Notes on Gat dots and Country Seats. 109 



jeneous; elytra with a narrow pale line, nearly straight, on the 

 inside, but slightly curved in the nutldle of the outside; antennae 

 black, with the three basal joints fulvous; legs black; base of 

 the tibiae reddish ; tarsi pitchy. Length, 1 line. 



I have this species, named flexuosa by Mr. Stephens, with 

 whose description it indeed agrees ; but he says it is l^ — if lines 

 long. It seems to agree with the variety of nemorum mentioned in 

 the Ent. Hefte, p. 71., with "ganz schwarz" (wholly black) legs. 

 I have so many specimens agreeing in size and colour with this 

 description, from different })arts of the country, that I have no 

 doubt of its being distinct. In Oxfordshire, I have observed its 

 devastations upon turnips. The H. sinuata of Stephens (Il/us., 

 vol. iii. p. 297.) is most probably a variety of this species, with 

 the yellow stripe externally incised. 



Hahica paraliela Westw. {See Jig. 33. 3.) — Black, scarcely 

 tinged with brassy ; much narrower and smaller than any of the 

 pi'eceding; the elytra have a narrow central pale buff stripe, 

 nearly straight, and not extending to the extremity ; antennae 

 brown, with the basal joints reddish ; legs black, the tai'si alone 

 pitchy. Length, five sixths of a line. 



[These representations are magnified ; and it may be neces- 

 sary to state, for the sake of such of our readers as are unac- 

 customed to consult entomological works, that the actual length 

 of each insect is indicated by the short black line placed near its 

 head.] 



At the meeting of the Entomological Society on Jan. 2. 1837, 

 a memoir, by Mr. G. R. Waterhouse, was read, containing 

 descriptions of eighteen species of Haltica, brought from New 

 Holland by Mr. Darwin, amongst which one was described 

 as being almost identical with the English turnip fly ; and, in 

 Mr. Cunningham's Account of the Agriculture of New Ho/land, it 

 is stated that the turnips are attacked in that country in the 

 same manner as in England. 



T/ie Grove, Hammersmith, Jan. 23. 1837. 



Art. II. Brief Notices, made on several Occasions, token visiting some 

 Noblemen's and Gentlemen s Seats, in the Autumn of 1836. By 

 Thomas Rutger. 



(^Continued from p. 14.) 



IsLEWORTH House ; Lady Cooper. — This residence is situated 

 on the left of the road leading from Isleworth to Twickenham, 

 and is approached by a lodge entrance. With regard to the 

 gardens and shrubberies, they may be considered in a state of 

 infancy. The house, with its handsome front, stands on a lawn 

 which gently slopes down to the Thames, and from which there 

 is a good view of the river towards Richmond Bridge. On the 



