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* Some New Mites,' and ' Upper Teesdale Place-Names,' 

 all by J. E. Hull ; ' Some Notes on the Flora "of Upper 

 Teesdale,' by G. W. Temperley and R. B. Cooke ; ' Lizards 

 and Slow-worms,' etc., by G. Bolam ; ' Recent Work on 

 Isotopes,' by A. Fleck; 'Contributions towards a Knowledge 

 of the Collembola,' by R. S. Bagnall ; ' The Variation of 

 Primula farinosa,' by J. W. H. Harrison. 



THE GENUS ' TAENIOCAMPA.' 



A meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological 

 Society was held at Liverpool recently. A discussion on 

 ' The Genus Taeniocampa ' was opened by the Rev, F, M. B. 

 Carr, who exhibited his collection of this genus in illustration 

 of his remarks. He also showed photographs of the ova of 

 the different species, by Mr. A. E. Tonge, Reigate. The 

 following members took part in the discussion and exhibited 

 their series of the Taeniocampidae — Mr. S. Gordon Smith, 

 vars. of T . gothica ; Mr. W. A. Tyerman, T. opima from 

 Wallasey, selected from a large number bred by himself. 

 At Eccleston Mere, where nearly all the sallows grow in the 

 water, Dr. J. Cotton had noticed that the moths which fell 

 into the water when the bushes were shaken had no difficulty 

 in swimming to the bank. The President described several 

 of the best known localities for Taeniocampidae such as York, 

 Hereford, Lakeside, etc., and remarked on the tendency of 

 T. miniosa to cannibalism when the larvae were too closely 

 crowded in confinement. Mr. Tait also exhibited Asphalia 

 diluta, Epunda nigra, Polia chi and Anchocelis rufina from 

 Lakeside and Polia fiavocincta from S. Devon, 



THE CISSBURY EARTHWORK. 



The famous prehistoric earthwork at Cissbury is to become 

 the property of the nation, and the National Trust is asking 

 for subscriptions for its purchase, and we hope there will be 

 a ready response to the appeal. The Sussex Herald for March 

 12th contains an article entitled ' Is Cissbury Roman ? 

 which is correctly described as ' a startling theory.' This 

 has evoked a reply in the issue for March 26th from ' British,' 

 the style of which seems familiar. 'British'' states: — 



A REMARKABLE THEORY, 



What Mr, H. S. Toms, the writer of the article in the 

 Herald of March 12th, describes as a ' remarkable con- 

 clusion ' is not remarkable at all. The only remarkable 

 thing about it, in view of the fact that Mr, Toms has had 

 practical experience in excavating prehistoric sites (so he 

 tells us) is, that he should come to any such absurd conclusion 

 on such slender evidence. One might just as well say that it 



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