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COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Lepidopterist' s Guide, by H. G. Knaggs, M.D., F.L.S, 

 We have very great pleasure in bringing a book like this 

 before the notice of our readers, and strongly recommend 

 every one of them, who takes an interest in entomological 

 pursuits, to provide himself with a copy. It is written by a 

 master hand, and is full of most valuable and practical 

 suggestions. 



The Quarterly Magazine of the High Wycombe Natural His- 

 tory Society, Vol. II, No. 5. There is a capital paper in this 

 number on the Prominent Moths of Bucks. The list of the 

 Birds of Cookham is continued by Mr. Sharpe, and Mr. 

 Britten gives some additional notes on the Flora of the County. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



We take this opportunity of 

 calling the attention of members 

 to the Prizes offered at page 41 in 

 No. II of the Magazine, and to 

 the conditions annexed. All col- 

 lections must he sent in to the 

 Sccretaiy by December 1st. 



Captures in 1869. — I am glad 

 to be able to give Folkestone as 

 another locality for the scarce 

 Forester moth (Proeris globularias). 

 I took several on the 26th June on 

 the slopes of the Downs. There 

 are only two other recorded lo- 

 calities for it in England. I also 

 took Proeris Oeryon, the Cistus 

 Forester in company with the 

 foregoing species, and of course 

 Proeris statices. 



In Lady Wood I met with the 

 Wood Tiger (Nemeophila planta- 

 ginisj which had not hitherto been 

 recorded from Folkestone. 



My greatest prize of all was, of 

 course, Deilephila lineata, of which 

 there is a note in No. II. 



Many of the butterflies com- 

 monly plentiful here have been 

 scarce this year, notably C. Edusa, 

 V. Cardui and L. Corydon. Adonis 

 has been by no means so plentiful 

 as usual ; and Hyale, which visited 

 US last year, has not been seen. — 

 Hy. Ullyett. 



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Poisoning feom Bekries. — A 

 case of poisoning, which had well 

 nigh terminated fatally has just 

 occurred here. A little boy 

 searching for " haws" in the 

 Tramroad, partook rather freely 

 of the tempting berries of the 

 Woody Nightshade (Solanum dul- 

 camara). On reaching home he 

 became sick, and for several hours 

 was in a wild and violent delirium, 

 although the stomach had been 

 emptied of its contents, but the 

 poison had had time to extend 

 itself completely through the 

 blood. The pupils of the eyes 

 were very much dilated, and the 

 symptoms closely resembled those 

 attendant on poisoning by the 

 Deadly Nightshade (Atrnpa Bella- 

 donna), which plant as far as we 

 know, does not g^ow anywhere in 

 our immediate neighbourhood. 

 Ice in large quantities was applied 

 to the head, and we are happy to 

 be able to state that the boy is 

 doing well now. 



8. dulcamara is generally stated 

 not to bo dangerous unless taken 

 in very large quantities; it is not 

 known exactly how many the boy 

 ate, but the case may serve as a 

 warning to all against tasting any- 

 thing of the nature of which thoy 

 are ignorant. 



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