Short Notes and Queries. 



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latent cannibalistic tendency), and when they have consumed all the 

 vegetable matter within their reach, they must resign their quarters, 

 and go in search of fresh substances suited to their taste, or starve : 

 that is the only alternative, and they therefore use their legs, indis- 

 pensable organs to them. But with the Ichneumonidce the case is 

 different. They exist in a living body, and the matter they consume 

 is constantly being replaced ; hence, the infected larva, instead of 

 adding the requisite amount of substance to its own body, simply 

 supplies its uninvited guests with a well stocked larder ; and when 

 they have reached the expiration of their larval career, they quit their 

 victim, who speedily parts with what little life they have left him. 

 Others, again, are still more greedy, they permit the caterpillar to 

 become a pupa, and after finishing up what portions of the wretched 

 insect they were obliged to leave, make a snug home out of the pupa 

 case. 



(To he continued.) 





Height 



gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 faU. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 

 Fall. 



Amount 



of 



neaviest 

 Fall. 



Days 



1881. 



1880. 





Ft. 



In. 













HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



350 



4-47 



18 



26-18 



* 27-21 



13 



1-15 



(J. W. Kobson) 

















Halifax...(F. G. S. Eawson) 



365 



5-06 



15 



37-40 



36-11 







Wakefield (E. B. Wriggles- 



100 



t 













worth) 

















Stanley (do.) 



250 



t 













Thornes (do.) 



90 



t 













Baenslet ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



3-04 



16 



21-12 



34-18 



13 



0-87 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



6-31 



21 



34-61 



39-31 



13 



1-30 



Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



4-27 



18 



25-83 



34-58 



13 



1-00 



GooLE ... (J. Harrison) ... 



25 



2-35 



17 



21-27 



27-89 



13 



0-79 



Hull (Derringham)...(Wm. 



10 



2-54 



21 



21-92 



18-293J 



13 



0-73 



Lawton) 















* This is the average to date for 15 years, 1866-80. f No returns. 



X On the average (to date) of 30 years, 1850-79, in 165 days. 



Late Appearance of Eirundo rustica. — On Nov. 9th I noticed a 

 swallow flying strong on the wing for a considerable time over my garden 

 and the buildings adjoining. — W. Gregson, Baldersby, Thirsk. 



