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an entomologist, has remarked to us, that " this paper is a 

 laborious one, although not much clogged with synonymes ; 

 but 61 species of Callimome ought at this time of day to 

 have been rendered intelligible by at least half a dozen 

 sections." 



The papers which treat on the habits of insects, and will 

 more interest those who have only an outline, or an incipient 

 knowledge, of entomology, have the following titles : — " On 

 the wants of analogy between the sensations of insects and 

 ourselves, by the Rev. C. S. Bird." The author once cut " a 

 pretty beetle, Malachius se v neus, in two, at the junction of the 

 thorax and abdomen. The head continued to run about, and 

 the body to clear and spread its wings, the one for about 

 12 hours, and the other for 16 hours; their energies 

 gradually decaying, till they appeared to perish, or rather 

 to sleep." The author infers that this " divisibility [of 

 insects] into parts having separate independent consciousness, 

 establishes a line of demarcation between them and the higher 

 orders of animals, almost as broad as that which already con- 

 fessedly exists between them and vegetables." — " Observations- 

 on the blights of the apple tree, by Rusticus" of Godalming. 

 Delightful, and very useful to orchardists and gardeners. 

 We wish the editor had supplied the systematic names of the 

 insects. — " Entomological Tour in South Devon, by Messrs. 

 Chant and JBentley." Interesting in the insects captured, 

 and the incidental notices of other objects of nature. Enough 

 is said about the weather, but probably not a whit too much, 

 as capturing insects must be much influenced by weather. — 

 " A notice of the habits of Charae^as gra minis, by George 

 Wailes, Esq." We hope this gentleman will proceed to 

 narrate the habits of other insects; we admire this com- 

 munication greatly. — " Varieties." A chapter of detached 

 paragraphs (widely enough detached as to typography), each 

 imparting some interesting facts. A plate, bearing coloured 

 figures of caterpillars, is prefixed to number ii. The figures 

 are explained in 



Number iii., published April 1833, which we deem a very 

 valuable number: the majority of its contents are very interesting 

 even to ourselves, whose knowledge of entomology, as Hamlet 

 reports of his ambition, may be " crammed into a nutshell." 

 We shall name the titles of this class of contributions first. — 

 "Observations on Blights, by Rusticus" of Godalming; 

 admirable, and delightfully long ; 7 pages. A v phis humuli, 

 the blight of the hop plant, is the main theme in this letter. 

 — " Observations on the circulation of the blood in insects, 

 by James Bowerbank, Esq." The observations are made in 



