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3. Molojthilus brevipennh-, in its hairy body and wings, 

 and in its tarsi, which are naturally more curved than repre- 

 sented in the plate, resembles some species of Cecidomijia ; 

 the prot/torax in the figure is rather too elongate. We wonder 

 Mr. Curtis does not allude to Dalman's genus, Chionea, which 

 beautifully connects Moloph'ilas with the Cecidomyice. 



4. Asiraca pulchella is Cicada crassicornis of Creutzer. 



5. Carahus exasperatus is C violaceiis, and totally distinct 

 from C. exasperatus, Duft., as may be seen by a glance at 

 Dejean's figure. 6. Ephyra jnctaria, one of the Geometrid(^. 



7. Lasioglossum tricingulum is Halictus Xanthopus. 8. Issus 

 Coleoptratus , a beautiful variety ; an Hemipterous insect. 



The contents of the June number are: — 1. Aspidiphortis 

 orhiculatus, a minute Coleopterous insect. 2. Cerapteryx 

 hibernicus is Chareas graminis. 3. VoluceUa injlata, a 

 Dipterous insect. Mr. Curtis has omitted to mention the 

 singular fact, that V. bombylans and V. inflata, although so 

 different in appearance, are but a single species. 4. Coranus 

 subapterus, a new genus of Hemiptera, allied to Reduvius. 

 5. Drypta emarginaia, one of the genera connecting the 

 Linnaean groups, Cicindela and Carahus. 6. Aglossa 

 Streatfeildii, one of the Pyralidce. 7. Gryllotalpa vidgaris, 

 the mole-cricket. Of the note of this insect, a word from 



Dr. K ; not the Dr. Kidd to whom Mr. Curtis refers, 



but Dr. K the field and forest lover — the observer of 



living nature. Speaking of the fern-owl, he says : — 



" I believe its very peculiar note is uttered sitting, and never on 

 the wing. I have seen it on a stack of turf, with its throat nearly 

 touching the turf, and its tail elevated ; and have heard it in that 

 situation utter its call, which resembles the birr of the mole-cricket, 

 an insect very abundant in this neighbourhood. I have almost been 

 induced to think this noise serves as a decoy to the male mole- 

 cricket, this being occasionally found in the craw of these birds when 

 shot. Those who may not be acquainted with the cry of the bird 

 or the insect, may imagine the noise of an auger boring oak, or any 

 hard wood, continued, and not broken off, as is the noise of the 

 auger from the constant changing of hands.'"' 



8. Cladius pilicornis, one of the Tenthredinidcc. Is this 

 distinct from C. difformis ? 



b Loudon's Mag. of Nat. Hist. Vol. V. p. f)03. 



