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HARPES. 



HAb'YNE. 



Section III. Mentum emarginate, and without central tooth. 



Genus 5. Daptut (Fischer) ; 2 species. Found in North America. 



6. Cratoynathus (Dejean) ; 1 species. Probably from Buenos 



Ayres. 



7. Ayonoderus (Dejean); 5 species; three of which are 



from North America, cue from India, and one from 

 Senegal 



8. Earytomui (Dejean); two species from India, and one 



from Mexico. 



9. AmUij'jnathv.i (Dejean); 5 species. All inhabitants of 



Cayenne. 



10. Platymetoput (Dejean); 10 species. From Africa and 



India. 



11. Sdeno].hona (Dejean) ; 59 species. From North and 



South America. 



12. Anitodactylut (Dejean) ; 23 species. Chiefly from Europe 



and North America. 



13. Bradybwnut (Dejean) ; 3 species. From Senegal. 



14. Stenolophus (Megerle) ; 22 species. Almost all European. 



Section IV. Mentum emarginate, and with a small projecting 

 process in the middle. 



Genus 15. Cratocerut (Dejean) ; 1 species. From Brazil. 



16. Somoplatut (Dejean); 1 species. From Senegal. 



17. Axinotoma (Dejean); 1 species. From Senegal. 



18. Acino/itu (Ziegler); 6 species. Chiefly European. 



19. Urali'canthiu (Dejean) ; 3 species. From North America. 



20. Paramectu (Dejean) ; 2 species. From South America. 



21. (icodrom'a (Dejean) ; 1 species. From Senegal. 



22. Jlypolithus (Dejean); IS species; the greater portion 



of which inhabit Africa. Four are from South 

 America. 



23. Gynandromorphta (Dejean) ; 1 species. From Italy and 



South of France. 



24. Ophonui (Ziegler) ; 45 species. Chiefly European. 



25. Jtarpatui (Latreille) ; 134 species. From Europe, Asia, 



Africa, America, and Australia. 



26. Geobcmut (Dejean) ; 2 species. From the Cape of Good 



Hope. 



27. Acupalpui (Latreille); 46 species. Chiefly European. 



There are however species found in all the other 



quarters of the globe. 

 23. Tttragonoderiu (Dejean) ; Africa, India, and South 



America. One species is found in North America. 

 29. Treckia (Clairville) ; 22 species. Chiefly European. 

 80. Lachnophorta (Dejean); 4 species; three of which are 



from South America, and one from North America. 



For the characters of the genera and species above alluded to, we 

 must refer our readers to M. Dejean's work which has been quoted, 

 and for the British species to Mr. Stephana's ' Illustrations of British 

 Entomology.' We have followed Dejean in restricting the family 

 //' jjiiluia to such species only asVill come under the definition 

 given at the commencement of this article. Two very distinct 

 groups are included in the family Jlarpalidte as defined by Mr. 

 Stephens. 



(Stephens, Illustration* of Britith Entomoloyy ; Dejean, Species 

 'I dm CoUopltra.) 



JIAUI'KS, a genus of Fossil Crtulacea [TRILOBITES], from the 

 Devonian Strata. 



HAKl'Y-KAGLE. [FALComDJi] 



HAIU'YA. [CHEIROPTERA.] 



HARl'YIA. [FAI.CO.VIDAJ 



JIAliltlEK, tlie English name for the hound employed in hunting 

 tin: Hare. The size and breed of the Harrier depend upon the taste 

 of the owner, and that is most frequently regulated by the nature of 

 the country in which the pack is to hunt, Mr. Beckford, a great 

 authority in uch cases, says, "The hounds, I think, most likely to 

 show you sport are betweeu the large slow-hunting harrier and the 

 little fox-beagle ; the former are too dull, too heavy, and too slow ; 

 the latter too lively, too light, and too fleet. The first, it is true, have 

 most excellent noses, and I make no doubt will kill their game at 

 last if the day be long enough ; but you know the days are short in 

 winter, and it is bad hunting in the dark. The other, on the contrary, 

 lliii/, ilash, and are all alive ; but every cold blast affects them, and if 

 your country be deep and wet it is not impossible that some of them 

 may be drowned. My hounds were a cross of both these kinds, in 

 which it was my endeavour to get as much bone and strength in as 

 siiiiill a compass as possible. It was a difficult undertaking. I bred 

 many years, and an infinity of hounds, before I could get what I 

 wanted. I at last had the pleasure to see them very handsome ^ 

 small, yet very bony; they ran remarkably well together, went fast 

 enough, had all the alacrity that could be desired, and would hunt 

 lilest scent." 



Hare-limiting, it has been said, is generally followed by sportsmen in 



!in>- i.i lii 1 ,: ; though when the district is tolerably open, and the 



hare ' flies the country,' there is often opportunity for a good hore 



and bold rider to show them-selves. But these capital runs come 'few 

 and far between,' and the old fox-hunter can seldom brook the change. 

 In a close or woody district, the constant repetition of the same 

 scene, and the discovery that in consequence of a sudden double of 

 the hare a rustic upon hig galloway who knows the country is 

 frequently as near the hounds as the man who is mounted on a first- 

 rate hunter and has taken some daring leaps, prove rather disgusting 

 both to the ardour of youth and the experience of age. 



HARRIER (Ornithology), a name applied to certain Hawks (Circus). 

 [FALCONIDA] 



HARRINUTONITE. [MESOLE.] 



HARTITE, a Mineral occurring crystallised. Primary form an 

 oblique rhombic prism. Cleavage imperfect. Colour white. Lustre 

 somewhat greasy. Translucent. Hardness I'O. Specific gravity 

 1-046. Found at Oberhart, in Austria. The following ia an analysis, 

 by Schrbtter : 



Carbon 

 Hydrogen 



87-473 

 12-048 



-99-521 



HART'S-TONGUE. [SCOLOPENDRIUM.] 



HASSELQUISTIA, a genus of plants named by Linnaeus in honour 

 of Frederick Hasselquist, M.D., his pupil, who travelled in the Holy 

 Land. It belongs to the natural order Umbelliferce, and to the tribe 

 Tordylinete. The species closely resemble those of Tordylium, and 

 are regarded by some botanists as monstrous forms of this genus. 



HASSELTIA, a genus of Plants belonging to the natural order 

 Apocynacca. It has a 5-parted permanent calyx ; a corolla with the 

 tube contracted in the middle ; the throat naked ; the limb campauu- 

 late, 5-parted, and contorted. The stamens are inserted in the throat. 

 Anthers large, cuspidate, callous at the back, adhering to the stigma ; 

 the ovary double, surrounded by a fleshy ring ; styles 2 ; stigma 

 clavate ; follicles 2, distinct, and long ; seeds with a stipitate coma 

 at the lower end. 



II. arborea is found in Java, near Tjampiam. It is a handsome tree, 

 with oval leaves, rather acute at each end, smooth above, paler and 

 a little downy on the under side. The flowers are large, yellowish- 

 white, in axillary fascicles. In Java the milk obtained from the trunk 

 by incision, mixed with honey and reduced with boiling water, is 

 employed as a powerful drastic for destroying the tape-worm ; it is 

 however apt to produce inflammation of the intestines, and in some 

 cases has proved fatal. 



(Lindley, flora Medico.) 



HASTINGS SANDS. The middle group of the Wealden 

 Formation, which constitutes the uppermost part of the Oolitic system 

 in England, Is thus named from its characteristic development around 

 Hastings in Sussex, In the Hastings Sands we may distinguish four 

 divisions, which lie in the following order : 



The Horsham Beds 



The Tilgate Beds 



The Tilgate Beds 

 The Ashburnham Beds 



/Fawn-coloured sand and friable sand- 

 ' \ stone : good flagstone occurs here. 

 Sandstones often calcareous, with 



I 



various grits and conglomerates, 

 resting on blue clay. These hiwe 

 yielded a considerable number of 

 orgauic remains, plants, MottuiM, 

 fishes, and reptiles of gigantic dimen- 

 sions. [IOUANODON ; HYL.EOSAUKUS.] 

 {White sand and friable sandstone, 

 alternating with clay. 

 Nodules and beds of limestone, alter- 

 nating with clays and sandstones. 



The axis of elevation, or forest ridge of the Weald of Kent and 

 Sussex, is chiefly formed of Hastings Sands, which rise in Crow- 

 borough Beacon to 804 feet above the sea. [GEOLOGY.]' 



(Mantel), Tilyate Poret ; Fitton, Qeology of Hastings, &c.) 



HATCHETINE (Mineral Adipocire). This substance occurs in 

 thin flakes in the cavities of the ironstone of South Wales. It is 

 very soft, somewhat granular in appearance ; translucent ; colour 

 yellowish-white or greenish ; not elastic ; inodorous ; combustible. 

 It tnelts at 170, and is soluble in ether. 



According to Professor Johnston it consists of 



One atom of Carbon .... 85 '910 



One atom of Hydrogen .... 14-624 



100-534 



HATTERIA. [DRACONINA.] 



HAUSMANNITE. [MANUANESK.] 



HAtJYNE (Latialite), a Mineral occurring in detached rhombic 

 dodecahedral crystals, also granular and masssive. The primary form 

 is the cube. Cleavage parallel to the diagonal planes of the cube, 

 indistinct. Fracture uneven. Brittle. Hardness, 5'5 to 6'0. Specific 

 gravity 2*68 to 3. Colour when opaque indigo-blue, when translucent 

 blue or bluish-green ; streak white ; lustre vitreous. The massive 

 varieties are amorphous ; structure granular, compact. When heated 

 in an acid it becomes gelatinous and transparent. Before the blow-pipe 

 it fuses with borax into a clear glass, which becomes yellow on 

 cooling. This mineral is found in the cavities of lavas and in tha 



