1356 



Insects. 



July. 1845. 



lb. 



oz. 





6. Sunny, sultry 



31 



6 





7. Very fine, hot 



32 









8. Sun, high wind 



32 



I 





9. Dull, rainy ... 



31 



14 



Decreased 



10. Dull, thunder, rain ... 



31 



8 



Ditto 



11. Rain all day 



31 



1 



Ditto 



12. Sharp air, sunny 



30 



8 



Ditto 



13. Cold air, dull 



30 



4 



Ditto 



14. Cold, with showers ... 



29 



12 



Ditto 



15. Cold and rainy 



29 



4 



Ditto 



16. Dull and warm 



28 



10 



Ditto 



17. Still and hot 



28 



12 





18. Sunny and warm 



28 



13 





19. Fog, dull, cold 



28 



4 



Ditto 



20. Cold air, dull 



27 



12 



Ditto 



21. Very fine, warm 



28 



7 





22. Dull, rainy ... 



28 







Decreased 



23. Dull, cold, rainy 



27 



8 



Ditto 



24. Ditto. 



27 







Ditto 



25. Dull, but warm 



26 



8 



Ditto 



26. Fine and warm 



26 



4 



Ditto 



27. Dull 



26 







Ditto 



28. Fine, showery 



25 



12 



Ditto 



29. Much rain ... 



25 



1 



Ditto 



30. Cold rain ... 



24 



7 



Ditto 



3oz. 

 6oz. 

 7oz. 

 9oz. 

 4oz. 

 8oz. 

 8oz. 

 lOoz. 



9oz. 



8oz. 



7oz. 



8oz. 



8oz. 



8oz. 



4oz. 



4oz. 



4oz. 

 lloz. 

 lOoz. 



At this date my observations were discontinued, as I was obliged to leave home. 

 The hive gradually diminished in weight till it drew but 19lbs. I then removed it at 

 this weight from the balance and placed it in winter quarters. Since re-suspending it 

 this spring, it has continued to decrease, and at this date, April 28th, 1846, it weighs 

 but 131bs. 7oz. The hive never swarmed, which takes away one point of interest I 

 wish I could have furnished. My observations were taken every night exactly at ten 

 o'clock. Should you be pleased to honor this humble communication with your ap- 

 proval, I shall be happy from time to time to furnish you with the result of my observa- 

 tions, not only of the above hive in particular, but generally of others (and I have six- 

 teen others in my garden) on which I am about to try some trifling experiments. 

 Might I be permitted to slate that I had the good success of taking from a Nutt's hive 

 last year a fine glass of honey lOlbs weight, and 211bs. in addition from the side box. 

 This hive swarmed, and the swarm weighed 281bs. the 1st. of September, 1845. The 

 parent-hive is now in very full vigour. The Nutt's box was stocked with two swarms 

 united in June, 1845. I have to apologize for troubling you with so long a letter. — 

 //. R. Harrison ; Newark, April 28th, 1845. 



[No apology is needed for a communication of this kind : it is to such careful ob- 

 servations as those here recorded that we are indebted for all solid knowledge in 

 Natural History. I shall be glad to publish any further records with which Mr. Har- 

 rison can supply me. — Edward Newman] 



Callimome versicolor. — This species, like Ormyrus punctiger, is parasitic on Cynips 

 megaptera, Panzer, which forms galls on the trunks of oak-trees. The female is gol- 



