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ence, it would be quite superfluous in us to speak. And it is with 

 similar pleasure that we mention an annual pension to the eminent 

 naturalist, John Curtis, Esq., F.L.S., of whose great work on British 

 Entomology we have already expressed our opinion. His attention 

 has latterly been directed to practical inquiries into the habits of in- 

 sects as connected with agriculture and horticulture, the interesting 

 results of which have been published in the ' Transactions of the 

 Agricultural Society,' and under the signature of Ruricola in the 

 * Gardeners' Chronicle.' 



Books received for Review. 

 An Introduction to Entomology, by W. Kirby and W. Spence. 

 6th edit. 



Popular Conchology, by Agnes Catlow. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OCTOBER 1842. 



Chiswick. — October 1. Clear and fine. 2. Foggy : fine. 3. Foggy: overcast. 

 4. Very fine. 5. Cloudless and very fine. 6 — 8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Light 

 haze : cloudy. 10. Overcast. 11. Foggy: clear and very fine. 12. Cloudy. 

 13. Overcast. 14. Hazy. 15. Overcast. 16. Light haze : very fine, 17. Hazy: 

 overcast and fine. 18. Very fine: heavy rain at night. 19. Fine. 20. Clear 

 and frosty : fine : frosty at night. 21. Sharp frost : fine : frosty. 22. Densely 

 overcast : heavy rain. 23. Rain : heavy showers. 24. Boisterous : clear and 

 fine at night. 25. Rain : stormy at night. 26. Very clear. 27, 28. Cloudy and 

 fine. 29. Frosty : cloudy and fine : clear and frosty at night. 30. Frosty : clear 

 and fine. 31. Overcast : clear at night. — Mean temperature of the month 5°*94 

 below the average. 



Boston. — Oct. 1. Cloudy: rain earl v a.m. 2. Cloudy. 3. Cloudy : rain a.m. 

 4. Cloudy. 5—8. Fine. 9, 10. Cloudy. 11. Fine. 12, 13. Cloudy. 14. 

 Fine. 15—17. Cloudy. 18. Cloudy: rain p.m. 19. Stormy. 20,21. Fine. 

 22. Stormy : rain a.m. 23. Cloudy. 24. Windy : rain a.m. 25. Cloudy : rain 

 p.m. 26—31. Fine. 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — Oct. 1. Showers : cloudy. 2. Showers. 3. Cloudy. 

 4. Showers. 5. Clear : cloudy. 6. Showers : rain. 7. Damp : cloudy. 8— 

 13. Cloudy. 14,15. Drizzle: cloudy. 16. Cloudy. 17. Cloudy: showers. 

 18. Rain : sleet. 19. Hail-showers : sleet. 20. Snow: hail. 21. Sleet-showers: 

 cloudy. 22. Rain. 23. Showers. 24. Snow : aurora. 25. Rain : aurora. 

 26. Rain: showers. 27—29. Showers. 30,31. Damp. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Oct. 1 — 3. Fair and fine. 4. Frost: 

 fair and clear. 5 — 8. Fair and fine. 9, 10. Fair and fine, but cloudy. 11. Fair 

 and fine : clear. 12. Fair and fine. 13. Fair and fine: frost a.m. 14. Fair 

 and fine, but cloudy. 15. Fair and fine. 16. Fair and fine: cloudy. 17. 

 Cloudy, but fair. 18. Shower. 19. Shower of snow. 20,21. Fair and clear. 

 22, 23. Heavy showers all day. 24. Fair and clear. 25. Heavy fall of snow. 

 26. Snow a.m. : melting p.m. 27. Fair and clear. 28. Fair and clear : snow 

 gone. 29,30. Fair and clear : frost. 31. Fair and clear : no frost. 



Sun shone out 28 days. Rain fell 4 days. Frost 4 days. Snow 3 days. 



Wind North 3 days. North-east 1 day. East-south-east 1 day. South-east 

 2 days. South-south-east 1 day. South 1 day. South-west 4 days. West- 

 south-west 4 days. West 3 days. West- north -west 6 days. North-west 3 days. 

 North-north-west 2 days. 



Calm 12 days. Moderate 5 days. Brisk 9 days. Strong breeze 4 days. 

 Boisterous 1 day. 



Mean temperature of the month 44 0, 45 



Mean temperature of October 1841 45 '75 



Mean temperature of spring-water 49 *60 



