been faithful to him or not during his absence. Thus disguised, he calls at his house, and being admitted into the garden, beholds his wife lost to every pleasure, but that of weeping over the spikenard, which still flourished under her care.

SELF-DENIAL.

ANQUETIL DU PERRON, the celebrated oriental scholar, passed many years among the peasants of India. His temperance and self-denial have never, perhaps, been exceeded. "Bread and cheese to the value of a twelfth of a rupee," said he, "and water from the well, are my daily food: I live without fire even in winter; I sleep without bed or bed-clothes. I have neither wife, children, nor servants. Having no estate I have no tie to this world. Alone, and entirely free, I am in friendship with all mankind. In this simple state, at war with my senses, I either triumph over worldly attractions, or despise them. And looking up with veneration to the supreme and perfect being, I wait with patience for the dissolution of my body."

DEATH-BEDS.

CYRUS, on the bed of death, desired the Persians to rejoice at his funeral; and not to lament, as if he were really dead. Dr. Hunter, a few moments before his decease, said to a friend who attended him, If I had strength to hold a pen, I would write how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die." Tasso, when informed by his friend and physician, Rinaldini, that he had no hopes of his recovery, feelingly exclaimed, "Oh God! I thank thee, that thou art pleased to bring me safe into port, after so long a storm."

HAVING, we trust, sufficiently proved that the study of Entomology is not unworthy of being engaged in, it now remains for us to bring the learner acquainted with the rudiments of the science. As, however, no one can perform any work till he has made himself acquainted with the names and the use of his tools, we shall begin with the various terms which are employed in entomological description. The reader must not allow himself to be disgusted by a dry vocabulary of words; but must recollect that words are the keys to things.

ABDOMEN, that part of the body distinct from the thorax, forming the hinder part of the insect, and consisting of segments or rings. Equale, when it is of the same breadth as the thorax; Barbatum, with tufts of hair at the sides or extremity; Falcatum, shaped like a sickle; Petiolatum, attached to the thorax by means of a slender elongated tube; Planum, the under part flat; Sessile, sitting attached

This entomological vocabulary is from Mr. Samouelle's "Entomologists's useful compendium," a work which more than answers to its title; it having the double merit of scientific knowledge and of elegant embellishment.. NO. 5. N. s.

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to the thorax in its whole breadth, not distant and connected by a filament; Subpetiolatum, attached to the thorax by a short tube, nearly equalling the thorax in breadth.

ACULEUS, the Sting, an elongated dart, often poisonous, seated in the extremity of the abdomen. Compositus, having two or more sharp points or darts; Exsertus, projecting, not lying hid within the body; Reconditus, always concealed within the abdomen, and seldom thrust out; Retractilis, for the most part exserted, but capable of being drawn in; Simplex, having one dart or point; Vaginatus, enclosed in a bivalve sheath.

ALE, the wings, the instruments of flight, Acuminate, terminating in a subulated apex; Angulatæ, the posterior margin having prominent angles; Angulus ani, the posterior angle of the inferior wings; Angulus posticus, that extremity of the wing which is opposite to the base and to the apex; Apex, the part opposite to the base, terminating the anterior margin; Basis, the part by which it is connected with the thorax; Bicaudatæ, the hinder wings having two projecting processes; Caudata, in which one or more projections in the hinder wings are extended into processes; Concolores, of the same colour both on the upper and under surfaces; Conniventes, which, when at rest, have the anterior margin in part contiguous to the inner or posterior margin, whether erect or incumbent; Convolute, wrapping round the body, the upper surface forming a convexity; Costa, the margin between the base and the apex; Crenata, the margin notched, but in such a way that the incisures are pointed to neither extremity; Cruciata, incumbent, but the inner margins lying over each other; Cruciatæ complicata, folded together crosswise; Deflexo, incum

bent, but not horizontally, the outer edges declining towards the sides; Dentato-erose, hollowed, with denticulations between the hollows; Denticulatæ, with minute distinct teeth; Denudate, a certain part destitute of scales, but opake; Digitate, divided nearly to the base like fingers; Discus, the space between the base, the apex, the margin, and the suture; Divaricatæ, incumbent, but diverging behind; Elongate, the posterior margin longer than the interior; Erecta, when at rest, standing up so as to approach each other; Erose, with minute obtuse hollows and unequal laciniæ; Excaudata, having no projecting processes; Extense, not lying upon one another; Falcate, the posterior margin obtusely hollowed; Fenestrata, with one or more transparent spots; Fissa, digitated, divided into linear portions with straight margins; Gymnoptera, membranaceous and transparent without scales; Horizontales, which when at rest are parallel to the horizon; Hyalinæ, quite transparent; Incumbentes, which, when the insect is at rest, cover the back of the abdomen horizontally; Incurvatæ, the anterior margin bent like an arch; Integerrimæ, with a margin linear, and not in any wise cut; Integræ, undivided without indentations; Irroratæ, marked with exceedingly minute points; Lanceolata, oblong attenuated at both extremities; Maculate, marked with spots; Margo exterior, anticus, crassior alæ, the margin between the base and the apex; Margo posterior, the margin between the apex and the angulus posticus; Margo interior, or tenuior, the margin between the base and the angulus posticus; Nebulosa, marked with many scattered, abrupt lines, of various forms; Nervosa, with nerves large for the size of the wing; Nitidissima, with scales exceedingly smooth and resplendent; Ocellate, with

one or more ocelli, or eye-like markings; Pagina superior, the upper surface of the wings; Pagina inferior, the under surface; Patentes, horizontal, extended when at rest, not uniting or incumbent ; Patula, nearly horizontal, little inclined, and not incumbent; Planæ, extended horizontally, which cannot be folded up; Plicata, wings, which, when at rest, are folded up, but expanded in flight; Punctatæ, marked with very small dots; Radiata, with nerves diverging like rays from a common centre; Repanda, with a waving but plain margin; Reticulate, with nerves disposed like net work ; Reversa, deflexed, the margin of the secondary wings projecting from under the primary; Rotundate, the posterior margin rounded and devoid of angles; Subcaudata, the process in the posterior wings, hardly longer than a serrature; Suberosa, somewhat indented, but irregularly; Tessellate, marked with black spots so disposed as to resemble a chequered pavement; Truncate, with the posterior angle straight; Tumida, with elevated membranes among the veins; Variegata, of different colours; Undulatæ, marked with continuous and nearly parallel waving lines; Unguicalatæ, with a membranaceous tooth or claw at the costa, or exterior margin.

TO BE RESUMED.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE POCKET MAGAZINE.

DEAR SIR-It may be as well to inform the public officially, though I dare say it would soon have been discovered, that the council of this University has appointed a Professor of Lying, whose duty it is to study the science of falsehood, and deliver lectures on that branch of human knowledge. This has been done for two reasons-First, in other universities it