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as red, with a brown dorsal line : we have never seen the 

 larva ourselves. 3. Eristalis twbilipennis. 4. HaUctophogus 

 Curtisii. A new insect, of the singular family Stylopidcs 

 (making the fourth), discovered by that eminently successful 

 and ardent entomologist, Mr. Dale.— Nos. 109 and 110 are 

 published together: they contain, 1. Endromis versicolor. $ . $ . 

 and larva ; the latter does not convey to us an idea of the 

 insect. 2. Cardiapus Mathewsii. {Haltica olim.) 3. Emphij- 

 tus fasciatus. 4. Phora abdominalis. 5. Tasgins riijipes. 

 6. Acrijdium subulatum. 7. Leptogramma irrorara. 8. Oxt/- 

 cera Morrisii. In the characters of Acrydium, Mr. Curtis 

 seems to have made some mistake : he says, " Thorax forming 

 a narrow band, with a keel down the centre." We do not 

 know to what part the term thorax is here given. " Scutellmn 

 sometimes much longer than the body," &c. The elongated 

 part is the prothorax ; the part known as scutellum is com- 

 pletely concealed. Mr. Curtis henceforth intends publishing 

 his works every alternate month, each number to contain eight 

 plates. 



2. The Book of Butterflies and Moths. — This is a work of 

 two volumes, " with numerous coloured engravings on wood," 

 to each of which the cunning designer has, with very great 

 judgment, applied a name, although in this nomenclature, from 

 the author's presumptuous attempt to dip a little into ento- 

 mology, he falls into singular mistakes now and then. The 

 book ivill open at one place, which, though we have seen it 

 twenty times, still excites a smile : it is a representation of 

 something like a striped bolster, and above it a ninepin ; the 

 author facetiously calls this pair, " the larva and caterpillar of 

 the pink under-wing moth ;" which is which we have not yet 

 made out. A few pages further, we are told that " the moth 

 assumes the imago state in May;" — and many other such 

 wonders we find scattered up and down. The truth is, that 

 Captain Brown seems to derive his information from Professor 

 Rennie's works ; and " when the blind lead the blind," the 

 consequence may be inferred. Let us not, however, deny the 

 book its merits ; it is a cheap pennyworth ; and if the plates 

 are not representations oi particular butterflies and moths, 

 yet they are pretty, and would be likely to inspire a wish to 

 know more about these things ; and if the science of the work 



