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in the province of Moray, and in the Moray Frith. In the list of the land, fresh- 

 water, and marine mollusca we find nothing particular, save that the province of 

 Moray is, like many other places, gifted with not a few rare things, which only 

 wait the research of naturalists, like the Rev. G. Gordon, to discover their where- 

 abouts. There is appended to his paper a list of that beautiful tribe of mollusks, 

 the Gasteropoda Nudibranchiata, by Mr. George Murray. Owing to the interest 

 excited among malacologists in consequence of the publication, by the Ray Society, 

 of Messrs. Alder and Hancock's work on the Nudibranches, this class has, of 

 late, received some attention ; and the appendix to this paper is one of the attendant 

 first fruits. (G. Norman) Some American Snails Naturalized in Yorkshire ; (A. 

 G. More) Notes on Zygsena Minos. This insect which, for the present, is an ad- 

 dition to the British fauna, by only being captured on the west coast of Ireland, 

 might, on first sight, be mistaken for the common Zygaena (Anthrocera) filipendulee. 

 The larva, in all probability, feeds upon the Lotus corniculatus. It is curious that 

 though this insect abounds in Germany and France, it is not to be found in Eng- 

 land ; and yet, such is the zeal and activity of our English lepidopterists, that we 

 hardlv think it could be with them, and yet not known to them. In such parts of 

 Ireland as it has yet been captured in, it abounds in large numbers. (E. C. Buxton) 

 Captures in Sunderland — among them, Pyrochroa pectinicornis, a species new to 

 Britain ; (F. Bates) Captures in Leicestershire. The most important among 

 which is the re-discovery of the very rare Curculio (Trachodes hispidus) — four speci- 

 mens of which were taken by Mr. F. Plant, on 18th June, in a wood ; and on the 1 6th 

 July, nine specimens more. (T. F. Buxton) Parrots at large in Norfolk , (L. H. 

 Irby) Occurrence of the Rose-coloured Pastor, near Dublin ; (E. C. Taylor) 

 Birds Shot in Egypt ; (J. Scott) Things hoped for, in which the author hopes that 

 every microlepidopterist will aid Mr. Stainton in the discovery of the transforma- 

 tions of the larva} of the Tineina. Notices of New Books — Geodephaga Britannica. 

 Proceedings of Societies — Entomological Society, August 7. 



Phytologist. — No. 156, May ; No. 157, June ; No. 158, July. 8vo. London : 

 Van Voorst. Price Is. each. 



No. 156, May : — (E. Newman) Contributions towards a History of a British 

 Botrychium, considered as a distinct species and as entitled to a place in the British 

 Flora. From these contributions it would appear that Botrychium rutaceum is 

 united to B. lunaria, on account of the paucity of specimens, and that, though this 

 may be a plausible reason, it is by no means a satisfactory one ; and the matter 

 can only be finally set at rest by the combined aid of Pteridologists — whom it is 

 hoped will give all the information in their power to Edward Newman, Esq., Lon- 

 don. Proceedings of Societies —The Phytological Club, March 8 — R. Bentley, Esq., 

 in the chair — March 17; Greenwich Natural History Club, February 25— George 

 Busk, F.R.S., President, in the chair— April 13. This was the second anniversary 

 of the Club, convened for the purpose of electing officers. The Phytologist Club, 

 156th Meeting, April 22 — E. Newman, President, in the chair. Statice Dodartii, 

 was recorded as having been found at Tramore, near Waterford. Notices of New 

 Books — A Plain and Easy Account of British Ferns. 



No. 157, June :— (W. Pamplin) A brief notice of some plants observed growing 

 in the neighbourhood of Streatley, Berks, and of Goring, Oxon, in April, 1854 , 



