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Insects. 



valuable * Remarks on the Metamorphosis and Growth of the Leaf Insect {Phyllium 

 scythe)^ the third joint was the source whence the great increase sprung. The result 

 has been that no indication of any divisions can, even with that high power, be per- 

 ceived ; and therefore the actual observation of the act of transformation can alone, if 

 at all, solve the question. I incline, however, to my former opinion, because in Ani- 

 solabia and all the Forficulae the third joint retains, in all its future stages, its full 

 length, and the small joiuts commence with the fourth, whilst in Phyllium the long third 

 joint disappears in the male, in which sex only the great change occurs. It may be 

 interesting to know that the micrometer gives 'OOOSth of an inch as the width of the 

 apical joints of the antennae at their junctions. No wonder they are so often 

 imperfect! — George Wailes ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 



A Systematic List of Coleoptera found in the Vicinity of Alverstoke, 

 South Hants. By Arthur Adams, Esq., F.L.S., Surgeon of 

 H.M. Surveying Ship ' Actseon ; ' and William Balfour 

 Baikie, M.U., F.R.G.S. 



(Concluded from page 5843). 



LONGICORNIA. 

 1. Fam. CERAMBYC1D.E, Kirhy. 



1. Aromia, Serv., Steph, 



A. moschata, Linn., Steph. Occasional; on willows near Stokes 

 Bay. 



2. Callidium, Fabr., Steph. 



C. Alni, Linn., Steph. On old palings ; rare. 



C. variabile, Linn., Steph. Among felled timber ; rare. 



3. Clytus, Fabr. 



C. Arietis, Linn., Fabr. Common ; on flowers, and burrowing in 

 old palings. 



4. Gracilia, Serv. 



G. pygmaga, Fabr. G. minuta, Steph. On willow-sticks and in 

 old baskets. 



2. Fam. Lamiid.^:, White. 



1. Leiopus, Serv., Steph. Liopus, Erich. 



L. nebulosus, Linn., Steph. In dead hedges ; rare. 



2. Pogonocherus, Meg., Steph. 



P. hispidus, Fabr., Steph. Old hedges, by beating ; rare. 



