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PART IV.-NATURAL HISTORY. 
REVIEWS AND EXTRACTS. 
1.— British Entomology. By John Curtis, F.L.S. Monthly. 
8vo. 4^.6d. coloured. 
Nt>. 97, FOR January, contains 
Melitcea selenCi Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Moth, [fig. 58]—Order, Le^n* 
(loptera; Family, Papilionidce — 
This species is common in woods 
and on heaths 5: 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 
yioln hirta, (Hairy Violet) on 
which, it has been supposed by 
some the caterpillar feeds. Wlh, 
Andbium pertinax, the Obsti- [1. 
nate Death-watch, [fig. 69]— 
Order, Coleopiera; Family, Pti- 
This insect is of a ches- 
nut-brown colour, and is very 
rgre in England : specimens of a.c. sc. 
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. 
A c. sc. ' V A.c. sc. 
Sttlpinis dryadum, [fig. 60]—Order Hymenoptera; Family, Ichnetimonidce .— 
This insect has been taken on oak trees, in Galway, Ireland, by Mr. Haliday. 
The plant is Sherdrdia arvcnsis. Little Field-Madder. 
Argioty'pus armdtm, [fig. 61.]—Order, Hymenoptera; Family, Ichneii- 
monidcE —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 Scutelldria galericuldta, Common Skull-cap. 
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