zen Я 
THE GARDENERS CH RONICLE. 
qu — ш 
together with several egg-case: 
Таньтай "e 
в, and considered myself А xr 
ч, ENTOMOLO 06Ү. of а species оѓ Blatta, | tivator of plau 
пел uid re 
„у e Tus “Сос the natural length. of which is s iude е by the e good soleo, erigi Barn es's account 
EH Ө ig life for ihe, supply of food уе ngure а. Some р” these cases contain growing a n quite startled EN к: - 
јез 06, anima ls. is. one оѓ. those untoward |? dinary number of eggs of a Blatta zime fully iit é tyro ie "het 1 ought to' go lo I^ В ign. ! 
197, suo direi Зиа loped, the inclosed s ves still white, with small finishing the article qe 15 inch an lapi by 
hichis required for min ack eyes, and the limbs lying upon the br (fig. b), | your remark that the ieties were во in ‘пате о 
йат ідзе matural world whilst others (fig. e nearly filled by a white fleshy | and the fee ing was strengthened after consuhing- 
ир есїез is remarkable.for | 2^ g. с) almost destitute of articulations ; but, upon t London catalogues, in which no mention /i$mnde-nf 
dtg p ent$, | the; istteńgthaofothe | 9X&mining which more n ,l perceived a d ny plants named Mr. Ww а pity itis 
motre inn, Ati в eertain lightness | tinet head, with a pair o f horny jaws, beneath which | that practical men should ЕЕ out Jong. lists of "T 
ich tò performsits: deter- | Wer memb no wer jaws and lip (бр. d). | with Auf only ! An Va b, Н 
appar d эрй, daty-in the This 1 immediately recognised as the larva of the otato,— Thanks r your Moms tiia 
; ds..-Another--elnss- of ani which had oured the contents of the egg-| bee ticipated. The TM is the onl Potato in 
д althongh.preying upón others se, and which would doubtless have ver. een neighbourhood that can how bè seen w 
above eharacteristies—being, in | transformed into a pupa, had it not suffered injury from | upon it, but it is not free from disease, the foliage and 
& c, Thy yo eit. movements, but | ће case being smashed in i i the post. lk are much affected, though at present the 
у 9 distinct i organs of locomotion. other egg-case I found the pupa of the Evania ; and esca the genera! ck, This variety was 
j therefore; mus rily | In another the perfect insect fully disclosed and anted very late, henee h liss^not had 
T. functions in a totally different to make its escape that all the transformations play ; but if under =ч sd resists 
former. ced олдум place within the and shelled egg-ease, out of which the | I asily n properly ‚м will 
prey, they need р wings t nt | Evania, when hatched, easily makes its escape with {һе | be found а eripere n Sequin, "hi is also а very 
liously move on, either destroying their assistance of its сав o horny jaws. Direct observation | handsome Poser zu Every tuber of 
by.slow and. sure degrees, or else finding is wanting to mo which the nt Evania | it ought to Arad fa с=т И: Р.А : 
i is the ease with | deposits her eggs i he Blatta, but I am Же з=, © alls,—M. limestone does mot 
Pfs insect parasites belonging. to: the | һауе no doubt th is effected shortly after the egg- | admit damp, pasy. is D } suppose © D. V." 
орі, hrysidi d. some other | ĉase is deposited by the fem latta, а ap. it is | how is it that two or three of Jime and size will 
m is in4he larva state that these still soft ; the pe rm he abdomen of the поё get rid of d Жр 1 ш uite aware that of 
Paine insti suppl utriment, a ing Evania and its remarkable MEN d anch are doubt- | the damp is precipitated moisture existing. inside, 
naked fo otless grubs; which (not being less of service in effecting this ob this is precipitated because. the, walls are fi 
by parents, as P The perfect «us ia is black, e Visi aai wings ; | moisture. . This my.lining of. h ill in 
A vali bees and wasps) are obliged " гд ген s front of t orax is very slightly punetured, =; cept, and I have по, doubt that they will render the 
in situations where the obtain a | the peduncle, o е segment of the abdomen, is smooth. | walls quite dry, i A род soon give yc count 
t.supply of food ; hence the females of most of | I have otii examined арене from England | the effects ; mueh of the damp is likewise owing to the 
ie th tinct : to introduce their eggs use of ashes (for sand), which contain a. good of 
bodi f caterpillars, upon the fatty po m, and dsand i 
"young when hatched continue decaying vegetable — Somer. ; 
өй бий They: "are fall "grown, when they either burst Potato у Disease, —Four din; isi nights „constant 
forth and beco дева: bodie rain, followed by a: warm. humi , and con- 
victims, ot*are trarisformed within the chrysalis, secutiye heavy showers, have ннн no little alarm 
"instead of. bringing forth its proper species, gives here. blackened (at least Ше chaff) as 
о туенда "Ње perfeet рер Other vi pand in.Jate planted. P. оѓ luxu- 
eposit 4] itl й n spotted. leaves; as if sprinkled with vitriol, 
saf cou of ve zy minute size, yon, and emitting offensive smell, ar 
ggs; "s Md are deposited in a mass, when ap ere, however, they are approaching 
e$ of ai] sizeare ready to'at идек. hem ; thus maturity, the cr crop may be онаа v cutting иә the 
liall pf es gs of some poid of spiders бе haulm. This should be, done » жесе as the d 
одоно sized. Tc neum lso poser p r before. Pulling 
3 грр е 1nass.o egis of th Mant tidie, and 
are now enabled to illustrate the iari of the parasite 
e. Bla aches. 
notice A hen у таг ү» ory of this curious 
я ж. ET. genus was. given 
іп. the M “Introduction to 
tha 
оту of insects has 
emarkable ра arasitie . ¡genus appr 
priated to кА Ys. ouring Blaft, po it t attacked 
i it te {Аё author 
ів These is here а таге, at Teast in 
ош try in NIS. w е AR, 
; perhaps 
hee - ri mon." No further info 
fure: m: гери, iieri, Dr. Réid. or 
the mode 
latta ты S 
nd as. es rw аге found in company 
; the former e parasite of the latter 
L Ent., pl. 257) ; md foie e Mr. Stephens den. 
жы! € 118, 119) dodüdering Th at Ev 
sa 
rom Mets 
Lo ER 
these insects, for the determination of 
anon 
Soe., vol. "py of this insect and its allies. Trans. 
"his poss E, discover ua Erg Ma 
d to the true Blatta (B. orienta talis {0.8 
n Doubleday’ s identification 4 " present. 
as == i| à * [bone 
n Bez ол пе тан а узыш — in the n 
as +o сү, in disease, and 
‚от by mg 
ir. ski UM Vu 
E puce * 
to — erm r specifié séparation. ` i ovi рр, ! ^ s 
he Evania above deseribed, wi egg cases, were ВОХ GEIM 
nd by 8.3.822 amongst Orehids recently arrived from Jem. a 
Calcutta. I believe; however, the e пустаре 
infected with- — on board ship, those insects 12 „юу ч А pu PA 
sometimes swarming to an extraordinary extent in| 217. j дарк 
vessels onir tropical climates, - ат, of course unable | Kich Villa ; Вый "Missa i ape.—Has апу 
ы state what species of Bla s the parent of the egg | Опе ever р" this Grape fit to eat, or ^ л> fit to 
сазе in question ; it is, точ mr as large as that | be ae We — the old. Black. H urgh in quality ? 
f the common cockroach, but-somewhat shorter in pro- | 1 judged it imes at metropoli хова, 
portion to its width W. but зау f Acn it à very poor thing ;.and all the 
deners I have mentioned it to con it 
ood ty by which it са ын 
сете 0, s mei fi 6 ii t it. Has the i TEE 
Hom 
orta Женен. —1 am sorry to be able to con- 
r report, in ak ir to AH EI Aug. 5th, 
SER to this Straw some ng 
re selected, and having 
six fruit on each plant they vehi ine in a 
а new house, t ve gazing 
areful 
uh beau- | 
he 
en the flavour; but it was worthless, sour as 
en gro I cannot con r| 
Ww. P 
Tiryd 
банд Cuttings.—It may 
| | that ifa kernel of Barley, or any other quiek-growin g 
s past, we have bee to plant 
lants th t are me Decir: E a e 
isn у ds ort that, in 
ated ; В n that of this Clerodendros, кыт which 
im 
six years and ing herbace 
habit. Tu SEU the с 4 гру was killed, "bu 
с, about a foot from it, T the mo 
protruded, and it 
verised 3 and 4 " "i Wil iam Masters and Son, Exotic | 
found 
SSR TIUS ТН 
Foreign c orrespondence. 
Sa FROM мү CHINESE NoTE-Book.—No. VI: 
plants were kept comparatively dry, to visit to д 
its m all the 
of (a appeara 
and the top part 
N т Canterb 
Nam 
y МЕ jd have been for many years a cul- 
The Rice-paper Plant.—On the morning of the 20th 
M April ast, the the steamer in which I was a passenger 
Jm т> pens а little way up one of the rivers on 
t part of Form pr this was my first 
to this fine island, and as I knew we had only a 
e to stay, ost no time in going om shore. 
тэн the vessel I had been 
n 
36 
t peeimens which e under my 
жоба жеге ЖА É or 6 feet im Men Wed from 6 to 8 
се іп cireumferént ase, but nearly of an 
ual mM - Thes M usually 
top with a 
ero 
number of noble looking риме arte o on long foot- 
stalks, which gave 
nce. 
by these duh, чө as densely с 
a rich brown diver; which resdilj came off оров 
