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32. ' Some Account of the Hessian Fly.' Loudon's Mag. of Nat. Hist. No. 3, 



vol. i. pp. 227, 228. September, 1828. 

 Mr. Say's article upon the Hessian fly (Cecidomyia destructor, Say) in the 'Jour- 

 nal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia' for the year 1817, is here 

 abstracted, and its habits contrasted with those of C. Tritici of Kirby. 



33. 'An Outline and Description of Centrotus Bennetii and Hardwickii.' Lou- 



don's Mag. of Nat. Hist. No. 6, vol. ii. pp. 20—22, 1829. 

 Descriptions and figures are here published of two very singular small Homopte- 

 rous insects, under the names of Centrotus Bennetii, from Cboco in Colombia, and 

 C. Hardwickii, from Nepal. Outline figures are added from Stoll, of several other 

 equally remarkable species of the same genus. 



34. ' Nidus on a Rush.' Loudon's Mag. of Nat. Hist. No. 9, vol. ii. p. 405, 1829. 



This is a short answer in reply to a query in the same volume'(p- 104)/concerning 

 a circular nidus found attached to a rusb, and which Mr. Kirby states to be that of a 

 spider, referring to De Geer, vol. vii. Plate xiii., and his own collection for similar 

 specimens. 



35. ' The Characters of Clinidium, a new genus of Insects in the Order Coleo- 



ptera, with a Description of Clinidium Guildingii.' Zool. Journ., No. 17, 



1830, vol. v. pp. 6—10. 

 This is a very curious genus of beetles, presenting the characters of several dif- 

 ferent and distant tribes, especially interesting from its want of reticulated eyes. Mr. 

 Kirby considered it as most nearly allied to Cucujus rufus ; it is, however, very close 

 in its affinity to the genus Rhysodes, with which Mr. Kirby does not appear to have 

 been acquainted. The species is a native of the Island of St. Vincent, in the West 

 Indies : figures of the upper and under sides of the insect are given, but it is unfor- 

 tunate that Mr. Kirby was unable to examine the structure of the chief parts of the 

 mouth. 



36. ' On the History, Habits and Instincts of Animals, being Treatise VII. of the 



Bridgwater Treatises.' London, 1835. 2 vols. 8vo., pp. 948, 17 plates. 



The design of this work, as of all the ' Bridgwater Treatises,' is to prove and illus- 

 trate " the power, wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in the Creation.'' The 

 animal kingdom was assigned to Mr. Kirby, and the habits and instincts, especially 

 of the lower tribes of animals, have furnished much very interesting matter. 



Translated into German by Fr. Oesterlen, under the title ' Die Thierwelt, als 

 zeugniss fur die Herrlichkeit des Schopfers.' 1838. 8vo. 



37. ' Fauna Boreali- Americana, or the Zoology of the Northern parts of British 



America.' Part the Fourth and last. The Insects. 4to, pp. 325 and 

 xxxix, Norwich, 1837. 8 Plates containing coloured figures of 66 of the 

 most interesting genera and species with details. 



This volume contains descriptions of the insects collected in the Northern Land 

 Expedition, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N., by Sir John Rich- 

 ardson, Surgeon and Naturalist to the Expedition, which formed a very principal and 

 interesting feature of the collections made during these expeditions, " not only on ac- 



