184 Reviews and Extracts. — Natural History. 
film again appears, disappearing us shortly as before. Last snmmer, this 
"storm-cap" was often to be seen, and how much foul weather succeeded I 
well remember. So ronfident do I feel in this little warning cloud, that I 
should entertain no fear of foretelling in this my letter, the threatening wea- 
ther within 24 to 4S hours, and invite the editor to testify the reality by a 
note. 
4.— TuK HoMov Bkk., By E. Bfaax, >J.D. ]2mo. 9s.* 
Cowjxiriifirc (K/va/itifoe.s of fFooden Bu.kh audSfraiv Hives. — Most of the wri- 
ters who have instituted a comparison between hives and boxes, have decided iu 
favour of the former. But it is to be recollected that when forming this decision 
these writers have always had in their minds, an out-door apiary, for which situ- 
ation, on account of their exposure to the, variations of teuiperature, and the 
alternation of draught and moisture, straw hives possess advantages over wooden 
boxes: — they are not so soon afteeted by a hot and dry, or by a moist atmosphere; 
they do not part so ninch with their heat, in winter, nor admit so much in snmmer; 
straw being-, in the language of the chemists, a bad conductor of heat. Being 
nuich cheaper than any others, straw hives are of coarse chosen by the cottagers. 
I'pou the storiCyiug system, and with the advantage of a bee-house, I think wooden 
boxes have a great superiority over straw hives ; they are more tirm and steady ; 
better suited for observing the operations of the bee, through the glass windows in 
the bark and sides, and less liable to harbour muths, spiders, and other insects. 
They permit the combs, at the period of deprivation, to be more easily seperated 
from the sides and tops, and if we'.l made, have a much neater appearance than 
straw hives. 
5. — British Entomology; By John Ctrtis, F.L. S. Monthly 
immbofs. 8vo. 45.()c?. coloured. 
No. 93, FOR Sfptember, Contains, 
Lvpi'rus Tiraaasico!. — Order t'ulenptera. Family Galenicida. — It is found from 
the middle of June to the middle of August, on furze. The plant is Orchis 
Morin, (Meadow Orchis.) Of the same Order and Family, 6'«/«*«m AV^mj'- 
)ii. It is found from Tune to the middle of August, in sandy places, and in 
dry woods; it is also said to be found upon the Guelder Rose (^J'iburmim 
Ojvtlvs.) The plant is J'eronica Serpi/llifotia, (Smooth Speedwell.) Trocld- 
iiiin B ember if arm e, the Lunar Hornet Moth, and TrochilixDi Apforme^ the 
Hornet Moth. — Order Lepidoptera, Family Spi/igidicc. — "The !arv;e of the for- 
mer feeds on the wood of the Sallow, (>«/«■ Capra-a,^ in the heart of which 
it spins itself up in November, but does not change to a pupa till May follow- 
ing. The fly comes out in the middle of July." — Lewin. The larva; of the 
latter, feed underthe bark of poplar and aspen trees, near the bottom ; changed 
to pupa? in April , the fly appears in June. The plant is Cerasfiiim f'iscosmn, 
(Narrow-leaved Mouse-Ear.) Hiflceus Dilafatvs. — Order Hytnenoptera, Family 
Andrenidop. — This insect is black, and rather shining ; it is found at the end of 
.June. The plant is Reseda LiiteolOf (Weld or Wold.) 
' This interesting little volume was pul)lislidi in lt-'27, wliicli CNeliules it (Voni iinr Reviews; 
Dwever, it will bt bnt iloina jiistire to (lie valii;il)le labmiis ot'fhe scientitic .ind intelligent 
antbor, l)r. Bevan, to state, that we find it iiill nf ini|iortant uifDiniiilimi relative In tilt A'«- 
luidl //it/iiry, Pldniolmiy , anO Miiiin;/riiirii/, of Hee.s ; anil we are satislle;! he lias siiarpd im 
pains to render it a woili well < alen'ateil for a ;4iiidi' to every ai'mirer of those in'erestiii ; rrea- 
tnres. C'ONUl'CTOIts, 
