CURRENT LITERATURE 255 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE BRITISH LIST OF 

 MUSCIM: ACALYPTRAT/E (CONTINUED). James E. Collin, F.E.S., 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., July 1911, pp. 149-153, and Aug. 1911, pp. 182-187. 

 Numerous Scottish records are given in this valuable paper. 



HYBOS CULICIFORMIS, FAB., IN SCOTLAND. A. E. J. Carter, Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., July 1911, p. 161. Records the species from various 

 localities in Perthshire, Midlothian, and Haddington. 



NOTES ON BRITISH ODONATA IN 1910. W. J. Lucas, 

 Entomologist, August 1911, pp. 257-258. /Eschna juncea recorded 

 from Caldwell and Kilmalcolm. 



BOTANY. 



VIOLA CURTISSI. C. E. Salmon (Journ. Hot., 1911, p, 276), 

 records this from " Dunphail, 1850, hb. J. A. Power." 



VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION IN SAGINA NODOSA. By W. G. 



Travis (Joitru. Bot., 1911, pp. 270-273). Observations made on 



the Lancashire coast, on its multiplication by axillary buds or 

 bulbils. 



VICIA SYLVATICA, Z., rar. coNDENSATA. By G. Claridge Druce 

 (Journ. Bat., 1911, pp. 234-235). Found on shingle in Wigtown, 

 on cliffs in Forfar, etc. Seeds sown in garden soil reproduced the 

 variety. 



DEESIDE MOSSES. By Edward Richards (Journ. Bot., 1911, 

 pp. 232-233). Several new county records from the basin of the 

 Dee, from Pannanich near Ballater upwards. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By C. Tate 

 Regan, M.A., Zoological Department, British Museum. London : 

 Methven and Co., 1911. 6s. net. 



A popular work on any group of British animals by a writer who 

 is a recognised authority is always acceptable, and Mr. Tate 

 Regan's book will be welcomed by both naturalists and anglers. 

 The former will appreciate it for the up-to-date information which 

 they will not find collected together elsewhere, for much has been 

 added to our knowledge of British Freshwater Fishes during recent 

 years. The angler will find the book a safe guide, which he sadly 

 needs, regarding the true value of the various forms, especially of 

 the Trout and Charr. The Salmonidae, which have long been a 



