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such would eventually help — as no doubt it would— the discovery of remedies 

 for the evil. Amongst the insects treated of are the Onion Fly, Wireworm 

 (several kinds), Celery Fly, Wheat Midge, and others. As a cure for the 

 Carrot Fly or " Rust Maggot," Miss Ormerod has found frequent watering 

 with a very dilute application of the fluid sold under the name of " Soluble 

 Phenyle " by Messrs Morris & Little, Doncaster, to be efficacious. About a 

 tablespoonful to a gallon of water was the usual strength used. Illustrations 

 are given of most of the insects mentioned. 



Those who rear Lepidoptera, especially the larger silkworms, will find Mr 

 P. H. Gosse's little pamphlet on Tlie Great Atlas Moth of Asia (same pub- 

 lishers) interesting and instructive. It is illustrated by a coloured plate of the 

 transformation of the insect. 



Nature Cared for, and Nature Uncared for : the result upon the Hearts 



of Men (same publishers), is a very suggestive lecture on Ornithology, by Dr 

 Hewetson, of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and will well repay perusal. 



Mr Larbalestier (Roche Vue, St Aubin's, Jersey), whose Lichen discoveries 

 are so well known, tells us that he is preparing for publication in the course 

 of the summer a series of fasciculi of the Lichens of West Ireland, England, 

 and the Channel Islands. Many new or rare species and varieties will be 

 included. 



. Le Naturaliste (E. Deyrolle, Paris) is the title of a new magazine which 

 has succeeded ' Les Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques. ' Like its predecessor, 

 it is published fortnightly, but is not confined to entomological subjects. We 

 wish it all success. 



We have always advocated the necessity of preserving a record of the 

 histoiy of every natural history object that is placed in a public or private 

 museum or collection. To some specimens it is easy to attach a label setting 

 forth all the necessary particulars, but others {e.g.^ pinned insects) are too 

 small to conveniently carry such a label. To such a number must be 

 attached, and the record made in a suitable book. We found a difficulty in 

 procuring suitable printed numbers, and were obliged to have a series printed 

 for ourselves, which both we and some of our friends have found very useful. 

 These numbers ran from i — 1000, and as higher numbers necessitated an incon- 

 venient increase in the size of the paper to be attached to the specimen, we 

 adopted the plan of using different colours for every thousand above the first. 

 We learn that Mr Marsden, of Gloucester, has printed for sale a series of 

 numbers (running from I — 1 500, and in five different colours) o^n this plan, 

 and having seen a specimen we can recommend them. 



The meeting of the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland is arranged to take 

 place at Forres on September i6lh and following days. It is unnecessary to 

 remark that all cryptogamic botanists who may attend will receive a hearty 

 welcome. The Rev. Mr Keith, minister of Forres, whose researches in the 

 cryptogamic botany of Morayshire are so well known, is the President for this 

 vear. 



