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narrow. The front, for the purposes of observation, and the top, for the admission 

 of light, are to be of glass ; the back, ends, and bottom, being constructed of slate ; 

 the whole fixed in a stout frame-work. (R. Stretch) A List of Land and Fresh- 

 watcr Mollusca, found in the neighbourhood oi'Banbury, Oxfordshire. None of the 

 mollusca mentioned can be called rare ; but Mr. Stretch says, when mentioning the 

 occurrence of Limax flavus, that it is difficult to find, as it docs not come out of its 

 hiding-places (cellars) until midnight. We think it would require a good deal of 

 attention to find when the village clock would strike the hour of twelve, in a dark 

 cellar, unless, perhaps, by hearing ; but, for our own part, we have found this slug at 

 all hours, and at times when it was light enough to see it devour bread. (A. M. 

 Norman) On the Introduction of forms of Animal and Vegetable Life into new lo- 

 calities. If the idea here stated be faithfully carried out, it will save much confusion 

 hereafter in making local lists. (Rev. A. Hussey) Ravages of Caterpillars. Pro- 

 ceedings of Natural History Collectors in Foreign Countries (Mr. H. W. Bates) 

 Santarcm, March 27, and April 27, 1854 ; (H. T. Stainton) Entomological Botany, 

 with more especial reference to the plants frequented by the Tineina (continued 

 from page 4,472) ; Professor Bailey's mode of giving permanent flexibility to 

 natural history specimens (see "Nat. Hist. Rev. "for January, 1855, page 2, Notices 

 of Serials) ; (A. Roberts) On Rare Birds killed near Scarborough, and on the oc- 

 currence of theLarus Islandicus near the same place ; (Rev. A. Hussey) Occurrence 

 of the Short-toed Lark, Lapland Bunting, and Richardson's Skua in Sussex, on a 

 White Swallow in East Kent, and an inquiry respecting the name of an Australian 

 Spider ; (J. J. Briggs) Note on the Congregation of Swallows ; (N. Cooke) Pigmy 

 Curlew and little Stint, near Warrington ; (T. J. Bold) Occurrence of the Ruff and 

 little Auk in Northumberland, and the Egyptian Goose near Newcastle ; (Edward 

 H. Sargint) Capture of the Tetrodon Pennantii, at Ardmore, Co. Waterford ; (F. 

 Walker) List of Spiders found in Piercefield, near Chepstow, in 1853 ; (A. R. 

 Hogan) Entomologist's Annual; (W. Machin) Variety of Anthocaris cardamines, 

 Capture of Notodonta carmelita, and early appearance of Cucullia umbratica ; 

 (B. Smith) Note on Ptilophora plumigeria ; (G. Guyon) Remarkable vitality in a 

 specimen of Sitonea fusca ; (Octavius Pickard- Cambridge) Curious Capture of Poeci- 

 locampa populi. Proceedings of Societies Entomological Society, November 6, 

 1854 ; December 4, 1854. Society of British Entomologists, November 7, Decem- 

 ber 5, 1854. 



No. 148, February : (R. Warrington) On Artificial Sea-water; (W. F. 

 Templer) Some remarks on the Marine Fauna of the South of Devon (continued 

 from page 4,4G8). If space allowed us, we would compare this fauna with that of 

 the Bay of Dublin,* as given by Rev. A. Irvine ; his list contains 105 species, and 

 Mr. Templer's not more than 46 ; yet some common species, such as Antennularia 

 ramosa, Lucernaria auricula, &c., are absent from our Bay, and that not on 

 account of their being southern species, as we have found L. auricula in great 

 abundance in the extreme north of Ireland. The geographical distribution of the 

 Zoophytes is a most interesting subject ; but much cannot be known about them 

 until some more local lists are published. (O. Pickard-Cambridge) On the 

 Corporeal Sensations of Insects. This paper commands the attention of the readers 

 of the " Zoologist ;" for ourselves, we took our ideas on the subject from the first 



* Vide Nat. Hist. Rev., vol. i., p. 244. London: S. Highley. 



