60 ALPHABET OF INSECTS. 



Porphyrops fenestratus ; the last was sporting over the path- 

 ways, the moisture of which it seemed completely to enjoy. 

 They were in great numbers, and resembled little animated 

 pieces of silver dancing about gracefully in the air. In the 

 afternoon we took Pogonocherus nebulosus on a blade of grass, 

 and the larva of Ccttocala promissa on the stem of an oak. 



22nd. Thoroughly wet day. During a short interval of rain, 

 walked to the river Pinsley : found it overflowing its banks, 

 and observed some Coleoptera crawling up the blades of grass 

 out of the way of the water ; took several Liophlceus nubilus^ 

 and one fine specimen of Cistela Ceramboides. 



23rd. Wet morning : started for Worcester. 



24th. Dry blowing day. 



25th. This day we had scarcely an hour's rain. We 

 started early in the morning; and, after breakfasting at Mal- 

 vern, ascended the hills. After the Snowdonians, these little 

 turfy lumps, which one might run up, without taking breath, 

 appeared insignificant. The view from the top, over Hereford- 

 shire and Worcestershire, is very rich. We found but few 

 entomological rarities: — Elater (sneus, Notiophilus quadri- 

 punctatus, Cychrus rostratus, &c., and an immense quantity 

 of the larvae of Cucullia verbasci on the Verbascum nigrum. 



26th. We left Worcester per mail; and 27th, arrived in 

 London. 



N. 



Art. X. — Alphabet of Insects, for the Use of Beginners. 



By James Rennie, M. A. Professor of Zoology, King's 



College. William Orr. London. 1832. 

 A little work, briefly, accurately, and familiarly explaining 

 the first rules or principles of Entomology, has become quite 

 a desideratum to the science. The number of students has of 

 late years rapidly increased, while the diffusion of information 

 has by no means kept pace with the desire to obtain it. An 

 Entomological Primer, or Grammar, was loudly called for ; 

 and it was a matter of importance that it should be published 

 at so easy a price, that no objection could possibly arise on 

 that score, even from those to whom the outlay of a few 

 shillings was a matter of consideration. The name of Mr. 

 Rennie, as Professor of Zoology at King's College, and as a 



