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printed in the first volume (second series) of the ' Scientific Transactions of 

 the Royal Dublin Society,' to which our readers would do well to refer. 

 The report embodies " Preliminary Remarks," by R. J. Ussher ; " Physical 

 Features of the Valley between the Blackwater and Dungarvon Bay, with 

 a List of the Caves," by G. H. Kinahan ; " Structure and Contents of the 

 Ballynamiutfa Cave," by R. J. Ussher; "Animal Remains," by A. Leith 

 Adams; "Implements," by R.J. Ussher; and a summary and general 

 conclusions. The Report is illustrated with a map of the district, plans 

 and sections of the caves, and plates of the more remarkable implements 

 and animal remains discovered. 



Shakespeare's Animal Lore.— Miss Phipson, of the New Shakespeare 

 Society, has finished her book on ' The Animal Lore of Shakespeare's Time,' 

 which is announced for publication in the spring. 



Dr. Johnson on the Glow-worm. — Dr. Johnson informed Boswell 

 that one of his first essays was a Latin poem on the Glow-worm, but his 

 biographer omitted to ask where it was to be found. Has this been 

 discovered? 



The Great Auk formerly eaten in Lent.— Sir Patrick Walker, in a 

 note communicated to Beckwith for his edition of Blount's ' Ancient 

 Tenures ' (p. 113), says: — "There is a bird nearly as large as a goose, 

 called an Auk, the Alca of Linnaeus, which was allowed at one time to be 

 eaten in Lent." What is the authority for this statement? 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Linnean Society oe London. 



December!, 1882.— Sir J. Lubbock, Bart, M.P., F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society ;— The 

 Rev. R. Baron, F. 0. Bower, J. H. Corry, 0. L. Fraser, D. Houston, 

 A. W. Howitt, H. M'Callum, E. A. Petherick, S. Rous, and H. C. Stone. 



Mr. G. Brook read " Notes on some little-known Collembola and the 

 British species of the genus Tomoccrus." Tullbcrg refers to their occur- 

 rence in Sweden, but the four species in question (viz., Achorutes vianu- 

 brialis, Xenyllo maritima, Triana mirabilis, and Tomacerus vulgaris) have 

 not hitherto been accorded a British habitat. 



Then followed a paper entitled " Remarks on the genera of the subfamily 

 Chalciilina, with synonymic notes and descriptions of new species of 

 Leueospidina and Ghalcidina" by Mr. F. Kirby. The author remarks 



