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(Cetoniide), and Eutrachelus sumatrensis (Brenthida), and exhibited speci- 
mens; also a specimen of Clerota brahma, Gestro, from Sumatra. 
Mr. J. S. Baly communicated the “ Descriptions of uncharacterized 
species of Humolpide, with notices of some previously described insects 
belonging to the same family”; nineteen new species were described from 
various localities. 
Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a “List of Butterflies collected in 
Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq.” The very rich collection contained 
sixty-nine distinct species, and many interesting notes on the habits and 
history of the species were included.—E. A. Frreu, Hon. See. 
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 
A Handbook of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire. By WILLIAM 
Eacie Ciarke and Wi1am Denison Rorsuck.  8vo, 
pp. 149. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. Leeds: R. Jackson. 
1881. 
One by one the counties of England are receiving the careful 
attention of naturalists residing within their limits, and it is our 
pleasing duty from time to time to notice the publication of the 
results of these investigations. 
The latest addition to what may be termed “ the useful Library 
of British Natural History,” is the recently-published volume by 
Messrs. Clarke and Roebuck, the title of which is given above. 
Considering the area of the county, its physical aspect, and the 
large number of resident observers whose names have been for 
some time familiar to the readers of this Journal, it is not a little 
remarkable that Yorkshire has remained so long without a hand- 
book of the kind now before us. Thatthere was ample material 
for the purpose might be reasonably assumed ; it needed only the 
energy and discrimination of some competent naturalist to collect 
and arrange it. This has now been done, and if the treatment of 
the subject, as it seems to us, be somewhat brief, it at al! events 
bears the stamp of accuracy in its details, and has evidently been 
prepared with much care. 
The introductory remarks on the physical aspect of York- 
shire are very instructive, and enable those who are but little 
acquainted with the county from personal exploration to form an 
excellent idea of its varied features. As some account is given 
