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ENGLAND. 



HpJuiu : Of this we Iwve 20 species ; S. tropoc, the 

 Jasmine hawkinolb, i- tin- largest ; ^. cclcrio, S. fuci- 

 f ut mis, S. zojiatu, Jind S. i In ysniihcu, are very nire, the 

 lut is found in Kensington Gardens in June ; S. api- 

 formi-. is found in Sussex. Genus / 'haicna, of the 1534 

 species which this genus contains, upwards of 300 are 

 natives of England. 



Order NEUROPTERA. Genus LibeUula : Of this we 

 have 12 species; L. grandis is the largest, and is infe- 

 rior in bulk to no insect which this country produces. 

 Genus Ephemera, nine species ; . vulgata is the largest. 

 Genus Pkryganta, 16 species ; P. hirta is raie, but IMS 

 been found at Oxford. Genus Hemerobiiu, 7 spc< 

 Genus Panorpa; of this only one species, P. comnuinis 

 is known here, Genus Kapltidia, two S|>ecie8. 

 Hvnicnop. Order HYMENOPTERA. Genus Cynips, nine species. 

 Genus Ttnthredo, 19 species. Genus iiirex, three spe- 

 cies. Genus Ichneumon, 44 species. Genus S/ihcx, six 

 species ; S. spirifcx has been found near Peterborough. 

 Genus Tiphia, two species. Genus Chalets, one species. 

 Genus Chrytu, four species. Genus Vefjxi, 1 1 species. 

 Genus Apis ; on die English species of tins ;zemis, Mr 

 Kirhy has written with minute, accurate, and extensive 

 knowledge, and ascertained them to be even more nu- 

 merous than they were previously supposed to be. Ge- 

 nus Formica, four species. Genus Miitiilu, one species. 



Order DIPTERA. Genus Oestrus, five species. Ge- 

 nus Tipula, 32 species ; T. Pomonae is very rare ; T. zo- 

 nata has been found at Oxford. Genus AInsca, 86 spe- 

 cies ; M. semi-argentata has been found in Epping Fo- 

 rest. Genus Taitanus, six species. Genus, Cults, five 

 species. Genus Empis, four species. Genus Stonuays, 

 three species. Genus Conopt, four species. Genus Asi- 

 lus, 11 species; A. Crabinoformis is the largest, and A. 

 forcipatus tlie most common species in England. Genus 

 Bombyliiu, three species. Genus Hipjxtbosca, four spe- 

 cies. 



Order APTERA. Genus Lepisma, two species ; L. sac- 

 charinum has been brought hither from America. Ge- 

 nus Podura, eight species. Genus Termes, two species. 

 Genus Pediculut, 52 species. Genus Pulex, one species. 

 Genus Acarus, 24 species ; A. autumnalis is not com- 

 mon, except in the chalky districts of Hampshire, Surrey, 

 Kent, Sussex, &c. where it is called the harvest bug. 

 Genus Hydrachna, eight species. Genus Pluilanium, 

 aeven species ; P. grossipes and P. hirsutum have been 

 chiefly found at Mil lord haven. Genus Arattea, 1 8 spe- 

 cies ; A. aquatica is among the largest. Genus Cancer, 

 36 species; C. salinus is found in the saltpans at Sy- 

 mington. Genus Monoculits, 10 species. Genus Onu- 

 cut, 10 species ; O. bidentatus has been found near Mil- 

 ford haven. Genus Hcolopendra, four species. Genus 

 Julus, four species. 



Helminthology. 



Helium tho- Respecting the class VERMES we must be brief, referring 

 *"& our readers for the third order in it, Testacea, to the article 



CONCHOLOOT. Order INTKSTINA. Genus Ascaris, 66 

 species. Genus Trichocephalus, five species. Genus Un- 

 cinarca, two species. Genus Scolijr, one species. Ge- 

 nus Ligula, two species. Genus Nlronpyliis, two species. 

 Genus Echinorynchut, 37 species. Genus Caryophyl- 

 liKitt, one species. Genus Linguaiula, one species. Genus 

 Fasciola, 32 sjiecics. Genus Ttenia, 45 species ; T. so- 

 liuiii is the most common. Genus Myiine, one species. 

 Genus Ciordiut, two species. Genus Lumbriciu, four 

 ; L. UiaUussciiiii is found on the shores of Com. 



wall ; and L. oxyurus on the shores of Sussex. Genus Sututia. 

 Planaria, three QffJOI Genus SipHnculnt, two species. **~~Y~~*' 

 (ienu.s Ilirudo, eight species. 



Order MOLLUSCA. Genus Limar, six Aperies ; L. Ian- Mullusca. 

 ceolaris (if it may IK; considered a Liniax) is found in the 

 sea, off the coast of Cornwall. Genus Aplysia ; A. depi- 

 lans is found in the sea about Anglesey. Genus Dorix, 

 lour s|M.vies. Genus Aphrodil.i A. plnnn 



has been taken off Brighton, Genus .Imphiirilc, one 

 species. Genus \crris, three species. (It-nus \ni.t, time 

 species. Genus Atculia, four species ; A. inamniillaris 

 is principally found off the coast of Cornwall. Genus 

 Actinia, six species; A. caryophylUis is principally met 

 with at Teignmouth ; A. sulcata on the rocks i>ff the 

 Cornish and Welsh seas, and A. Diuntluis on the rocks 

 near Hustings. Genus Pedicelluria, one species. Genus 

 Hololhurid, one species, (ieini.s Li-rnutu, l< 

 Genus Sepiu, four S|>ecies ; S. sepioia is taken off the 

 coast of Flintshire. Genus Medusa, fix e species ; M. 

 octopus and simplex are principally taken off the const ot 

 Cornwall. Genus Asterins, eight species ; A. membra- 

 nacca is found ut Wevmouth. 



Order ZOOPHYTA. Genus Tapiliora, one species. Ge- Zoophyta. 

 mis Madrepora, one species. Genus Millepora, nine s|>e- 

 cies ; a variety of M. fascialis is found on the coast of 

 Cornwall ; M. alga is found on the same coast. Genus 

 CeUepora, one species. Genus (Jorgonia, three species ; 

 G. placomus and G. vermcosa are found off the coast of 

 Cornwall. Genus Alcyonitm, six species ; A. schlosseri 

 is found on the coast of Cornwall and Wales ; and A. 

 ascidiodcs off the former coast. Genus Spongia, nine 

 species. Genus Flustra, eight species. Genus Tiifiula- 

 ria, seven species ; T. indivisa is the largest ; T. flabel- 

 liformis is found at Milford haven. Genus Corallin*, 

 seven species ; C. stjnamata, C. elongata, and C. cornicu- 

 lata are principally met with off the coast of Cornwall. 

 Genus Scrtularia, 48 species ; S. pustulosa is found off 

 the isle of Wight. Genus Pennatula, one species. Ge- 

 nus Hydra, eight species ; H. Cereus, H. Bellis, and H. 

 Gemmacea are found on the coast of Cornwall. It is un- 

 necessary to specify the genera and species of the order 

 Infusoria, as they are met with in water, or in infusion.- 

 made with vegetable and animal matter, and conse- 

 quently not properly natives of any country. 



SECT. II. Botany. 



IT would far exceed our limits, as well as be going be- Botany, 

 yond the object and nature of this article, to particularize 

 the plants which are natives of England : Referring our 

 readers, therefore, to the article BOTANY, where the ha- 

 bitats of English plants are given, or at least such as are 

 natives of England are specified, we shall content our- 

 selves here with a general description of English botany; 

 and this description we shall borrow from Mr Aiken, as 

 being at once concise, accurate, and elegantly written. 



" Among the numerous species of vegetables which 

 are natives of England, scarcely any are adequate to the 

 sustenance and clothing of man. Our frequent rains, 

 our blasting winds, and the scanty portion to which we 

 are stinted of the light and heat of the sun, deprives us 

 entirely of those vegetable treasures, which, in the tropi- 

 cal climates, offer themselves, in overflowing exuberance, 

 to satisfy the wants and luxurious desires of their human 

 inhabitants. The never-failing vrrdure of our plains 

 and hills, covered with a lich carpet of grasses and pa- 

 pilionaceous plants, shews how admirably our country is 



