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PART IV. NATURAL HISTORY. 
REVIEWS AND EXTRACTS. 
By John Curtis, F.L.S. Monthly. 
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58]— Order, Lepi- 
1. — British Entomology. 
8vo. 4*.6f/. coloured. 
No. 97, FOR January, contains 
Melitoea selvne. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Moth, [fi 
(foptera ; Family, Papilioniike — 
This species is common in woods 
and on heaths & waste grounds; 
it is supposed to be double- 
brooded. The wings are tawny 
orange, with numerous black 
dots and markings. It is ac- 
companied by a specimen of the 
f'iotn lurta, (Hairy Violet) on 
which, it has been supposed by 
some the caterpillar feeds. 
Andbiiim perfinax, the Obsti- 
nate Death-watch, [fig. 69] — 
Order, Coleupfera ; Family, Pti- 
nldce. — This insect is of a ches- 
nut-brown colour, and is very 
rare in England : specimens of 
it have been taken beneath the bark of a pollard oak, near Bridgenorth. It is 
accompanied by a figure of the Parietdria Officinalis, Pellitory-of-the-wall. 
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61 /- 
A C. sc. " V A.C. sc. 
StHpnus dryAdum, [fig. 60]— Order Hymenuptera; Family, Iclmehmonides.— 
This insect has been taken on oak trees, in Galway, Ireland, by Mr. Haliday. 
The plant is Sherdrdia arvensis, Little Field-Madder. 
Argioty'ims armdttis, [fig. 61.] — Order, Hymenoptem; Family, Ichneh- 
monid<e — For specimens of this fine nondescript, Mr. Curtis informs us, he is 
indebted to Henry Walker, Esq , who took them on the Clyde, near Lanark. 
The plant is Scutellaria galeriovldtu, Common Skull-cap. 
