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queen is almost constantly in sight, and all the mysteries of the hive are unfolded in 

 the most ample manner to the lover of Nature. We know that Mr. Langstroth has 

 been repeatedly consulted respecting the best means of ventilating public rooms ; and 

 we strongly suspect him of having stolen some of his ideas from the admirable princi- 

 ples on which bees ventilate their hives. We wish he could persuade the community 

 that their public and private buildings ought to be at least as well ventilated as the 

 humble dwelling of the bee, and thus aid in effecting a revolution, the importance of 

 which to the public health cannot be over estimated. — N. American and U. S. Gazette. 



Entomological Localities. By J. W. Douglas, Esq. 



(Continued from page 3248). 



Box Hill, Surrey, and its vicinity. 



" Hunc circum innumerae gentes populique volabant, 

 Ac veluti in pratis, ubi apes aestate serena 

 Floribus insidunt variis, et Candida circum 

 Lilia funduntur : strepit omnis murmure campus.'' 



Virgil. — JEneid. 



When summer's sun with fervent heat 

 Drives sheep and shepherds for retreat 

 To thickest shades, remember then 

 To leave the haunts of busy men, 

 Who, over-anxious, lose their prime — 

 Their now — in cares for future time : 

 Go, put yourself behind a horse 

 Of iron, that with centred force 

 Of fifty ordinary steeds, 

 Shall run in no time where the meads 

 Bedeck'd with every floral charm 

 Afford a restorative balm 

 To weary minds ; and shade of trees 

 Invites to lie at full-length ease. 



Adopted and adapted from Horace. 



Some fine morning in June, July, or August — it matters not which 

 ■ — get into a South-eastern train, with a ticket for Boxhill station, 

 and whether you be entomologist, botanist, or neither, you will not re- 

 gret spending the time or money required. And if you be a man of 

 social sympathies, one who 



" Feels how the best charms of Nature improve, 



When we see them reflected by looks that we love," 



go not alone, but take with you at least one friend who can appreciate 



