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pale spot. Scutellura brownish, with three pale spots. Abdomen 

 above with black spots along each side. Fore wings brownish, with 

 a pale streak along the base of the fore border. Length of the body 

 4 lines. Wady Ferran. Tor. 



Fam. Nepid^.— Gen. Nepa, Linn. 

 ^ 29. Grossa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 62. Wady Feran. Sidri. H6r 

 Tamanib. Inhabits W. Africa. 



Gen. NoTONECTA, Linn. 

 30. Nanula. Pale testaceous. Eyes brown. Femora and tibije 

 striped with black. Wings pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 

 Shoobra. 



_ ^ F. Walker. 



(To be continued.) 



Loss of Cows from eating Acorns.— k farmer at Blakeney, Gloucestershire, has 

 lost two valuable cows from eating acorns in a field where they were turned to pasture. 

 On Saturday evening a ihird was despaired of, under the same circumstances. During 

 the late hurricane large quantities fell, of which the cattle partook loo freely ; in fact, 

 on examining the stomach of one of them two bushels of undigested acorns were 

 found.— Ifornin^ Post. 



Plague of Rabbits in ^«s<ra«a.— Warnambool, June 17, 1870. About three years 

 ago a Mr. Robinson turned out thirteen wild rabbits on his run, and now more than 

 £7000 have been spent in trying to get rid of them. There are said to be over 50,000 

 of lliem in the district, and they are spreading all over the country. We are now about 

 forming a company to kill and preserve them for exportation. Two thousand four 

 hundred rabbits were killed in one day by a party of gentlemen with guns about three 

 weeks since, and they were all destroyed, not one of them used, to compel the dealers 

 to kill for themselves, and so help to destroy them. It is said that over 100,000 have 

 been killed, and still they appear as numerous as ever; and all these from thirteen 

 rabbits in a little over three years \—From the ' Field.' 



Eagles in North Wales. — While ascending Snowdon with a friend, on the 30th of 

 September last, when near the summit we left the regular track in order to obtain a 

 good view of the great precipice which looks north towards the pass of Llanberis, and is 

 called, I believe, in Welch, "Crib Goch." Just as we reached the edge an eagle rose 

 slowly from beneath our feet, and as we watched it continued for more than an hour 

 circling and soaring round the precipitous sides of Glyder Vawr, until it was joined by 

 its mate, and both birds were lost among the distant hills. I may add that two years 

 ago I became acquainted with the eagle in its native haunts in Aberdeenshire, so that 

 I had no doubt as to what the birds were. I presume these two eagles were simply 

 passing visitors from a more northerly breeding place, and I should be curious to 

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