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on the Dipterous genus Phora, by Dr John H. Wood (pp. 152- 

 154), and the continuation of the Rev. James Waterston's 

 records of Scottish Siphonaptera, to which we alluded in our 

 May issue. In the former of these papers four species are 

 added to the British list. 



An interesting paper by H. W. Andrews, 1 entitled " Notes 

 on some Diptera taken in the South of Ireland," records the 

 results of several collecting trips in the counties of Waterford, 

 Kerry, and Cork, dating from 3rd August 1906 to 26th May 

 191 1. Over 300 species are recorded, belonging to the 

 more conspicuous groups. In the introductory remarks the 

 influence of the weather upon the results of collecting 

 is commented upon, and the absence of the genus Syrphus 

 and the members of the Tabanida or Gadflies during 

 showery weather alluded to. The Anthomyidcs and Dolicho- 

 podidcs are reported to be less susceptible than other groups. 



A paper is published 2 by Alfred O. Walker on the 

 "Species of Amphipoda taken by ' Runa,' July and August 

 19 1 3, not in Norman's Final Shetland Dredging Report 1868." 

 Eighteen species are recorded, some of which, in spite of the 

 title, are not Amphipods. This paper is a useful contribu- 

 tion to our knowledge of the Crustaceans of Shetland 

 waters. 



Many interesting observations have been made by 

 Professor W. A. Herdman during his summer cruise of 191 3 

 amongst the Western Scottish Islands. 3 The variation in 

 Sea Squirts, the colour-changes in preserved specimens of 

 one of them {Diazona violaced), the phosphorescence and 

 distribution of the Alycyonarian Funiculina quadrangularis, 

 are all subjects of lengthy notes founded upon examples 

 dredged in living condition. Amongst new and interesting 

 records of Foraminifera, Sponges, Sea Anemones, Alcyonaria, 

 Crustacea, Polyzoa, and Echinoderms, the following are 

 probably new to the British fauna : the starfish Pteraster 

 militaris from Raasay, hitherto found not nearer than the 

 Faroe Channel ; and the degenerate crustacean Triaiiguhis 



1 Irish Naturalist, June 1914, pp. 136-143. 



2 Ann. and Mao. Nat. Hist., June 1914, pp. 558-561. 



3 Journ. Linnean Soc. Zoo/., vol. xxxii., May 1914, p. 269. 



