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18. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 

 Vol. I. Part IV. 1835. Character and Description of a 

 new Genus of the Family Melolonthidce ; by John Curtis' 

 Esq. F. L. S. &c. On a Species of Moth found inhabiting 

 the Galls of a Plant, near to Monte Video; by John Curtis, 

 Esq. F. L. S. 8fc. 



14. The Magazine of Natural History ; conducted by 

 J. C. Loudon. London : Longman. 1836. Nos. 60 — 62. 

 1. Illustrations of British Zoology ; by George Johnston, 

 M.D. &c. 2. Notes on the Habits of the Chegoe of Guiana 

 (Pulex penetrans), and Instances of its Effects on Man and 

 Dogs ; by Charles Waterton, Esq. 3. An Account of the 

 Pulex penetrans L., translated from Pohl and Rollars 

 Work on the Noxious Insects of Brazil ; by W. E. Shuckard, 

 Esq. ; &c. be. 



15. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy ; by Robert E. 

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 three Wood-cuts. London, 1836. 



16. The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine 

 and Journal of Science. Third Series. Vol. VIII. No. 49, 

 June 1836. Characters of some undescribed Species of 

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17. Index Entomologicus ; by W. Wood, F.R.S. No. XIII. 

 containing the Tortricites. 



Art. IX. — Varieties. 



Sight and Smell of Insects. — The sense of smell is unquestion- 

 ably a material guide to insects in the discovery of their food : 

 but as we are aware of the fact of the bee possessing five eyes, 

 and others of this class having as many, and in some cases 

 more, I think that to such as these we may with greater pro- 

 priety ascribe acuter powers of vision than of smell, and 

 especially when we consider that hitherto no naturalist has 



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