Insects. 



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Date. lbs, oz. Weather. 



June 2 21 8 Fair. 



„ 3 21 10 Fair. 



„ 4 22 10 Fair. 



„ 5 22 Eain. 



„ 6 21 7 Eain. 



„ 7 20 11 Rain. 



„ 8 20 9 Eain. 



„ 9 20 2 Overcast. 



„ 10 20 8 Fair. 



„ 11 19 Cloudy. 



„ 12 16 6 Fair (swarmed) 



„ 13 16 2 Fair. 



„ 14 16 2 Fair. 



„ 15 16 15 Wet. 



„ 16 15 13 Fair. 



„ 17 15 13 Fair. 



„ 18 15 13 Fair. 



„ 19 15 12 Showers. 



„ 20 16 6 Fair. 



„ 21 16 12 Fair. 



„ 22 17 8 Fair. 



„ 23 18 12 Fair. 



„ 24 19 14 Fair. 



Date. lbs. oz. Weather. 



June 25 21 2 Fair. 



„ 26 21 10 Fair. 



„27. 

 „28. 

 „29. 

 „ 30. 

 July 1. 



.21 

 .22 

 ,23 

 .23 



.24 



.Overcast. 



.Fair. 



.Fair. 



.Overcast. 



.Fair. 



2 24 12 Showers. 



3 24 9 Showers. 



4 24 6 Showers. 



5 24 14 Fair. 



6 25 6 Fair. 



7 26 7 Fair. 



8 27 4 Fair. 



9 27 14 Fair. 



10 28 11 Fair. 



11 29 5 Fair. 



12 29 14 Fair. 



13 29 15 Fair. 



14 30 2 Overcast. 



15 30 5 Fair. 



16 31 2 Fair. 



17 30 12 Showers. 



From July 17th to 28th the weight fluctuated between 30 and 31 fbs., and has de- 

 creased very gradually up to the present time (August 30th). — George Fox ; Duncomle 

 Street, Kingsbrook, 8th mo. 31, 1849. 



Humble Bees and their Parasites. — Since I named the fly bred from the nests of 

 humble bees by Professor Henslow (Zool. 2584), Meigen's seventh volume has come 

 into my hands, and he calls it Tachina (not Exorista) devia ; and Macquart's genus 

 Pegomyia has not been adopted by Meigen, who has maintained the integrity of his 

 genus Anthomyia. — John Curtis; 18, Belitha Villas, Barnsbury Park, December, 

 1849. 



Nomada armata. — It would be very acceptable if Mr. Smith would inform us 

 where the male of this North- American species was taken, for I hear many of the 

 unique Devonshire specimens in the British Museum must not be considered as na- 

 tives. — Id. 



On the Capture of Rare Coleoptera in Kent. — Upwards of three years have now 

 elapsed since I obtruded myself on the pages of the ' Zoologist.' During that period, 

 however, my love for Natural History has in no degree abated, but more important 

 avocations have occupied my time ; and the greater part of that period having been 

 spent in a town, my opportunities for pursuing this delightful study have not been 

 so great. The first of every month, however, brought me the ' Zoologist,' and I have 

 been thus enabled to know how matters progressed in the different departments of 

 Natural History of which it treats ; and I have been most happy to observe a great 

 increase in the number of your contributors, and I trust you will be able this year to 

 record a large increase in the number of your subscribers. Although for the most 

 part I have been otherwise engaged, yet I have not been entirely idle ; indeed I have 



