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if male that shows divergences from the type in structural char- 
These structural divergences in Butterflies appear in the 
eae and the legs, and sometimes in the antenne. Mr. Scudder 
knows of no example in which the male alone diverges from the 
ee plan of coloration belonging to the group.—Prvc. Amer. 
cad., 1877. 
IV. MisceELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1, Narrative of the North Polar ee on, U. 8. Ship 
Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall ¢ mmanding. Edited 
under the direction of the Hon. G. M. peeeinetin Secretary of the 
vernment Printin 
fice, Washington. 1876-77. the iidantholy interest which 
was seemingly about to realize his life-long hopes, is 
Hithoasist by the reflection that the erie shed officer, to whom 
was entrusted the preparation of this narrative, was himself called 
away by death while his task was aliiobt complete. e final 
chapters were consigned by him to the editorial care of Professor 
Nourse of the National Observatory. This volume is what its 
title declares—a narrative of the Polar Expedition from its incep- 
tion in 1870 until the “Frolic” brings the survivors of the party to 
Washington, on the 5th of June, 1873, after experiences which 
must ever be con siderél memorable, even among the almost 
incredible trials sink heroisms of Arctic exploration, The closing 
chapters of the narrative recite the cruises of the Juniata and 
Tigress for the rescue of the Polaris and her crew, the examin- 
of the Board of Enqui . The volume also contains a translation 
of the report made to the Royal Gesenighicnt Society of Paris, 
April 21, 1875, b e Brun, oquette 
and the U. 8. Navy Department in relation to the stores left by 
the Polaris Expedition on the west coast of Greenland; the 
Journals of Mr. H. C. Chester and Captain Geo. E. Tyson while 
Expedition, 
The scientific results of the expedition have been worked up b 
Dr. Bessels, under the supervision of the Smithsonian Institution, 
in three volumes, the publication of which may be shortly ex 
This narrative is illustrated by thirty-eight full page wood 
engravings from original sketches by Mr. Emil Bohaitiitin and 
Dr. Emil —s painted in oil by Mr. J. H. Morgan and photo- 
graphed on wood by Mr. Smilie, There are also eighteen tail 
pieces from original sketches, two photolithographs, a steel por- 
