72 The Field Naturalist' s Quarterly Feb. 



The Naturalist's Directory, i 902-1 903. Pp. 168. L. Upcott 

 Gill, 170 Strand, W.C. Price is. 6d. nett. 



Those of our readers who do not happen to be familiar with this pub- 

 lication will do well to obtain the new edition, for it contains a mine of 

 most useful information for the field naturalist. It would surprise a 

 new reader to find that the first 74 pages are taken up with the names 

 and addresses of persons interested in zoology, the next 13 pages are 

 microscopists, then 1 6 pages of botanists and i 5 of geologists and palae-' 

 ontologists. 



There is a complete list of all the societies, field clubs, and museums, 

 with the names and addresses of the secretaries and leading officials for 

 the whole country, together with a geographical index. There is also 

 a trade directory and a bibliography of natural science publications. 



By means of this book the student can at a glance find out who are 

 interested in his subject, and their addresses for correspondence, so that 

 he need never be at a loss to obtain further information on any branch 

 of field work. The ' Naturalist's Directory ' should be on the desk 

 of every field naturalist. 



Field Clubs and Societies. 



The Thirtieth Annual Report of the Chester Society of Natural 

 Science, Literature, and Art contains the record of a vast amount of 

 good work done in the year by its members. With a membership of 

 920 in all sections, this society, which was founded by Charles Kingsley 

 in 1 87 1, is in the forefront of English natural science societies, and its 

 office-bearers have no doubt a very justifiable pride in its success. The 

 curator (Mr R. Newstead, F.E.S.) reports the addition of 2979 speci- 

 mens to the museum, largely contributed to by Mr T. A. Coward by the 

 presentation of his collections of fossils, minerals, and local eggs. The 

 meteorological observations taken bi-daily by the Rev. J. Cairns Mitchell, 

 F.R.A.S., are a model of what such records should be; and Mr A. E. 

 Goodman's illustrated paper on photo-micrography is valuable. The 

 direct and indirect educational influence of this society must be enor- 

 mous : would that there were more as flourishing ! 



The Eighth Annual Report of the Hastings and St Leonards Natural 

 History Society records that "all the meetings have been well attended." 

 A membership of 235 indicates, we hope, a keen interest in local and 

 general natural history. The secretary is Mr Ed. Connold, whose new 

 work, ' British Vegetable Galls,' is noticed elsewhere. An interesting 

 note is the following: "The common little beetle, Apion trifolii, L., 

 which usually feeds in the heads of the clover, has this year greatly 

 damaged some scarlet-runner beans at Fairlight, making skeletons of 

 the younger leaves and eating small holes in the pods, so that they were 

 dotted over with dark spots. It appears that a clover-stack had been 

 erected close to the beans, and the little beetles, in myriads, forsook the 



