Zoological Society. 215 



18. went to Leiden with Gronov. and Mouschenbr. 

 22. went to Amsterdam, stayed with prof. Burm. 



28. literae ad uxorem 1 . 



29. sent to press Bibliotheca Botanica 2 . 



(AUGUST.) 



12. (1 . old style) received a bill of exchange for 200 Dollar silvercoin 



from Sohlberg. 



13. (2. o. s.) went to Cliffort. 



14. (3. o. s.) returned home. 

 17. (6. o. s.) went to Leiden. 



19. (8. o. s.) arrived at Amsterdam. 



(18.) Appointed Praefectus Horti Cliffortiani. 



19. wrote to Inspector Sohlberg, Browall (and) S. L. M. 



(SEPTEMBER.) 

 13. took charge of praefecturam horti Cliffort. 

 27.1(16-17. o. s.) hora 1 noctis Artedius was drowned at Am- 

 28. J sterdam. 



(DECEMBER.) 



13. (2. o. s.) Promotio cum Kappa Lugduni 3 . Concluded the 

 printing of Systema Nat. 4 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



July 25, 1848. — William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The following papers were read : — 



1 . Description of a new genus and species of Satyrid^e. J 

 By W. Hewitson, Esq. 



The genus Corades, which Mr. E. Doubleday has named and kindly 

 characterized for me, comprises but few species of butterflies, most 

 of which are of recent occurrence. They are from the mountainous 

 districts of Columbia and Venezuela, where, like our European Hip- 

 parchias of the same family, they delight in the alpine districts. 

 They are remarkable for having the anal angle of the lower wings 

 more or less produced into a tail. 



Genus Corades, Boisd. MSS. 

 Head of moderate width, hairy; maxillae about two-thirds the 

 length of the body, rather slender. Labial palpi porrect, ascending, 

 longer than the head, clothed with hairs and scales, the scales at the 



1 Jocose ita dixit. Cic. 



2 Left the press only in 1736 at Amsterdam, small 8vo. 



3 Cappa (medieval Latin), doctor's gown. See Du Fresne, Gloss. Lat. i. 

 p. 856, et Gloss. Graec. p. 584. Sperling ad Testam. Absolonis, p. 105. 



4 The printing finished. This editio princeps, which is very rare in 

 Sweden, has the following title : Caroli Linnaei Systema Naturae, sive Regna 

 tria Naturae, systematice proposita per Classes, Ordines, Genera, et Species. 

 Lugd. Bat. ap. Haak, 1735. Fol. maj. — 14 page?. The original manuscript 

 is preserved at the Carolinska Institut, at Stockholm. Comp. Beckman's 

 Minnen (Recollections), p. 112. 



