Proceedings of Provincial Scientific Societies, 341 



Mycodiplosis sp. Feeding on Puccinia suavolens on common thistle. 

 Not rare near Middlesbrough. 



Massalongia rubra Kieff. On midrib and nerves of Betiila leaves. Com- 

 mon enough in birch woods in the Clevelands. 



Group PORRICONDYLARIAE. 



Dirhiza rhodophila Hardy. Like Peyrisia rosarum ; larvae white. Great 



Ayton . 



Species at present without names. 

 Cecidomyidarinn sp. Galling acorns of several oak species and preventing 



their development. Easby, Kildale, Lonsdale. 

 C. sp. On fruit and ifowei^s of Atriplex patitla. Redcar. 

 C. sp. On Achillea Ptarmica near Leeds. The only known examples. 



[We have not listed species noted by other authors, most 

 of which are very common, nor have we elaborated a long 

 list of Cecidomyidarum spp.] 



The Geological Society of London has issued its Abstracts oj Proceed- 

 ings, Nos. 1059-1074 fill pp., 6/-.) 



A report on the Society's Long Excursion to the Lake District, by 

 J. F. N. Green, and a paper on The Geology of Jersey, by G. H. Plymen, 

 are among the contents of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 

 Vol. XXXIL, Pt. 3. 



Among the contents of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries 

 of London, Vol. XXXIL, just published, is Sir Hercules Read's Presi- 

 dential Address to the Society, and a suggestive paper on ' The Chronology 

 of Flint Daggers,' in which many East Yorkshire examples are figured, 

 by Reginald Smith. 



The Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club has published its Record 

 ■of Bare Facts for 1920 (45 pp). In this compact form the Club places 

 on record a wealth of information on the various aspects of the fauna 

 and flora of its area ; there are also valuable meteorological reports. 

 The record is well edited and well produced. 



Besides a lengthy report on the Birds of Epping Forest, and a paper 

 on Birds in Andalusia, by H. K. Swann, and reports on Archaeology, 

 Botany, Lepidoptera, Birds and Plant Galls, the Transactions of the 

 London Natural History Society for 1920 (42 pp., 3/-), contains details 

 of the Society's work during the year. The record is a good one. 



Among the contents of The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture for 

 August are : ' The Effect of Chalk on the Cultivation of Heavy Land,' 

 by E. J. Russell and B. A. Keen ; ' Besom ^Making in Derbyshire and 

 Nottinghamshire,' by H. FitzRandolph ; ' The Grey Field Slug,' by 

 H. W. Miles ; and ' Eradicating Gall Mite from Black Currant Stocks,' 

 by H. Goude. 



We see from The Proceedings of the Linnean Society (p. 21) that ' On 

 December 12th, 1817, Mr. Koenig reconamended the Trustees (of the 

 British Museum) to purchase the pioneer geological collection of William 

 Smith, and assured them that he had discussed the subject with Sir 

 Joseph Banks, and availed himsel of Sir Joseph's superior insight into 

 these matters.' 



The Fiftieth Annual Report of the Bradford Libraries, Art Gallery and 

 Museum Committee contains a record of the popularity of the Boiling 

 Hall Museum, the Cartwright Memorial Hall and the Natural History 

 Museum. The frontispiece represents an oak cupboard which is said to 

 have stood ' for centuries ' in an old farmhouse near Hebden Bridge, 

 though the date upon it, even if genuine, shows that it is less than three 

 centuries old. 



1921 Oct. 1 



