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Paris, vvheie it had been growing 130 years, an immense qnantitj of agjf'io 
ineralions of crystals of oxalate of lime. 
Himala Omithologi/. — The principle features in the Ornithology of the Hi- 
mala, are the brilliancy of the plumage of the Gallinae^ the size and po'sjrer of 
th= Accipitres ; and the almost infinite number of the Pies. 
Native country of Miiize or J/nlntn Corn. — Maize is supposed to be of AniPi icHii 
origin. In favour of this opinion is the fact, that it was found iu u state of 
cultivation, in every place where the first navigators landed ; and that, innuc- 
diateiy after the discovery of America, it spread rapidly in the old world. 
3. — British ENTOMOiiOCiV : hy .JoH\ Cuktis, b'.L.S. I'uhlished 
jMontlilv, As.iid. (•ol(Mii'(-'d. 
No. 92, FOB August. 
This present number is full of interest, and contains much useful information 
for the Entomologist. — 
Ailinioniu (^nudriindcuhtfu, — (Order Coleoptera, Family Gd/erncidee.) — Mr. 
Curtis believes this fine species was first discovered by Miss Hill, near Rich- 
mond; it was afterwards taken by the late Mr. Scales, at Halougate in Norfolk, 
;ind Mr. Curtis, in company with Mr. Dale, took it at Whittlesea-Mere. It 
inhabits Rushes and other aquatic plants, in ditches, from the end of June to 
the middle of July. The plant is Alliinii Ursiiium, Ramsons Garlic. 
Djui/podu Swaininenlunielki, — (Order ih/menoptero. Family Antlrviiida-.) — 
These handsome insects approach, in form, very near to some of the yliidrriia:, 
but they are easily distinguished from them, by having only two submarginal 
cells, The sexes differ so widely, that they have been described under various 
names. Mr. Curtis believes it is never met with in the North of England. 
Captain Bloomer has sent specimens of it from Devonshire j and many years 
since, Mr. Kirby used to find it at Barham, in Suffolk, on the flowers of the 
Ragwort. It is accompanied in the plate, with a flower of the Coltsfoot. 
Ti/.ssilago Farfdra. 
Chektria Rfioitihoidellfi, Lobster-Ciaw'd Moth. — (Order Lejiidoplera, Family 
Thteidw.) — Remarkable as this little moth is, scarcely anything is known of 
its economy; the caterpillar and pupa do not appear to be described or figu- 
red; and it is simply stated, by I,inna?us and Fambricius, that the imago lives 
in woods. Mr. Donovan, who believed it to be a nondescript, says it was 
taken in the vicinity of Feversham, Kent. It is, however, by no means a rare 
insect; Mr. Curtis has found it in Norfolk, and in the neighbourhood of Lon- 
don, (he thinks, generally in gardens) towards the end of August ; — -and Mr, 
Dale, meets with it in simitar situations, iu Dorsetshire, Its colour is a diity 
Ochre. The plant is Daphne Lniireahi, Spurge Laurel. 
Jlydits Cdlcaratii.s, — (Order Heniiptera, Family Curei(lw.)~'\'hh curious in- 
sect is not common with us ; it inhabits heathy places, and flics well in the 
heat of the sun. The plant that accompanies it in the plate, is the Ju.'.iunc 
Montana, Mountain Jasione, or Slioep's Scabious. 
