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by the Publishers. ' The Athenaeum ' for November and December ; by the Editor. 

 ' Diagnosen neuer Coleoptera aus Abyssinien von Dr. J. R. Roth : ' Munchen, 1851 ; 

 by the Author. ' Systematische Uebersicht der Kafer um Munchen, von Dr. Max 

 Gemminger : ' Jena, 1851 ; by the Author. 'Bulletin der Konigliche Akademie der 

 Wissenchaften,' Nos. 1 — 33: Munchen, 1851 ; by the Academy. 'Descriptions of the 

 Insects brought home by Commander James Clark Ross,' by John Curtis, Esq., 

 F.L.S. ; by the Author. 



Mr. Adam White exhibited a specimen of the moth, Anarta Richardsoni (Hadena 

 Richardsoni, Curtis, in ' Appendix to Sir John Ross's Arctic Voyage), taken by Charles 

 Ede, Esq., on the north shore of Baffin's Bay. 



Mr. White also exhibited some rare and beautiful insects, part of a quantity sent 

 to him for this Society by Hugh Low, Esq., Corresponding Member at Labuan. 

 Among the Coleoptera were Trictenotoma Children], G. R. Gray, Sarothrocera Lowii, 

 White, Chrysodema Helena, White, MSS., and Cladognathus Tarandus, Thunb. 

 Among the Lepidoptera were Thaumantis ? Lowii, Heivitson, MSS., Papilio Neptu- 

 nus, Guerin, a series of an Ornithoptera, and a fine species of Terias. Mr. White 

 took occasion to remark that the Trictenotoma had an extensive habitat, ranging from 

 Tenasserim to Borneo ; and that the same observation might be applied to some of 

 the Lepidoptera now before the Society, certain of the species being also found at As- 

 sam and Sylhet. Indeed there was a great similarity among many Lepidoptera from 

 Singapore, Sumatra, Java and New Guinea, insomuch that it might be almost doubted 

 whether the differences relied upon by entomologists as pointing out distinct species, 

 were any more than variations, induced by the altered circumstances of the several lo- 

 calities. The genus Ornithoptera was probably abundant in New Guinea, as nearly 

 all our specimens had come thence ; it extends also along the N. E. coast of Austra- 

 lia. Papilio Turnus, which extends southward as far as Florida, has been found also 

 as far north as Wolstenholme Sound. On the other hand, it was certain the habitat 

 of many species of iuseets was very circumscribed, many places, islands in particular, 

 having peculiar forms and species. 



Mr. S. Stevens remarked that he had received from China a Colias which did not 

 differ, in any respect, from the European C. Hyale. 



Mr. White observed that the genus Colias has a wide range — the species being 

 found throughout the temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and America, but it did not 

 appear that they extended further to the South. Cynthia Cardui is found every- 

 where, agreeing in every respect with our English specimens. 



Mr. J. E. Gray remarked that this identity of appearance in some species was not 

 confined to insects, for among the Vertebrata, the moose deer was found from the cen- 

 tre of Siberia to the south of the Himalayas, and no difference was perceptible. 



Mr. Curtis remarked that he had lately seen a collection of insects from Calcutta, 

 which had generally a very European appearance ; and in another collection from Van 

 Dieinen's Land, they were so like European forms, that they might be associated there- 

 with generically if not specifically. 



The President remarked that in looking at some insects from Shanghae, he had 

 been struck with the remarkable resemblance, in several instances, not only to Euro- 

 pean, but even to English species. 



Mr. Curtis exhibited an exotic species of Cicada, found alive on the 11th of Au- 

 gust last, in one of the hot-houses in the Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick, 

 into which it had probably been brought with some Orchidaceac from Central America. 



