Holland.] 
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[May 7, 
who announced that he would speak on the last mentioned at the 
next meeting of the Society : 
“ The insects of the triassic beds at Fairplay, Col.” 
“ New carboniferous Myriapods from Illinois, including the dis- 
covery of an interesting Chilopod.” 
“ Illustrations of the carboniferous Arachnida of North America 
of the orders Anthracomarti and Pedi palpi.” 
“The variety of Myriapodal life in the carboniferous period.” 
The Secretary read the following paper by title : — 
ASIATIC LEPIDOPTERA. 
List of the Diurnal Lkpidoptera taken by Mr. William Doherty 
of Cincinnati in Celebes, June and July, 1887, with descrip- 
tions OF SOME APPARENTLY NEW FORMS. 
BY REV. W. J. HOLLAND, PH.D., D.D. 
The insects received from Mr. Doherty were contained in six 
boxes, and represent a portion of the collection made by him. 
Three boxes, which were to have been sent me from Surabaya, 
never were received. The contents of the boxes had received rough 
usage in transit, and, in some instances, the specimens were badly 
damaged. The butterflies were collected “in various parts of the 
southern peninsula of Celebes, principally at Munjung Loi Bulu, 
Masala, in the low country ; Tanete, 3000 ft. above sea level ; and 
Bara, 2000 ft. above sea level in the centre of the peninsula, fifty 
miles north of Macassar.” Mr. Doherty, who is one of the most 
indefatigable, as well as intelligent, students of insect life residing 
in the East, deserves all praise for the manner in which he has 
contended with difficulties in prosecuting his researches. At the 
risk of possibly offending his great modesty, I cannot forbear giv- 
ing an extract from the letter which he sent me at the time the in- 
sects were forwarded. “I believe if I could have found a single 
locality with a good path, I should have been more successful ; but 
the terribly inaccessible nature of the country prevented me. Most 
of my captures were made in the beds of the mountain torrents, 
where I acquired a quite goat-like facility in jumping from boulder 
to boulder. The numerous waterfalls were my great resource. 
Here I got nearly all my moths, and nearly every day fresh bruises, 
for my strong iron-heeled boots were quite unsuited to the smooth 
