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third to the sixth successively increasing in breadth and decreasing 
in length ; club long. elliptical, broader than the sixth joint and more 
than twice its length: chest short-elliptical, convex, brassy, rather 
broad: fore-chest very short; its length not more than one-tenth 
of its breadth: shield of the mid-chest large; sutures of the parap- 
sides very distinct and strongly marked ; axille parted by one-third 
of the breadth of the chest; scutcheon short, obconical, with two 
parallel sutures along its back : hind-chest short, broad, obconical, 
declining: petiole extremely short : abdomen long-elliptical, flat, 
bronze-black, slightly concave above, slightly keeled beneath, shorter 
and much narrower than the chest ; metapodeon and three following 
segments of moderate length; the rest very short: legs pale tawny ; 
tips of feet brown; thighs mostly piceous : wings broad, colourless, 
pubescent, ciliated ; veins pale tawny ; ulna much longer than the 
humerus; radius shorter than the ulna; cubitus not one-third of the 
length of the radius; brand extremely small. Length of the body 
x line; of the wings 1+ line. : 
Var. 3. Body black. 
XXII.—Some Account of the storm of January in Bedfordshire. 
By Jonn Martin, Esq. a sith 
To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 
GENTLEMEN, Froxfield, Feb. 14th, 1849. 
A REMARKABLE storm took place on Sunday the 14th of Janu- 
ary 1849. A few particulars relating to it may be found inter-__ 
esting to those who attend to meteorological pursuits. i 
The information with respect to it, in this communication, is 
chiefly confined to what occurred in the park of the Duke of Bed- 
ford, and.is obtained from His Grace’s land steward, Thomas 
Bennett, Esq. aus ais 
The hurricane, attended by a heavy fall of rain, passed over 
Woburn Park about half-past two o’clock p.m. The direction 
it took was from the north-west to south-east ; its range did not 
appear to extend more than a quarter of a mile. The writer of 
this, who resides at the edge of the park, scarcely half a mile from 
the principal scene of destruction, was not aware of what was 
going on so close to him. The sun was shining a few minutes 
previously, and although the wind blew rather strongly, yet not 
perceptibly stronger than it had been blowing for some days. . 
Its greatest violence did not continue more than a quarter 
of an hour. As far as information has been obtained as to its 
appearance in this vicinity, it was first observed at Fenny Strat- 
ford and Bow Brickhill on the borders of Bedfordshire.. At these 
places several trees were thrown down as well as many old 
buildings. On Bow Brickhill Heath, where there is a large fir 
