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 NEWS FROM THE MAGAZIlSiES. 



We regret to learn that the publication of Wild Life is suspended for 

 the time being. 



' The Convolvulus Hawk-moth in Ireland ' is the title of a paper in 

 The Irish Naturalist for June. 



Mr. J. Davy Dean favours us with a copy of his paper on ' The Clausium 

 in Alopia, a Sub-Genus of Clausilia,' reprinted from The Journal of Con- 

 chology. 



The Entomologist for June contains an illustrated article on ' Contri- 

 butions to our Knowledge of the British Braconidae,' by G. T. Lyle, and 

 ' Notes on the Spring Appearance of Some Insects in Yorkshire.' 



Dugald Macintyre gives ' Some New Facts about Grit,' in British Birds 

 for June. There are also notes on the Reappearance of Fieldfares ; 

 Black-necked Grebe in Westmorland, and Black Grouse in North Lincoln- 

 shire. 



Prof. G. Elliott Smith has a paper on ' The Teaching of Anatomy ' 

 in The Edinburgh Medical Journal ' for March, 1918, in which he appeals 

 for a revision of the old forms of teaching, and points out lines on which 

 improvements might be made. 



In Man for June, Prof. Boyd Dawkins draws attention to an illustrated 

 article on Maltese Cart Ruts, in which certain deep furrows are described 

 as having been made by vehicles during the Neolithic Age. Prof. Dawkins 

 states that without doubt these grooves are not artificial, but caused by 

 the weathering of the rocks, under perfectly natural conditions, and that 

 they have no archaeological significance. 



The Journal of the Marine Biological Association for May contains 

 ■' The Food of Post-Larval Fish,' and ' Trematode Larva from Buccinum 

 undatum, and Notes on Trematodes from Post-Larval Fish,' both by 

 Marie V. Lebour ; ' A Prehminary Account of the Production of Annual 

 Rings in the Scales of Plaice and Flounders,' by D. Ward Cutler ; ' A List 

 of the Maritime, Sub-Maritime and Coast-frequenting Coleoptera of South 

 Devon and South Cornwall, with especial reference to the Plymouth 

 District,' by James H. Keys, as well as the report of the Council for 1917. 



Science Progress for April, helps us with the usual summaries of recent 

 Scientific research. Dr. J. W. Evans writes on ' The Fluviatile Theory of 

 the Origin of the Old Red Sandstone,' and there is a remarkable illustrated 

 paper by Major R. A. Marriott on ' The Downs and the Escarpments of 

 the Weald : a New View of their Geological History,' in which he states 

 that a better explanation than that usually adopted lies in the by no means 

 improbable fact that this mountainous mass of chalk [over the Weald] had 

 never any existence. This explanation has the merit of providing a 

 simpler and perfectly intelligible stage-setting to begin with, while it 

 affords a clear grasp of the probable changes throughout the history of 

 the Weald.' The idea is not new, and we don't think Major Marriott will 

 get many converts. 



The Journal of the Northants Natural History Society and Field Club 

 for 191 7 is rather thinner than usual, as might be expected from the times 

 we live in, extra cost of printing, etc. ; nevertheless the four parts pub- 

 lished contain many valuable papers bearing upon the natural history of 

 the County, among which we notice ' Early Man in Northamptonshire,' 

 ' The River System of Northamptonshire,' and reports on Meteorology 

 and other subjects. The Magazine now has a new cover, upon which is 

 a design showing a typical piece of Northamptonshire, ' embracing nearly 

 all the sections of the Society's work — archaeology, botany, entomology, 

 geology, meteorology and ornithology ; as well as illustrating sky, land 

 and water ; hill, valley and river ; wood, field and lane ; village, church 

 and mansion ; and industry by ricks, a smoking chimney and canal 

 transport.' 



. 1918 July 1. 



