268 The supposed Auditory Powers 



it immediately following the Accipitres. I now proceed to 

 point out other reciprocally distinct groups, of various de- 

 grees of value and of mutual affinity ; and I respectfully in- 

 vite the disciples of the quinarian theory to demonstrate, that, 

 in a single instance, there are species which connect any two 

 of them together. 



{To be continued). 



Art. III. A few Remarks on the Antenna of Insects, in relation 

 to the theory that these appendages are analogous to the Ears of 

 higher Animals. By Edward Newman, Esq. F.L.S. &c. 



From the earliest ages of entomological science, the antennce 

 of insects have been, by the thoughtless and unreflecting, ta- 

 ken for ears. The grounds for this theory are these : First, 

 insects possess no other obvious ears ; Secondly, the anten- 

 na are generally situated where ears might be expected to be 

 found ; Thirdly, the senses of sight, smell, and taste, appear 

 distinctly ascertained to be located in other parts of the head. 

 Argument on this subject has yet taken no wider range. 



In 1832, Mr. Rennie publicly broached the subject, re-ad- 

 ducing the old arguments ; and Mr. Newport has still more 

 recently, written a very long and elaborate paper on the 

 subject, which has occupied two sittings of the Entomologi- 

 cal Society, and which I have heard read with much interest. 

 It is this paper of Mr. Newport's that has again called my at- 

 tention to the enquiry ; an enquiry, as every zoologist will, I 

 am sure, admit, fraught with the highest interest, because it 

 is clear that these conspicuous instruments are either the seat 

 of some one of those senses or faculties which we ourselves 

 possess, or of some other sense or faculty of which we at pre- 

 sent remain in utter ignorance. 



I am fully aware that Mr. Newport's voluminous paper, not 

 being yet before the public in a tangible form, it would be out 

 of order to offer comments on opinions that he may hereafter 

 modify, or assertions which a more close examination of the 

 question may lead him to withdraw. I confine myself there- 

 fore to the abstract question, avoiding with care the train of 

 argument he has maintained, and viewing the subject in a 

 light in which he has not attempted to place it. 



Whoever has paid the slightest attention to the structure 

 of animals, must have observed of every part, the use of which 

 is decidedly ascertained, how beautifully, how admirably, 

 such part is adapted to such use. If we regard the hand of 



