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clover (and especially lucerne) seeds 
might not hatch for want of a high 
temperature, and so we should not have 
them amongst us ; but our really British 
species were with us “ certain sure,” but 
could not always be on the wing in such 
a wet season. 
C. S. G. 
The Halifax Natural- History 
Society. — Under the above title a So- 
ciety has been established at Halifax, to 
facilitate the study of Natural History 
by the collection of specimens. The 
Society consists of about forty members, 
and holds its meetings on the last Tues- 
day of each month, at the house of Mr. 
Henry Swift, Cross Keys Inn, King Cross 
Street, Halifax. At each meeting speci- 
mens are exhibited of recent captures, 
and observations are offered as to the 
nature and habits of any new discoveries 
in the various branches of Natural His- 
tory, more especially in Entomology. — 
W. Shipston, Corresponding Secretary. 
Stung to Death. — “ A strange inci- 
denthas just occurred,” says the ‘ Union’ ; 
“ a young farmer, named Jay, of St. Cy- 
rian, near Meaux, weut into a wood to 
collect leaves of a nut tree for his oxen. 
He began beating down the leaves with 
a long stick, and before long was en- 
veloped in a cloud of dust, which pro- 
duced such a violent cough that he was 
obliged to return home. His face, hands 
and neck soon became covered with 
pimples; he had a violent fever and in- 
supportable itching. He tried various 
remedies, but they produced no effect, 
and he was at last obliged to send for a 
physician. The latter did all that science 
could suggest, but in a few hours the 
patient expired. It turned out that the 
farmer had disturbed a nest of the insect 
called by the French naturalists the 
Bombyx processionaire, which is very 
venomous, and which places its eggs in 
the midst of a sort of dust, which is very 
volatile, causes ulceration in the skin of 
man, and is most dangerous when it 
enters the respiratory organs.” — From the 
‘ Times ’ of the 22nd of October. 
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