fine, and discovered in the extreme North (tj*.l° — 70° •■H)'), in Tundra 

 territory {extra liviites arhorwn). 



" I have just received the commission from the Nordenskjold Yenise\ 

 Expedition (which consists of four naturalists, amongst whom is Phi Up 

 Trj'bom, an entomologist), to work at the collection of Coleoptera and 

 Hemiptera, which, however, is still in Siberia. I shall therefore not 

 publish anything until I have looked through it, although I have the 

 descriptions of the new species ready. Pending the appearance of Fieber's 

 ' European Cicadaria,' I shall begin the Coleoptera." 



Paper read. 

 The Secretary read a paper by Mr, W. L. Distant, " On the Geographical 

 Distribution of Danais arcMppus." The author remarked on the migration 

 of the buttei-fly from North America (its original home) eastward to Europe 

 and the Azores and westward to the South Sea Islands and Australia, and 

 attributed the " means of dispersal " to " winds, currents, and the agency of 

 man." After the reading of the paj)er a discussion ensued, in which 

 considerable doubt was expressed as to the probability of insects being 

 conveyed on floating timber by the agency of the Gulf Stream or other 

 currents. 



April 4, 1877. 

 Professor Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Election of Members. 



Mr. George Harding, of Stapleton, Bristol ; Mr. Charles Adolphus Briggs, 

 of 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields; and Mr. John T. Carrington, of the Royal 

 Aquarium, Westminster, were balloted for and elected Ordinary Members. 



Mr. £. Howard Birchall, Mr. T. D. Gibson Carmichael, Dr. Edward 

 Capron, and Mr. Valentine Cluse were balloted for and elected Subscribers. 



J'JxhibitioHS, (£-c. 



The Secretary exhibited a collection of fine sjieoies of Lepidoptera from 

 Siam (about twenty miles irom Bangkok), forwarded to him by ]\Ir. It. 

 Ciarner, of Stoke-upon-Treut. 



Mr. M'Lachlan exhibited a specimen of (Jphideres materna, a brightly- 

 coloured exotic species of Xoctuida, given to him by Mr. B. H. Scott, of 

 the Meteorological ' itlice, with a note to the eft'eet that it was taken ut sea 



