Northern News, etc. 79 



except where otherwise noted, during the early part of last 

 July : — Aphrophora alni Fall., common in Eskdale. Philcenus 

 spumarius Linn, common ; the form lateralis Linn., several, 

 and the form lineatus Fab., common in Eskdale. P. exclama- 

 tionis Thunb., common, Drigg and Eskdale. P. lineatus 

 Linn., common. M egophthalmus scanicus Fall., several by 

 sweeping a rough meadow. Euacanthus acuminatus Fab., 

 Gosforth, just coming on. Oncopsis flavicollis Linn., the 

 var. 4 of Edward's ' Homoptera ' was not uncommon in 

 Eskdale. Deltocephahis ahdominalis Fab., common on rough 

 ground near the sea. D. distinguendns Flor., common. D. 

 pidicaris Fall., Eskdale, common. D. sahidicola Curt., common. 

 Thamnotettix subfuscidus Fall., Eskdale. Eupteryx signati- 

 pennis Boh., Drigg, sweeping in a lane. Cixius cunicularius 

 Linn., one swept in Eskdale. Delphax dijjicilis Edw., in Esk- 

 dale. Dicranotropis hamata Boh., common in Eskdale. 

 Stiroma alho-marginata Curt., common. S. pteridis Boh., in 

 Eskdale, by sweeping ferns. Psylla nigrita Zett. {pineti Flor.) 

 was common on some young Firs, and a few P. spartii Guer., 

 were beaten from Broom. Mr. E. A. Butler, has kindly 

 assisted me in determining some of these, and also some of the 

 Heteroptera recorded antea p. 27. — Jas. Murray, 2 Balfour 

 Road, Carlisle. 



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The subscription to The Scottish Naturalist has been increased to 7/6, 

 and the subscription to The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine is now 9/-. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle for December 22nd and 29th, contains an 

 article on the botany and physical geography of the Holy Land, from the 

 pen of Mr. J. G. Baker, F.JR.S. 



The Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society 

 has issued its ' Abstracts and Reports for the year ending July, 1917,' 

 42 pages. Some of the abstracts have a bearing upon the Society's 

 district, and there are also accounts of rambles. 



Mr. R. BuUen Newton, F.G.S., of the Geological Department, British 

 Museum, has just completed 50 years of Government service. On January 

 8th, 1868, Mr. Newton was one of the assistant naturalists of the Geological 

 Survey, under the late Prof. Huxley, and was transferred to the British 

 Museum in August, 1880. 



Referring to the notes on the prevalence of anopheline mosquitos in 

 this country, which appeared in The Naturalist for November last, p. 339, 

 Mr. A. J. Grove, c/o The Medical Officer, Local Government Board, 

 Whitehall, S.W. i, is now putting the records together, and would be glad 

 to receive any notes on the subject from readers of this journal. 



The Selborne Society has been incorporated under the Companies' 

 Act, and from a legal standpoint, the Society will become a limited liability 

 company. We understand from The Selborne Magazine for January, 

 that in the event of the winding up of the Society, therefore, each member 

 must contribute a sum not exceeding one of their annual subscriptions. 



The Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist for November contains, 

 among other items, the following : — Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel near 

 Manchester, by T. A. Coward ; Notes on the Local Captures of Longicorn 

 Beetles during 1917, by J. R. Hardy and R. Standen ; Litargus bifasciatus 

 Fab. in Cheshire, by J. R. Hardy ; and ' On the Collection, Taxonomy 

 and Ecology of the Sphagna,' by J. A. Wheldon. 



1918 Feb. 1. 



