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suturce bene determinata' ; scutellum brevi-conicum : metathorax trans- 

 versus, mediocris : petiolus brevissimus : abdomen fusiforme, thorace angus- 

 tius et mul to longius, supra planum, subtus carinatum, aj)ice acuminatum : 

 pedes graciles: ala* imdiocres; nervus ulnaris humcrali longior, radialis vix 

 alius, cubitalis sat longus. 



Sp. 58. Cirr. Anticlea, Fern. Vtridis, cyaneo- et ceneo-varius, abdomen 

 cupreum, (intenvee nigra out picece, pedes picei ant fulvo-fusci, femora 

 riridia, tar.sl Jlavi, ala', Umpldas. 



Viridi-cyaneus: oculi et ocelli run" : antenna? nigro-piceae ; articuli l ui et 

 2"' virides, hie apice fulvus : abdomen cyaneum ; discus cupreus : pedes 

 virides ; trochanteres picei ; genua flava ; tibia? fuscae, apice flavae ; tarsi 

 pallide fusci, basi flavi ; propedum tibia? et tarsi fulva ; ala? limpida? ; squa- 

 mula? piceae ; nervi fulvi, basi flavi ; metalis nervi flavi. (Corp. long. lin. 

 4 — 4; alar. lin. 1 — 1-L.) 



Var.fi. — Viridi-aeneus : antennae nigra?; articulus l us fulvus, apice pi- 

 ceus: abdomen cupreum, basi cyaneo-viride : pedes fulvi ; coxae virides ; 

 femora viridia ; meso- et metatarsi flavi, apice fusci ; protarsi apice fusci ; 

 proalis nervi fusci. 



Far. y. — Nigro-viridis ; antennae piceae ; articulus l ul niger, 2 US apice ful- 

 vus : abdomen nigro-cupreum : pedes nigro-virides ; trochanteres fulvi; 

 genua fulva ; tibiae piceae, apice fulvae; tarsi flavi, basi fulvi ; protarsi fusci. 



July ; near London, Isle of Wight. 



Mas. Corpus sublineare, nitens, scitissime squameum, parce hirtum : ca- 

 put transversum, breve, convexum, juxta thoraci latum : antennae filiformes, 

 hirtae, corporis longitudine ; articulus l us gracilis, sublinearis; 2 US longicya- 

 thiformis ; 3 US brevis ; 4 US , 5 US et 6 US subaequales, latitudine longiores ; clava 

 longifusiformis, acuminata, articulo 6° duplo longior : thorax ovatus, con- 

 vexus : prothorax brevissimus, supra vix conspicuus : mesothoracis scutum 

 latitudine longius ; parapsidum suturaebene determinata?; scutellum brevi- 

 conicum : metathorax transversus, mediocris : petiolus brevissimus : abdo- 

 men sublineare, planum, thorace angustius, non brevius : pedes graciles : 

 proalae latae ; nervus ulnaris humerali longior, radialis vix ullus, cubitalis sat 

 longus. 



Fern. Antennae subclavatae, corporis dimidio longiores ; articulus 4 US 3° 

 brevior ; 5 U * adhuc brevior ; clava fusiformis, acuminata, articulo 5° duplo 

 longior : abdomen longiovatum, thorace longius, vix latius, supra planum, 

 subtus carinatum, apice acuminatum. 



[To be continued.] 



XXIL— Note on the Effects of the Hurricane of January *J, 

 1839, in Ireland, on some Birds, Fishes, Sfc. By William 

 Thompson, Esq. 



I shall here record the very few particulars on this subject that 

 have as yet become known to me. As may be conjectured, stormy 



