'39(> Proceedings of the Zoological Society. 



being founded upon error. The specimen was originally taken from 

 Japan to Java, where it died ; the skin was preserved, and M. Diard 

 having obtained possession of it, sent it to the Paris Museum; and as 

 there was no label attached, M. F. Cuvier imagined it to be a native of 

 the place whence M. Diard had sent it. 



Mr. Fox exhibited several birds, which he stated had formed part 

 of an extensive collection made in Iceland by the Curator of the 

 Durham Museum. 



May 14, 1839. — Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., in the Chair. 



The Rev. F. W. Hope exhibited a portion of his collection of insects, 

 in order to illustrate a paper entitled " A Monograph on Mr. William 

 Sharp MacLeay's Coleopterous Genus Euchlora." 



Genus Euchlora, MacLeay. 

 Melolontha, Linn., Fab. and Olivier. 



AntenncB articulis novem, basilari conico elongato, 2do, 3tio, 4to, 5to 

 et 6to brevibus subglobosis ; capitulo ovato, triphyllo, elongato, anten- 

 narum longitudinis totius baud dimidium sequante. 



Labrum prominulum, clypeo fere absconditum, margine antico lineari, 

 ciliato, emarginato, lateribus rotundatis. 



Mandibulce latitantes, subtrigonse supra planee, latere externo ro- 

 tundato, interno ciliato, ad apicem 3-dentato. 



Maxilla caule subtrigono-triquetro, ad apicem inflexse 6-dentatse. 



Palpi maxillares articulo terminali cyhndrico ovato. 



Labiales articulis 2do et ultimo longitudine aequalibus hoc subulato. 



Mentwn subquadratum, margine antico emarginato angulis trunca- 

 tis rotundatis ac lateribus sinuatis, postice valde convexis. 



Caput subquadratum clypeo lateribus rotundatis margine reflexo. 



Corpus ovatum convexum postice elytris haud opertum. Thorax 

 subquadratus ad basin duplo longior quam latior, latere postico sinuato 

 vix lobato. 



Scutellum parvum cordato-truncatum. Sternum haud productum. 



Pedes validiuscuh tibiis anticis 3-dentatis. Tarsorum ungues postico- 

 rum indivisi reliquorum ex unguibus unus bifidus, alter indivisus. 



" It is in the warm and tropical regions of the world that we find 

 vastness one of the leading characteristics of animal life. It is in 

 the same regions also, amongst the class of insects, that we find a 

 corresponding magnitude attended with a wonderful increase of spe- 

 cies, many examples of which might here be mentioned. It is suf- 

 ficient for our purpose at present to note only a few of them, such 

 as the Sternocera, among the Buprestida' ; Lamia, belonging to the 



