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a more or less complete loss of smell. The deprivation of the last 

 joint of the antennae suffices to cause the loss of this sense. — Ex- 

 tract from the Annates de la Societe Entomologique de France, 183S, 

 3rd Part. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PALMS. 



M. v. Martius has published an elaborate treatise on the geogra- 

 phical distribution of palms, which he divides into five groups, viz. 

 Arecince, Lepidocaryince, Borassincs, Coryphince, and Coccince. The 

 distribution of the palms with which we are at present acquainted is 



as follows : 



Old World. New World. Total. 



Arecince 53 45 98 



Lepidocaryince. ... 60 7 67 



Borassince 11 24 35 



Coryphince ...... 33 24 57 



Coccince 2 99 101 



159 199 358 



Of these 358 palms Europe contains 1, New Holland 6, New Zea- 

 land 1, Oceania 2, Africa 13, Asia 131, and America 198. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JUNE, 1839. 



Chiswick, — June I. Overcast: fine. 2. Dry haze. 3. Foggy: rain. 4. Foggy: 

 cloudy. 5. Very fine : heavy rain at night. 6. Very fine. 7. Rain. 8 — 13. 

 Very fine. 14 — 15. Hazy. 16. Very fine. 17. Very fine : thunder at night. 

 18. Slight haze : cloudy, with thunder. 19. Very fine : lightning at night. 20. 

 Very hot. 21. Cloudy and fine. 22. Showery. 23. Stormy with rain. 24. 

 Cloudy. 25. Very fine : rain. 26. Sultry : thunder. 27. Fine. 28. Thun- 

 der showers. 29, 30. Cloudy and cold. 



Boston. — June 1,2. Cloudy. 3. Rain: rain early a.m. 4,5. Cloudy. 6. 

 Fine: 3 o'clock p.m. therm. 72°. 7. Cloudy: rain p.m. 8 — 10. Fine. 11. 

 Cloudy. 12. Fine. 13. Cloudy: rain p.m. 14. Rain: heavy rain with light- 

 ning early a.m. : rain again a.m. and p.m. 15 — 17. Cloudy. IS — 20. Fine. 

 21. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 22. Fine: rain a.m. and p.m. 23. Cloudy: rain 

 p.m. 24. Fine : rain early a.m. 25. Fine. 26. Rain. 27. Cloudy ; rain p.m., 

 with clap of thunder. 28. Rain. 29. Cloudy: rain p.m. 30. Cloudy. 

 \ ' Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — June I, 2. Dry and withering. 3. Get- 

 ting cloudy. 4. Very warm : air electrical. 5. Cleared up: soft and warm. 

 6. Pleasant day : moderate breeze. 7. Gentle rain all day. 8. Fair and 

 droughty. 9. Fine day, but parching. 10. A welcome rain p.m. 11. Fine 

 growing day: ground refreshed. 12. Genial rain: vegetation strong. 13. Ra- 

 ther cool a.m. : rain p.m. 14. Fair: growing day. 15,16. Very warm and 

 genial. 17. The same : thunder and rain p.m. 18. Very warm, but getting 

 cloudy. 19. The same : rain p.m. 20. The same : getting cloudy. 21. Rain 

 nearly all day. 22. Rain, soft and genial. 23. Showery all day. 24. Dull 

 day, but kept dry. 25. Fine summer day. 26. Cloudy morning : cleared up. 

 27. Thunder, with heavy showers. 28, 29. Fair : temperature cool. 30. Beau- 

 tiful summer day. 



Sun shone out 26 days. Rain fell 10 days. Thunder 2 days. 

 Wind southerly 12 days. Westerly 6 days. Easterly 6 days. Northerly 6 

 days. 



Calm weather 9 days. Moderate 12 days. Brisk 8 days. Boisterous 1 day. 



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