£r:„d Sv& b ° e f t fi di t rent .°° n - 
tl>ey commonly suggest the idei tL ttracTof 
anjmals have deteriorated in resneet JJJ l° f 
more striking phenomena first and mostTtrono-l! 
impress the mind, which contra f 4 ^ 
tlie great Cave-Bears ofEurope ly’J 
Brown Bear, the Megatkerioidl of +1 actT . la 
with the small existing Sloths and the Amen , < : a 
Glyptodons with the Armadillos Til f* g % antlc 
-tKs 
extinct species respectfveTv k A* 1 ?S'S^ntic 
tracts of dry land P «e I„ y -f a ,? ct . e / lstio of ®uch 
rally disti.it from theTt?Z * no \S^en- 
knTfor T ”V e recen % introducrifefa Tn" 
land, ioi example, our Moles? \v„i„ , 
Weasels, StoaL, Badges ^ 1 °^ oiT 
same species as those that existed when th! if h ® 
potamus swam the rivers the tt .? Hippo- 
Bion lurked in the <Sves Ad the^" a ’ Bear and 
Elephant trod the land ’ s n n 10 Rhinoceros and 
of small Sloths and ArmadiUos^rT'® ren ? ains 
with the MeacitheriuT) ' a 6 ° Und associated 
America; and the fosril refeaS?*’ 8 ■“ South 
minutive as the present tt ^ species as di- 
occur abundantly in AusMiTwHh those tfheT 
the Lion or Tio- er So likV . ais ! ( ^ s as large as 
find that the small AZ 1 ke Y 1Se ln New Zealand we 
great Dinars and PaZ^ with the 
bA&iedAr z\ti 
respect by the influence of timto” h ‘f any 
ternal influences t,, 01 °* change of ex- 
difficulty of the contest P wK°h tl0n ‘Ul 8 bulk is tlle 
whole, the individual ofsiinlfe’ ^ * bvm & organised 
against the surrounding agenShlt ** *° “T* 3 " 
mg to dissolve the vital bond Ad r 1 are e '; er * end ‘ 
matter to the ordina rv l J - f u £ ate *he living 
Any changes! I 
proportionate, perhaps fffe* exls f e ! lc ® in a J egree 
bulk of the spedes P if a d g8 ° me nCalrat!o ' tothe 
prolonged the frA 17 dr y season be gradually 
drought sioner {^ i £“ wiU "rom the 
tion of climate affect !h ma11 ° ne : if such al ‘era- 
food, the bulky Herhim ol vegetable 
of stinted nourishment -f Wi 6rSt feel the effects 
duced, the iri anTc * * “ eW 6nemies are intro- 
will fall a prey ‘whilst“!P ICU0U ® quadru Ped or bird 
themselves L/escane 54 tbe smalller species conceal 
also, more p ; "1iSa e nfa^~ ISareUSUaIly ' 
of anlm^ CAS Z?cT’ * “"P Sped< * 
same natural famTi r , larg ’ er species of the 
consequence of ™v Ld° n T;^ ? xisted ’ is Dot “>® 
Of such species b?f ? tP’ d ’? ,nutiofl » f the size 
which may be illustrated‘by thlfetb of'<“i tance , s 
and the reed •” +ho ™,ji ^ iaoie oi the oak 
bent and accommodated" "tb ffce j lorar ' imaI s have 
Which have destroyed the larger'spede's wlT? 
nevertheless that +l q b species. W e find, 
families of animak ex S ?TL peculiar fonus « 
portions of drv land 1, c iaracterlze particular 
Australia, anifNew Zealand* M S ° Uth A “ erica > 
at.a period longTnSeni t pre T.‘ <%» as 
there 6 h°as’ £!&" haveperisLd, 
peculiar aborie-inal Knrl !' , awa A of the 
or islands. But iust -i • *hl ^ °li? 10se con tinents 
dillos still lingeHn &u h a ^ and An “ a - 
Kangaroos, "Wombats Tt nienca, so the smaller 
pads'have contZed to oSa’ ,°‘ her Marsu " 
- p ~ d > ^ by 
! Coast°o? AiIsmA S by°John GouAT N ° rth 
One is allied to Eurylli ^ KK S ; 
is a species of Molun/* a-nd +u aws , the second 
discovered by the l a te A h ‘ rd is a 
Her Majesty’s ship tethSthST of 
locality, and presented to the Society! Ye ' named 
ENTOMOLOGICAL society. 
the° struXre ne of‘Jhe Mo^d^ °} Serv ® d ^ 
was found, when viewed ui d ‘? eaSed silk «"orms 
powers, to be considerably^“lt™!d ““pj 8 ° fhig !! 
KvaTA'rot j t bI °° d were fUd to 
eenu?m hC lZ tU A bilabilis ’ Oemmbyx sub- 
xr It ’ and Agasma semicrudum, described bv 
«hiMteT’ an “ ‘ he ***** Mr - Stephens also 
, nb ^ted some specimens of insect economy brought 
from South Australia by Mr. Mossman. Mr J T 
B;?lwZn, Xh f b ‘ ted spe ? ,mens from Scotland of 
Victyopteiu 6 Aurora , a beetle new to Britain and 
UICCL ochracella, of Tengstrom—the latter species 
fend e 1-n U A dby Mr - WeaTCr in an* 8 ’ nests! P Mr 
at V P nfeofe ed f me rar ? Lepidopterahe had taken 
Pnfnnt ‘ 1 m .including Arjrolis lunigera. 
OLglaselia, nanatella, and pallorella. The Pre^ 
dent exhibited, on behalf of Mr G Ransomp 
very fine ficilepkila Celeno , recen% taken aTlps 
wrnh Mr. W F Evans exhibited four specimens 
of a yfe which had accidentally been enclosed in 
received from Commander Pullen, dated 
Great Slave Lake, June 28th, 1850, in latitude 6P 
ifie great abundance and intolerable annoyance of 
these httle pests in high latitudes had been men- 
turned by Sir G. Back in his account of the Arctic 
Land Expedition in 1833, and by Sir John Franklin 
1819-2 9 aCC ° Unt ° f hls j° urne y t( > the Polar Sea in 
r^acf VGra ^ ° tIler interestin S botanical papers were 
ological observations, embi 
the United States, is now 
tion by the Smithsonian I 
add exceedingly to the vale 
vations if simultaneous ones 
the region north of the I 
even to the shores of PIu< 
of Labrador; therefore, 
Resolved—That the Brit 
Directors of the Hudson’s ] 
to co-operate with the o 
states in united and sy,< 
inquiries. 
new yoek histoi 
At the request of one of the 
the Rev. W. Walker, of t. 
was present, gave a descrii 
variety of the Simia tribe, 
flood of the mission, of \ 
specimens, a young male, 
a female, nearly full grow 
arms of the latter extendec 
not owing to any extraordi 
which measure about the s 
but to the enormous bread 
should judge that a full g 
least six feet in height; an 
that they have on the top . 
tnch and a half high, ri 
the skull from the front tc 
furnished with hairs about 
ai e erected when the creat 
not so closely resemble tl 
as the Chimpanzee, and it 
on all fours; but from its im 
and ferocious disposition, 
formidable assailant to a n 
firearms. Mr. Walker has 
female to America. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION EOR THE ADVANCEMENT 
OF SCIENCE. 
At a meeting held at Newhaven, in the United 
k a e^, in August 1850, the following resolutions 
were unanimously adopted :*_ 
Resolved r lhat in the foundation and mainte¬ 
nance of numerous Magnetical and Meteorological 
bsei vations, the British Government have evinced 
an appreciation of the claims of science, and a 
readiness to contribute liberally to its support, 
which challenge the admiration and demand the 
hearty acknowledgment of the scientific world. 
xesolved That the experiments which are now 
m progress at the "Toronto Observatory, to test the 
practicability of self-registering photographic me¬ 
thods, the system of concerted auroral observations 
recently organized by Captain Lefroy, and the 
peculiar interest attached to magnetic observations 
made near the focus of maximum intensity, render 
it highly desirable that the Toronto Observatory 
should be _ continued in activity for a somewhat 
-o «/ undo LUO tori 
should be continued in activity «, DumcvvJlttl 
longer period. 
And inasmuch as a very extensive series of meteor- 
5 a ci 4* - ^•_ » ri ” — ; rr 
^ J 1 v V OGl IGil U1 JUC tCUi * 
* As it must be some time before these resolutions can 
reach this country in a formal manner through the Ame¬ 
rican Ambassador, tve have great pleasure in making them 
generally known to the public, and especially to the scien¬ 
tific, who feel so much interest in the subjectA-Ffln l,, Cr. 
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