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which occurs in the wheat-ear just as the kernel is forming, and 
has to answer for the destruction of a large quantity of the “ staff of 
life;” (2) the Clouded Yellow Butterfly (Colias Edusa), which we 
were originally surprised to see included, and wondered why it 
should be introduced. Probably the author had some prophetic 
prescience, as its appearance everywhere in unprecedented numbers 
has been the great entomological feature of the year. 
Twelve of these specially noted insects are fully illustrated by 
clearly-drawn figures. After these notes there are a few general 
remarks on the Asparagus Beetle—for the destruction of which a 
successful treatment is given—and two or three other insects, with 
instructions as to the form of procedure, closing with an apology, 
which certainly seems unnecessary. It is signed “ E. A. Ormerod, 
Dunster Lodge, near Isleworth, London.” 
We understand that this pamphlet is issued gratuitously, and 
may be obtained from Mr. Newman, 32, Botolph Lane, London; 
its object, therefore, is the more commendable, as few persons 
can have any difficulty in recording their observations when such 
facility and information is so freely afforded them. 
The Scottish Naturalist: a Quarterly Magazine of Natural 
History. Edited by F. BucHanan Waits, M.D., F.LS. 
Edinburgh and London: Blackwood & Sons. 
WE are glad to observe, by the appearance of the twenty-ninth 
number of this periodical, that the study of Natural History north 
of the Tweed continues to flourish. Seven years ago the members 
of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science inaugurated this 
journal as a medium for the publication of their Transactions, but 
owing to the favour with which it was received by naturalists in 
other parts of the country, it soon ceased to be the representative 
journal of one Society only, and has now, we are glad to see, 
a considerably extended circulation. 
The current number commences with a pleasantly written article 
by the Editor on “Glen Tilt: its Fauna and Flora,” followed 
by a continuation of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe’s account of the 
Lepidoptera of Moncrieffe Hill. Dr. Stirton continues a paper 
“On certain Lichens belonging to the Genus Parmelia,” and 
Dr. Lauder Lindsay has an article “On the Gold-Fields and 
