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be describes aud illustrates the Pyrenean Weevil, among other soutberu 

 forms ; in the water beetles, the meeting of nortb and soutb is shown 

 by the presence of such species as Agabiis arcticus and Pelobius tardus. 



The list of Thysanura and CoUembola is welcome, and Professor 

 Carpenter does well to illustrate the new species, so little attention has 

 been griven to them in Ireland. He follows with a short account of the 

 Myriapods, Crustacea occupy eleven pages, the authors being O. P. 

 Farran, S. W. Kemp, and W. M. Tattersall. It is evident from their 

 remarks that there is plenty of room for further work in some divisions. 

 Arachnida are divided between Professor Carpenter and J. N. Halbert. 

 R. Southern writes on the Annelids, Nemertines and some other worms, 

 A, R. Nichols on Molluscoidea and Echinodermata, Miss Stephens on 

 Coelenterata and Porifera. vShe mentions that only two freshwater 

 sponges are found in Co. Dublin, both being ver}- common on the Con- 

 tinent of Europe and in the United States of America. 



Last in the Zoological vSection comes Protozoa, occupj'ing seven pages, 

 by J. B. Butler and Joseph Wright, both of whom treat their subject 

 well ; the former mainly in an historical, the latter in a comparative, 

 manner. 



No one who compares the various groups as dealt with in this book 

 with those of the 1878 Guide can fail to see how much Irish natural 

 science has advanced in the interval, but at the same time it is 

 clear how much yet remains to be done, and what splendid oppor- 

 tunities for research offer themselves in many groups to those members 

 of the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club or Microscopical Club who can 

 spare a little time and energy to the work. 



What we might call Part 2 of the book contains 217 pages devoted to 

 Histor}' and Archaeology, edited by a sub-committee ; Education and 

 Research, edited by Professor Carpenter ; and Industries and Com- 

 merce, edited by Dr. Adeney. These sections are divided into 

 chapters by various authors, and are naturally much more fullyillus- 

 trated than the Natural Histor}' sections. While all the chapters are 

 necessary and well written, we think those that should prove most useful 

 are the first three — "The Environs of Dublin," "Early Christian and 

 Medieval Antiquities," and " Antiquities of the Boyne Valley," the last 

 being the best illustrated. At the same time, other chapters are dis- 

 tinctly novel features, treated in a most interesting manner. Count 

 Plunkett's well illustrated chapter on "The Architecture of Dublin " 

 will appeal to many who care little for antiquities, while Dr. Cosgrave's 

 notes on " Old Dublin as represented in Engravings," also well illus- 

 trated, gives a good idea of the city streets and buildings in the i8th 

 century, when so many of the buildings described by Count Plunkett 

 were erected. 



Gaelic place-names form the matter of a short chapter by E. Fournier 

 D'Albe, who treats his subject in a clear and useful manner. A chapter 

 on "General Educational Institutions " is contributed by John Cooke, 

 who deals with the principal Colleges and Schools; he mentions these 

 cases in which Dublin University has taken a leading part in removing 



