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volume containing a mantissa of new species, and it is only a very 

 few months since we received a second mantissa of new species. 

 Such a work of course required assistance : Gyllenhal, Germar, 

 Boheman, and other entomological authors of the first eminence, 

 gladly laboured in describing many of the new species, their initials 

 being added at the end of each ; and so highly was the work esteemed 

 that we believe a grant was made by the King of Sweden to effect 

 its completion. The ' Synonymia Insectorum ' therefore forms the 

 " Monument um cere perennius " of C. J. Schonherr. — J. O. W. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MARCH 1848. 

 Clriswick. — March 1. Constant rain: barometer very low. 2. Cloudy and 

 damp. 3. Very fine. 4. Hoar-frost : slight haze. 5. Rain. 6. Cloudy : fine : 

 overcast. 7. Foggy : slight haze : clear. 8. Frosty and foggy : overcast : slight 

 rain. 9. Overcast and mild. 10. Rain: fine : cloudy. 11. Boisterous, with 

 heavy showers. 12. Showery. 13. Cloudy and cold : heavy rain at night. 

 14. Fine : clear and frosty. 15. Overcast. 16, 17. Rain. 18. Foggy : fine. 

 19. Foggy: fine: showery. 20. Heavy rain. 21. Hazy and damp : cloudy: 

 showery : clear : frosty at night. 22. Cloudless : boisterous, with rain at night. 

 23, 24. Cloudy and fine. 25. Uniform haze : cloudy and fine. 26. Overcast : 

 slight rain. 27. Foggy : drizzly. 28. Very fine : rain at night. 29. Hazy and 

 damp : fine. 30. Foggy : slight rain : clear. 31. Hazy : very fine : clear at night. 



Mean temperature of the month 42 0, 5 



Mean temperature of March 1847 40 *11 



Mean temperature of March for the last twenty years 42 *8 



Average amount of rain in March l'36inch. 



Boston. — March 1. Cloudy : rain last night. 2. Cloudy : rain p.m. 3. Fine : 

 rain p.m. 4. Fine. 5. Rain. 6 — 9. Cloudy. 10, 11. Cloudy: rain a.m. 

 12. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 13. Fine: rain p.m. 14, 15. Fine. 16. Rain : 

 rain a.m. and p.m. 17. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 18. Cloudy. 19. Cloudy : 

 rain p.m. 20. Fine. 21. Rain : rain a.m. and p.m. 22. Fine : rain p.m. 23 — 25. 

 Cloudy. 26. Cloudy : rain p.m. 27. Cloudy : rain a.m. and p.m. 28. Rain: 

 rain a.m. 29. Cloudy : rain a.m. 30. Fine : rain p.m. 31. Rain. 



Applegarlk Manse, Dumfries-shire. — March 1. Fair, but cloudy and raw. 2, 



3. Fair and clear: raw frost a.m. 4. Fair and clear : hard frost a.m. : rain p m. 

 5 — 7. Cloudy, but fair. 8. Fine : wet a.m. : cleared. 9. Rain in the night : 

 cleared p.m. 10. Showers : hail. 11. Frequent showers : hills covered with snow. 

 12. Clear cold day. 13. Clear cold day: frost a.m. : fine. 14. Frost a.m. : 

 cloudy: rain p.m. 15. Frequent showers. 16. Fair, but chilly. 17. Rain 

 during night : drizzling a.m. 18. Rain early a.m. : fine. 19. Rain and hail: 

 snow p.m. 20. Frost: hail: thaw p.m. 21. Frost: snow on hills: hail. 22.- 

 Frost a.m. : heavy rain p.m. 23. Frequent showers. 24. Very fine: warm. 



25. Very fine. 26. Rain nearly all day. 27. Very fine. 28. Wet till noon : 

 cleared. 29. Fine: clear: cold. 30. Fine all day : light clouds. 31. Very 

 fine : clear and warm. 



Mean temperature of the month 41° f 2 



Mean temperature of March 1847 42 "5 



Mean temperature of March for twenty-five years 39 *1 



Mean rain in March for twenty years 2*35 inches. 



Rain in March 1847 1*27 „ 



Sandwich Manse, Orkney. — March 1. Clear. 2. Clear: cloudy. 3. Clear. 



4. Damp. 5. Damp : drops. 6. Damp : cloudy. 7. Cloudy. 8. Showers : 

 clear : aurora. 9. Bright: showers. 10. Clear: hoar frost. 11. Cloudy : showers. 

 12. Bright : clear. 13. Clear : hoar-frost. 14. Cloudy : rain. 15. Bright: 

 clear : aurora. 16. Showers. 17. Cloudy : showers. 18. Bright : cloudy. 19. 

 Bright: clear: aurora. 20. Snow : clear : aurora. 21. Clear: frost: cloudy. 

 22. Clear: cloudy. 23. Rain : drops. 24. Clear : cloudy. 25. Bright : cloudy. 



26. Rain. 27. Clear: fog. 28. Fog: rain. 29,30. Bright: cloudy. 31. Clear: 

 cloudy. 



