, 
