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PART IV.-NATURAL HISTORY. 
REVIEWS AND EXTRACTS. 
1. —British E.vtomology. By John Ci’ktis, F.L.S. Monthly. 
8vo. coloured. 
Fob February, 1832, contains 
(Jideniera sanguinicollis. —Order, Coleoptera ; Family, Canthdridcp. —This hand¬ 
some insect is found in the blossoms of the white-thorn ; the thorax is of a 
deep-orange colour, and the elytra or wing-cases, are of a dull olive-green, 
Dainophtla trifulii^ Trefoil Thick-horned Tinea.—Order, Lepidoptcra^ Family, 
Tineidcp. —'I’his is of a shining metallic golden-green, Mr. Curtis conceives it 
to be indentical with Mr. Stephens’s D. trifolli, but does not appear certain. 
Cicada dnglica, — OrderyH(r)n6ptera\ Yzm\\y,Clcddiidee, —The CVcd^/^F, observes 
Mr. Curtis, are very interesting, from their having attracted the notice of the 
most celebrated ancient poets and writers; and it is remarkable enough, that 
whilst the Greeks loved and extolled them for their song, Virgil (as well as 
more modern writers) execrated them for their noise. The species of this 
genus, are distributed over a vast portion of the globe, from Europe to Brazil, 
the Cape of Good Hope, New Holland, China, and the intermediate countries. 
Mr. Curtis believes that no other species has been found so far north, as the 
C. dnglica. He suspects the larvae to feed on the roots of fern, and supposes the 
perfect insect to be without song. Phytomyza laterdlis, —Order, Dipteru', 
Family, Mdscidce, —The larvae and pupae of this insect were discovered in the 
flower of the Corn Feverfew, {Pyrethrum inodortan,) by the Hon. C. A. Harris. 
The flies were produced, from the beginning to the end of October, 
2. —■Edin'bi'rgh Xew Philosophical Journal. By Robert 
Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History, Lecturer on 
Mineralogy, &c. Quarterly. 8vo. la.Hd. 
J^ast Extent of the Eurthquakcy in 1827. 
O.v the 16th of November, 1827, a violent earthquake was felt at Santa-Fe- 
de-Bogota, in Colombia, and on the same day at Ochotsk, in Siberia.—It is 
stated November 17th, in Siberia, which however, considering the relative 
geographical situation, is the same day as at Santa-Fe-de-Bogota. It is wor¬ 
thy of remark, that the direction of the earthquake, in Colombia, was from 
SE. to NW., and that this direction points towards Siberia. Not less inter¬ 
esting is the circumstance, that the line from Colombia to Siberia, strikes the 
most remarkable volcanic region in Mexico, and is parallel to the principal 
range of American mountains. 
This may be viewed as a proof that the operation of earthquakes is propagated 
in a linear direction ; it may be in great rents, or according to the arrangement 
of chains of mountains, strata, or rocks. It affords a striking proof of the 
great depth at which the process which gives rise to earthquakes, is carried on. 
