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as probable that a frog which had passed the tadpole state would be 

 found in the earth, as one which had not. 



" Fifthly : — Young Frogs are bred in Cellars where there is no 

 Water for Tadpoles. 



" In mentioning this subject to Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Man- 

 chester (an active botanist), he informed me that young frogs, and in 

 fact frogs of all sizes, were to be seen in his cellar amongst decaying 

 Dahlia-tubers. The smallest of them were only about half the ordi- 

 nary size of the young frog when newly developed from the tadpole. 

 He further stated that there was no water in the cellar, and no means 

 of young frogs entering, except by first coming into the kitchen, a 

 mode of entry if not impossible, highly improbable. Mr. Sidebotham 

 never found any spawn." 



This observation would go to prove that the spawn itself was an 

 unnecessary stage, and therefore militates against the second obser- 

 vation, in which the presence of spawn is cited in support of the 

 theory. 



' Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.' Vol. II. 

 New Series. Part 4. 



This is one of the best parts, if not the very best, ever issued by the 

 Society. It contains the following papers : — 



' On the Identification of the yet undetermined Species of Micro- 

 Lepidoptera, mentioned in the Me moires of Reaumur.' By J. W. 

 Douglas, Esq. 



' Descriptions of some Longicorn Beetles discovered in Northern 

 China by Robert Fortune, Esq.' By W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



' Notes on the Habits of various Insects.' By Mr. William Varney. 



6 Contributions towards the Natural History of British Micro-Lepi- 

 doptera.' By J. W. Douglas, Esq. 



* Notices of some new Species of Strepsipterous Insects from Alba- 

 nia, with further Observations on the Habits, Transformations, and 

 Sexual Economy of these Parasites.' By S. S. Saunders, Esq. 



The Chinese Longicorn beetles described by Mr. Saunders are six 

 in number: — Eurypoda antennata, Philus inconspicuus, Callichroma 

 Faldermannii, Colobus sericeus, Cerosterna hispida, and Glenea 

 Fortuni. 



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