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Curtis's British Entomology. 

 No. 5. contains the following subjects : 



PI. 19. Rhipiphorus paradoxus. Figures of both sexes of this insect are 

 given, which from their dissimilarity have been considered by some authors 

 as distinct. Mr. W. S. MacLeay, we believe, first discovered its singular 

 economy, which has enabled entomologists to enrich their cabinets °with 

 examples of this rare and curious genus.— PI. 20. Pentatonui ccerulea, a 

 beautiful little species found in the woods about London, and in Devonshire; 

 the author has taken the opportunity of giving a complete arrangement 

 of the British species which the genus embraces. — PI. 81. Eyprepia rus- 

 sida (Clouded buff Moth). A genu? detached from the extensive group of 

 Bombycidce ; E. russula is a beautiful species, and the dissections illustrat- 

 ing the Lepidoptera must be a great acquisition to the lovers of that beau- 

 tiful order, as nothing of this kind has hitherto appeared excepting the 

 few that were given in the early numbers of Mr. Swainson's Zoological 

 Illustrations.— PI. 22. Ibalia Cultellator. An unique specimen x>f this insect, 

 which adds a new genus to the British Fauna, was taken by Mr. Edwards at 

 Bungay, and is now in the cabinet of the author. It is allied to the Gall 

 insects (Diplolepidce), and its structure is very interesting. 



The Botanical Magazine. No. 448. 



PI. 2481. Urtica involucrata, " caule ramoso hirsuto, foliis oppositis ro- 

 tundato-ovatis crenatis trinerviis lucidis ad apices ramorum congestis, pani- 

 culis sessilibus :" brought from the island of St. Vincent, and flowered in 

 the stove of the Horticultural Society. — Serratula simplex, the Carduus 

 mollis of older authors. — Oxytropis pilosa. Astragalus Linn. This plant and 

 the former were introduced at the Chelsea garden by Dr. Fischer of 

 Petersburg. — Nicotiaua repanda from the Havannah, said to be the plant 

 of which the famous cigars are made. — Habranthus versicolor, a se- 

 cond species of this genus of Amaryllidece proposed by Mr. Herbert (see 

 p. 297). — Dalea mutabilis. — Justicia geniculata, " paniculis terminalibus 

 laxis cernuis, bracteis subulatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis glabris subtus pal- 

 lidas distantibus :" native of the West Indies. — Cissas antarclica, New 

 South Wales. 



The Botanical Register. No. 111. 



PI. 793. Portulaca foliosa. " P. guineensis, foliis subulatis, calycibus pi- 

 losis, involucro polyphyllo, floribus subternis, petalis retusis." LindJey 

 MSS. — Neottia bicolor, " foliis plurimis lanceolatis nervosis petiolatis gla- 

 bris, scapo villoso infra foliolis spathaceis obsito brevioribus; raceino nu- 

 meroso floribus cernuis, labello oblongo, lamina summa brevi oblata obso- 

 lete trifida undulata crenata, intus minute papillosa:" from Trinidad. — 

 Eriospermum foliolifertim : originally figured in Andrews's Repository: as 

 well as its congener E. paradoxicum, it ranks among the most curious ano- 

 malies with respect to foliage in theMonocotyledones. — Justicia pectoralis: 

 now first figured, though long known here. — Justicia carthaginensis, in- 

 troduced in 1792 from the Caribbee islands. — Lantana fucata, " foliis ovatis 

 rugosis crenatis obtusis pubescentibus petiolum brevem decurrentibus, ca- 

 pituli parvi depressi pedunculo foliis breviori:" raised from seeds brought 

 for the Horticultural Society from Brazil by Mr. G. Don. — Glycine vinceii- 

 tina. — Prunus panicuiala. 



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