Meteorological Observations. 447 



London), ' Histoire des Plantes Mddicinales de Perou et de Chili,' 

 by Mons. Feuillee. Of this account the following is a translation : 



'" An admirable oil is made from the seeds of this plant through- 

 out all Chili. The natives make use of it not only as a local appli- 

 cation to assuage pain, anointing with it the parts affected, but also 

 as a condiment, and besides for burning in lamps. I found it,' says 

 M. Feuillee, ' sweeter and of a more agreeable taste than the greater 

 part of our olive oils ; its colour is the same. Thei-e are no olives in 

 Chili, and whatever olive oil is found there is brought from Peru, 

 where a large quantity is made.' 



" I beg to present the Society with an original coloured drawing of 

 this plant, made for me in August last at Chiswick, by Mr. Hart, 

 lately draughtsman to the Botanical Register. — Charles Lush, 

 M.D." Bombay Gazette, 26th November, 1840. 



Diurnea Novembris, November Dagger. — Several specimens of both 

 sexes of this insect I have taken in this neighbourhood ; the males 

 fly in quest of the females towards midday. I could only find them 

 in copulation upon the blades of grass, although at other times they 

 rest upon the balls of the oaks. The 11th of October was the time 

 when they first appeared, and continue for three weeks. — Robert 

 S. Edseton. 



11 Dei'by Street, Cheetliatn, Manchester. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR MAY 1841. 



Chiswick. — May 1. Fine: very hot: clear. 2. Very fine: cloudy. 3. Rain. 

 4. Foggy: cloudy and fine : very heavy fall of rain at night. 5. Rain: cloudy 

 and tine : lightning at night. 6. Rain : cloudy. 7. Fine : rain. 8. Heavy 

 showers. 9,10. Very fine. 11. Overcast: slight rain at night. 12. Cloudy 

 and tine. 13. Fine. 14 — 16. Very fine. 17. Cloudy and windy. 18. Fine. 



19. Rain with strong wind. 20. Boisterous : showery: cold at night. 21. Dry 

 haze : rain. 22. Showery and mild. 23. Slight haze : cloudy and fine. 24. Fine. 

 25. Very fine. 26. Hot and dry. 27. Sultry : much sheet-lightning at night, 

 with occasionally some of the zigzag and forked kind, together with thunder, 

 and abrupt showers falling in large drops. 28. Sultry : very fine. 29. Very 

 fine: lightning at night. 30,31. Overcast and very fine. 



Boston. — May 1. Fine- therm. 66° half-past 2 p.m. 2. Cloudy: rain with 

 thunder and lightning p.m. 3. Cloudy. 4. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 5. Rain. 

 6. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 7. Cloudy: rain p.m. 8. Rain. 9. Fine. 10. 

 Cloudy. 11. Fine : therm. 72° 3 o'clock p.m. : rain p.m. 12. Cloudy. 13. Fine. 

 14. Cloudy. 15. Fine: therm. 69° 3 o'clock p.m. 16. Fine. 17. Cloudy : rain 

 p.m. 18. Cloudy. 19. Rain: stormy p.m. 20. Stormy: rain a.m. and p.m. 

 21. Fine. 22. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 23. Cloudy. 24 — 27. Fine. 28. 

 Cloudy: therm. 79° 3 o'clock p.m. : rain p.m. 29. Fine. 30. Cloudy. 31. 

 Fine. N.B. This May month has been warmer than any preceding May month 

 since 1834. 



Applegarlh Manse, Dumfries-shire. — May 1. Fair and fine: thunder. 2. Driz- 

 zling afternoon. 3. Fair ; frosty : hail. 4. Rain all day. 5. Rain occasionally. 

 6. Fair and fine. 7. Rain for four hours. 8. Rain p.m.: thunder. 9. Fair 

 till night : rain p.m. 10. Fair but cloudy. 11. Wet a.m. : cleared up. 12 — 15. 

 Fair and fine. 16, 17. Wet nearly all day. 18, 19. Showers a.m., then fine. 



20. Showers. 21. Fair and fine. 22. W^et a.m. : fine p.m. 23. Fair but gloomy. 

 24. Fine summer day. 25, 26. Bright and cool. 27. Parching wind and hot 

 sun. 28. Fine: rained a little. 29. Fair and fine. 30. Soft rain from eleven 

 to four. 31. Fine summer dav. 



