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other of their body, particularly on the sternum. Having observed 

 the larvae contained in the cells, M. Ricord remarked, that they 

 also had this, small cryptogamous appendage, but then it was very 

 small. This species appears to be the Sphceria entomorbiosa of the 

 English botanists. — Journal du Pharmacie. 



29. Artificial Incubation. — M. Lotz has stated in the Iris, that 

 the greatest difficulty in artificial incubation is, to graduate the heat 

 properly ; for which purpose he has supplied the following table, 

 the result of his own experiments. 



30. Note relative to some blistering Insects, by M. Farine. — It 

 has been long known that cantharides are not the only insects which 

 possess a vesicatory property, and that it is common to many other 

 genera. From some comparative experiments, M. Farine has ascer- 

 tained, that the 7nylabris cyanescens is, after the cantharides, the 

 insect which possesses this property in the highest degree ; the my- 

 labris variabilis follows. The author has also determined, that 

 their action is the stronger when they inhabit warmer places and 

 more exposed to the sun. The male meloe majalis is always more 



