ON ENTOMOGENOUS SPHJERIA. 211 
the same place, and at night the brown moths were so nume- 
rous as to be quite troublesome. The body of the insect 
was solid and pithy; the outer skin attached to the sub- 
stance of the centre which has no roots in it; and moreover 
the pith is of the same substance as the stem, which is as 
thick if not thicker than the body of the caterpillar. Both 
the pith and stem when burnt have a strong animal smell. 
Mr. Allan saw nearly 30 about March, 1837. 
Tas. vir. fig. II. Spheria Taylori, nat. size ; a. a. mag- 
nified branchlets; 5. filaments of sponge about the root, 
highly magnd. ; c. do. from velvety surface, do. 
I cannot close my paper without due acknowledgement to 
Mr. I. E. Gray and Mr. White of the British Museum for 
their kind assistance in the prosecution of my inquiries. 
Several other fungoid productions on insects are preserved 
in our National Museum, but none certainly referrible to the 
genus Spheeria. : 
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Enumeration of the Plants collected by R. B. Hixps, Esa., 
and by Mr. Barcuay in, the Feejee Islands, Tanna, New 
Ireland and New Guinea; to which are added a few 
Species gathered in Amboyna by Mr. Barcuay. By 
Grorce BEwTHAM, Esa. ces 
(Continued from p. 676 of Fol. T) 
Thespesia lnea, Corr. Feejee Islands, Mr. Barclay. 
3 aa, moschatus, Moench. Friendly Islands, Mr. 
Barclay, 
Sida microphylla, Cav. Feejee Islands, Mr. Barclay. 
Heritiera Jittoralis, Ait. Feejee Islands, Mr. Hinds. 
Heritiera Fomes, Symes? Not in fruit, but the foliage has 
_ More the appearance of H. Fomes than of H. littoralis. New 
E Jreland, Mr. Barclay. | pe 
. Melochia odorata, Forst. Tanna, Mr. Hinds, Mr. Bàr- - 
day; Friendly Islands, Mr. Barclay. eae 
