Mr. Distant stated that he had recently received from the Andaman Islands some cockroaches, which likewise emitted a strong odour.
Dr. Sharp communicated a paper "On some Longicoru Coleoptera from the Hawaiian Islands."
Mr. Peter Cameron communicated a paper "On the Larvæ of the Tenthredinidæ, with special reference to Protective Resemblance."
Mr. H.W. Bates read a paper "On Macropsebium Cotterilli and other new Species of Coleoptera from Lake Nyassa." The author exhibited a specimen of the remarkable Longicorn beetle above referred to, which is of special interest on account of its possessing some characters of the Prionidæ. — R. Meldola, Hon. Sec.
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.
On the 2nd November, 1876, Her Majesty's ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery' re-entered Portsmouth Harbour, which they had quitted on a voyage to the Polar Sea on the 29th May, 1875. The expectations which were entertained regarding their reaching the North Pole were not realized, but in the opinion of the Commander of the Expedition, this was due solely to the fact that the North Pole is unattainable by the Smith Sound route.
Of the adventures which befell the gallant officers and crews of these vessels, during their absence of a year and five months, a complete narrative is now given in the volumes before us, and is rendered all the more interesting from the accompanying maps and " permanent Woodbury prints," which exhibit with photographic accuracy some of the more remarkable scenes through which the vessels passed.
The story of the English Arctic Expedition of 1875–6, at least in its general outline, must by this time be tolerably familiar to most persons ; for not only have the papers been full of it, but so long an interval having elapsed since the return of the Expedition,
