Curious Facts in Natural History (Vol. iii., pp. 166, 398.).
—In St. Lucia a coleopterous insect is found with a small plant growing directly from the back. I have myself seen it; but the plant consisted merely of the first two leaflets.
E. H. B.
Demerary.
Queries.
PAPAL BULLS, ETC.
A correspondent (S. P. H. T.) inquires, 1. Has there been any authorised collection of Papal Bulls, Breves, Encyclical Letters, &c., published since the beginning of the present century?
2. If not, has there been any authorised list of those addressed to the Roman Catholic Church in England or Ireland?
3. What bulls have, during the last century, been published against Bible Societies, &c., and where will I find authorised copies of them, more particularly those of Pope Pius VII., bearing date 29th June, 1816, and directed to the Primate of Poland; that of 18th September, 1819, against the circulation of the Scriptures in the Irish Schools; that of Leo XII., dated 3rd May, 1824, directed to the Irish clergy, which last is the latest I am acquainted with?
4. What authority is there for using the "Form of receiving Converts from the Church of Rome," as published by the British Reformation Society? Does it occur in any edition of the Book of Common Prayer?