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minutely granulated, with a blackish brassy band down each 

 side within the line of stigmata; stigmata black; apical and 

 lateral vulvar plates edged with black. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. A. 



Fig, 1. Atelides centrolineatus, enlarged : a, natural size. 

 Fig. 2. Head seen from above, with the antennae. 

 Fig. 3. Head seen from beneath, with the rostrum. 

 Fig. 4. Lateral view of the insect. 



Fig. 5. The apex of the abdomen, showing the structure of the vulvar 

 plates. 



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The Natural History of Animals. By T. Rymer Jones, F.R.S. 



Vols. 1 and 2, 1845-52. London : Van Voorst. 



We are glad to be able to announce to our readers the appearance 

 of a second volume of Prof. Rymer Jones's excellent popular Natural 

 History. Among the many writers upon natural science, we know of 

 none who clothes his subject in so attractive a dress, or adds so much 

 to the beauty of his subject by the graces of a clear and elegant 

 English style. 



The present work may be considered as a light and popular intro- 

 duction to the * Animal Kingdom' of the same author, a work which, 

 when it appeared, was decidedly the clearest and most elegant expo- 

 sition of the facts of zoology in the English language. Ten years 

 however have elapsed since its publication— ten of the busiest years 

 that zoological science has ever known, especially as regards the In- 

 Vertebrata— and students are looking forward to a new edition, with 

 such additions as may be necessary for the full expression of the im- 

 provement which has taken place in our knowledge. In the mean- 

 while, let those who are desirous of preparing for a more extensive and 

 careful study acquaint themselves with the present volumes ; and if 

 there be any dense utilitarian who can resist the fascinations of the 

 varied scene to which he is here introduced, because he cannot see 

 what good it does him to know all about flies and spiders, let him lay 

 to heart the following passage : — 



" Nothing is more calculated to excite the astonishment of the stu- 

 dent of animated nature, than the strict balance which is preserved 

 between the destruction and the reproduction of insects. Countless 

 millions are continually making their appearance upon the stage of 

 existence, millions equally innumerable are as constantly perishing, 

 and yet, steady to their appointed duties, the insect races return with 

 the seasons to which they belong, neither dangerous by their multi- 

 tudes on the one hand, nor on the other inadequate to perform the 

 gigantic tasks that devolve upon them. Dreadful indeed would be 

 the consequences, if the strict and vigilant superintendence under 

 which insects live were but for a very little time intermitted ; for not 

 a species could be pointed out, however diminutive and apparently 



