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Reviews and Extracts. — J^atural History. 
Paris, where it had been growing 130 years, an immense quantity of agglo 
merations of crystals of oxalate of lime. 
Hhnala Ornithology .—The pTinciple features in the Ornithology of the Hi- 
mala> are the brilliancy of the plumage of the Gallinaej the size and power of 
the Accipitres ; and the almost infinite number of the Pies. 
Native country of Maize or Indian Corn .—Maize is supposed to be of American 
origin. In favour of this opinion is the fact, that it was found in a state of 
cultivation, in every place where the first navigators landed ; and that, imme¬ 
diately after the discovery of America, it spread rapidly in the old world, 
3. —British Entomology; by John Curtis, F.L.S. Published 
Monthly, 45.6c?. coloured. 
No. 92, FOB August. 
This present number is full of interest, and contains much useful information 
for the Entomologist.— 
Adimonia Q,uadrimaculata^ —(Order Coleoptera, Family Galerucidee ,)—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, 
and 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 \%Alliu 7 n Ursinum, Ramsons Garlic. 
Dasypoda Swamynerdamella ,—(Order Hymenopteruy Family Andrenidos .')— 
These handsome insects approach, in form, very near to some of the Andrencc, 
but they are easily distinguished from them, by having only two subraarginal 
cells. The sexes difter 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; 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. 
Tussilago Faifara. 
Chelaria Rhomhoidellay Lobster-CIaw’d Moth.—(Order Lepidoptera, Family 
Tineida?.) —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 Linnjeus 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 similar situations, in Dorsetshire, Its colour is a dirty 
ochre. The plant is Daphne Lanreoluy Spurge Laurel. 
Alydus Calcaratnsy —(Order Hemiptcra, Family Coreidcc.') —This curious in¬ 
sect is not common with us; it inhabits heathy places^ and flies well in the 
heat of the sun. The plant that accompanies it in the plate, is the Jasione 
MontanUy Mountain Jasione, or Sheep’s Scabious. 
