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Lubbock, Bart. — This constitutes the volume for 1871 published by the 

 Ray Society, and is a good example of the class of works which that Society 

 should confine itself to publishing, instead of wasting its means in issuing re- 

 prints of old books and translations of German works (since every naturalist 

 can, or should be able to, read German nowadays). Should the Society con- 

 tinue to publish volumes similar to the one before us (and we are glad to see that 

 such is its intention), we have no doubt of its prosperity, and have no 

 hesitation in recommending our readers to become subscribers. * In the 

 present work we have descriptions of all the known species of Collembola 

 and Thysanura (in other words Poduridcc and Lepismidcc), besides anatomical 

 and other details and remarks on the evolution of the Insecta. The 

 78 plates (of which 31 are coloured), which make this volume mag- 

 nificently illustrated, are devoted to figuring nearly 54 species, and to 

 giving anatomical details, and representations of the curious scales with 

 which many of the species are adorned. 



Dr. Moore of Glasnevin has made a valuable addition to the works on 

 British Cryptogams, in form of a Synopsis of the Irish Mosses. It is a 

 reprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, and will prove ex- 

 tremely useful not only to the Irish botanist, but to every bryologist. 



THE MAGAZINES. 



[Under this heading we purpose noticing from time to time, some of the 

 chief articles, of interest to the naturalist in Scotland, contained in the 

 various scientific journals. It must be remembered that in doing so we 

 only make a selection, and that our space will not permit us even to men- 

 tion many articles of high importance.] 



In the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Mr C. G. Barrett continues his 

 revisal of the British Tortrices — a work for which all collectors of these 

 insects should be grateful. Mr J. Scott gives description of certain new 

 British species of Homoptera, of which there are probably many new ones 

 still to be found in Scotland. Mr Birchall in describing the Irish form of 

 Melitcca aurinia (artemis) considers that some specimens received from Mr. 

 Chapman, and taken at Dunoon, belong to the alpine var. merope. [See 

 Scottish Naturalist, I., page 167. The ordinary Scottish form does not 

 differ greatly from the northern English. Mr. Birchall tells me that the 

 Dunoon specimens occurred at about 400 feet elevation only. — Editor 

 Scottish A r aturalist.~\ Mr. E. G. Meek contributes a paper on the habits of 

 the British species of Sesia, which will probably prove useful. Mr. 

 Champion notices the Coleoptera taken by him in Braemar. [We hope to 

 give some day a complete list of all the insects taken in Braemar. — Editor 

 Scottish Naturalist.] Mr. Buckler describes the larva of Crambus pinetellus, 



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can obtain (at a reduced rate) copies of the works already published by the 

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