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suturae bene determinatae ; scutellum brevi-conicum : metathorax trans- 

 versus, mediocris : petiolus brevissimus : abdomen fusiforme, thorace angus- 

 tius et multo longius, supra planum, subtus carinatum, apice acuminatum : 

 pedes graciles; alee mediocres; nervus ulnaris humerali longior, radialis vix 

 uUus, cubitalis sat longus. 



Sp. 58. Cirr. Anticlea, Fem. Viridis, cyaneo- et ceneo-varius, abdomen 

 citpreum, antennce nigrce ant pice ce, pedes picei aut fulvo-fusci, femora 

 viridia, tarsi JIavi, alcp, limpidce. 



Viridi-cyaneus : oculi et ocelli rufi : antennae nigro-picese ; articuli I" et 

 2"' virides, hie apice fulvus : abdomen cyaneum ; discus cupreus : pedes 

 virides ; trocbanteres picei ; genua flava ; tibias fuscEe, apice flavae ; tarsi 

 pallide fusci, basi flavi ; propedum tibiae et tarsi fulva ; alae limpidae ; squa- 

 mulae piceae ; nervi fulvi, basi flavi ; metalis nervi flavi. (Corp. long. lin. 

 4—1- ; alar. lin. 1— H-) 



Var. (i. — Viridi-aeneus : antennae nigrse; articulus 1"* fulvus, apice pi- 

 ceus: abdomen cupreum, basi cyaneo-viride : pedes fulvi ; coxae virides ; 

 femora viridia ; meso- et metatarsi flavi, apice fusci ; protarsi apice fusci ; 

 proalis nervi fusci. 



Var. y. — Nigro-viridis ; antennae piceae ; articulus P* niger, 2"* apice ful- 

 vus : abdomen nigro-cupreum : pedes nigro-virides ; trocbanteres fulvi ; 

 genua fulva ; tibiae piceae, apice fulvae ; tarsi flavi, basi fulvi ; protarsi fusci. 



July ; near London, Isle of Wigbt. 



Mas. Corpus sublineare, nitens, scitissime squameum, parce hirtum : ca- 

 put transversum, breve, convexum, juxta tboraci latum : antennae filiformes, 

 hirtsB, corporis longitudine ; articulus P' gracilis, sublinearis ; 2"* longicya- 

 thiformis ; 3"* brevis ; 4"% 5"* et 6*^^ subaequales, latitudine longiores ; clava 

 longifusiformis, acuminata, articulo 6° duplo longior : thorax ovatus, con- 

 vexus : protborax brevissimus, supra vix conspicuus : mesotboracis scutum 

 latitudine longius ; parapsidum suturae bene determinatae ; scutellum brevi- 

 conicum : metathorax transversus, mediocris : petiolus brevissimus : abdo- 

 men sublineare, planum, thorace angustius, non brevius : pedes graciles : 

 proalae latse ; nervus ulnaris humerali longior, radialis vix uUus, cubitalis sat 

 longus. 



Fem. Antennae subclavatae, corporis dimidio longiores ; articulus 4"* 3° 

 brevior ; 5"» adhuc brevior ; clava fusiformis, acuminata, articulo 5° duplo 

 longior : abdomen longiovatum, thorace longius, vix latius, supra planum, 

 subtus carinatum, apice acuminatum. 



[To be continued.] 



XXII. — Note on the Effects of the Hurricane of January 7, 

 1839, in Ireland, on some Birds, Fishes, ^c. By William 

 Thompson, Esq. 



I SHALL here record the very few particulars on this subject that 

 have as yet become known to me. As may be conjectured, stormy 



