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latter case, many of the A'csivi had made then* escape before 

 the gum could be applied ; and in both, it should be remem- 

 bered that the specimens have, of course, shrunk in size since 

 they were alive. I am. Sir, yours, &c. 



Dover, Sept. SO. 1831. W. T. Bree. 



Some of the insects were in a paper, others inside a 

 dry phial, and the remainder adhering to the bodies of 

 Polyommatus I'caru5 [fig. 74. «), Hipp^rchi« Galathea 

 ijig' 74. b\ and Hipparchi« Janira, which has been deemed 

 too common to figure. Mr. Sowerby, in making the draw- 

 ings, observed that the ^'cari out of either the phial or the 

 paper had long bristly legs, while those taken off 

 the bodies of the butterflies had smaller, and 

 smoother, and less obvious legs. Fig. 75. repre- 

 sents a magnified figure of one of the latter, 

 which Mr. Sowerby regrets is less accurate than 

 it should be ; as, from the insects coming to him 

 in a dried and shrivelled state, the parts were 

 discernible far less perfectly than they would 

 have been had the insects been preserved in spirits. — J. D. 



Art. IX. Remarks on a Species of L^pas cast ashore near Liver- 

 pool on Nov. 7. 1831. By Thomas Weatherill, Esq. M.D. 



Sir, 



I HAVE been a subscriber to your Magazine from its com- 

 mencement, but have not observed in it any notice of the 

 genus Zepas, or acorn-shell. Perhaps the following rough 

 sketch of a species of this family of curious creatures may be 

 acceptable to your readers. Fig, 76. c is intended to repre- 

 sent a piece of wood, with a number of them attached to it, 

 which was taken from a large log of pine found upon the 

 shore, near Liverpool, on the 7th of November last, during a 

 heavy gale, and a tremendous sea from the north and west. 



The log, which was about 12 ft. long, and of a propor- 

 tionate thickness, and apparently the remains of a wrecked 

 vessel, was completely covered in every part with them. It 

 excited a great deal of curiosity, and was publicly exhibited 

 in Liverpool as a rare and wonderful marine production. 



The books which I have consulted for information contain 

 but very indefinite and unsatisfactory descriptions of the 

 genus Lhpas, and what they do contain is so little and so 



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