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" wings," from the Greek word Petron, a wing. 
T he preceding part of the word signifies the 
nature of the wing. 
Mandibulata. 
Coleoptera — Sheath-winged— Beetles. 
Euplexoptera— Tightly-folded'-winaed— Earwings. 
Orthoptera — Straight-winged — Cockroaches. Crick- 
ets, Grasshoppers, &c. 
Thysanoptern — Fringe- winged — Thrips. 
Neuroptera— Nerve-winged — White ants. May 
flies. Dragon flies- 
Trichoptera — Hairy winged — Caddiee flie=. 
Hymeiioptera — Membrane- winged — Saw-flies. Gall 
'flies, Ichneumon flies, ants, wasps, bees, &c. 
Strepsipetra — Twisted-wings — Bee parasites. 
Haustellata. 
Lepidoptera — ScaJe-winged — Butterflies, moths. 
Homoptera — Similar-winged — Lanthorn flies, Cuc- 
koospit flies, aphides, scale insects, &c. 
Heteroptera — Dissimilar-winged — Plant bugs, &c. 
Aphaniptera — Imperceptible- winged — Fleas. 
Diptera — Two-winged gnats — Dabby, long-legs, 
gad flies, hot flies, flesh flies, &c. 
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GENERAL ITEMS. 
Perjeval-ky's horse is the name given to what 
has not been decided to be a distinct species of 
the horse in the desert region of Central Asia- 
I'urther specimens of the animal have lately 
been secured and the characteiistics of the 
animal have been well studied. It has mnch 
shorter ears than any species of ass. In its 
shape it resembles the horse, with thicker legs 
and broader and sounder hoofs than the ass. The 
colour is dun with a yellow tinge on the back, 
but without a stripe down the centre. Under 
the belly it is almost white. The hair, which is 
long, is brick red on the head, cheeks and jaw, 
the muzzle is white. There is no forelock but 
an upright hogged mane, which extends to the 
witters and is of a dark brown colour. The tail 
is thicker at the root than that of the ass, and has 
long dark brown hair at the end. The legs are 
brow near the hoof — a character never found 
in the wild ass. 
A well-known English Veterinary Surgeon 
gives the following recipe in r^ply to a cor- 
respondent in the Farmer and Stockbreeder — 
In general use among horses where some ob- 
struction is likely enough to be the cause of 
gripe there is a good formula, but a horse given 
the mixture should not be worked the following 
day though appai-ently well : 
Barbadoes aloes in solution ... 6 dr. 
Spirits of turpentine ... 2 oz3 
Sweat spirit of nitre ... 1 oz. 
Compound tincture of Morphia . , 
and Chloroform ... 4 drs. 
Linseed oil ... ... 5 pt. 
Mix with a pint of thin gruel and- drench 
slo^vly. If the animal's bowels are known to be 
in soft condition leave out the aloes. 
The Hush tomato (of which the botanical 
name is not available to us) is the latest reported 
novelty. It is like the ordinary tomato, a native 
of the new world (coming from Mexico) and has 
been sacceesfully introduced into the Channel 
Isles. It is described as no bigger than a horse 
chesnut and enclosed in a hard skin which dries as 
the fruit ripens, so that it is easily pulled off. It 
is never eaten raw in the land of its origin, but is 
most palatable when properly cooked, and is 
especially good when prepared as a conserve- 
The Farmer and Stockbreeder thinks that it will 
doubtless be in considerable evidence before many 
seasons are past. 
The Exchange says: — There are hundreds of 
horses and thousands of cattle in the Hawaiian 
Islands which never take a drink of water through- 
out the 'vhole course of their lives. The cattle runs 
are in the upper altitudes of the mountains, and 
here they run wild. Excepting possibly two or threr 
mouths in the rainy season, there are no pools oe 
streams in these parts, but everywhere there 
grows a recumbent pointed grass known as tiie 
"maninia'° which is both food and drink to the 
animals. 
