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Urocystis Schrot., on Ranunculus repens, A. 



Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Lev., on wild roses, A, S. 



Erysiphe graminis D.C., on cereals, T, S. 



E. Polygoni D.C., on vetches, T. 



Claviceps purpurea {Ft.) Tul., on rye, S. 



Ciliaria scutellata (L.) Quel., on damp decaying wood, A. 



Helotium virgultorum (Wahl.) Karst., on damp decaying wood, A. 



Dasycypha virginea (Batsch) Fr., on damp decaying wood, A. 

 *Oidium alphitoides Griff, et Maulb., on leaves of oak, A. 



Cladosporium herbarium (Pers.) Link., on wheat, and Typha, 

 T, A. 

 *Macrosporium Brassicae Berk., on herbaceous stems, A. 



Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenb., on herbaceous stems, A. 

 *Thamnidium elegans Link., on caterpillar excreta, A. 



{To be continued). 



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Camping, the organ of the Camping Club, reaches us regularl}^ and 

 is as useful as ever. 



Prof. W. W. Watts, F.R.S., has an article on ' The Universities 

 and Technological Education ' in Nature for August 4th. 



Notes on Amphidasys douhledayaria in the Isle of Man, and on Por- 

 thesia similis in Cumberland, appear in The Entomologist for September. 



Heptaulacus villosus Gyll, and other Coleoptera in North Yorkshire, 

 is the title of a note in The Entomologist' s Monthly Magazine for Septem- 

 ber. 



J. L. lUingworth has an interesting paper on ' Moorland Vegetation ' 

 in The Olicanian (the magazine of the Ilkley Grammar School), No. 3 

 of vol. XXII. 



Among the contents of The Scottish Naturalist for July, we notice 

 the ' Report on Scottish Ornithology in 1920, including Migration,' by 

 E. V. Baxter and L. J. Rintoul. 



'Osmotic Pressure, Root Pressure and Exudation,' by V. H. Black- 

 man, and ' The Reversal of Geotropic Response in the Stem,' by M. J. 

 Lynn, occur in The New Phytologist for August 19th. 



The Mineralogical Magazine, No. 93, contains a Memoir on the late 

 Sir Lazarus Fletcher (with portrait), by Sir Henry A. Miers ; and a paper 

 on the Crumlin (Co. Antrim) Meteorite, written by Sir Lazarus. 



We learn from Nature of August nth that ' the smallest rainfall for 

 the twelve months is iiins., at Howden, Yorkshire, and this is stated 

 as quite without precedent in the United Kingdom, so far as can be 

 seen at present.' 



Water for July 20 contains a report of the recent conference of Water 

 Engineers at Hull, including 'The Water Supply of Lincoln,' by C. 

 Horobin, and 'Spurn Point and the Lost Towns of the Humber, ' by T. 

 Sheppard, with discussions. 



The Vasculum for August contains 'A simple Fungus Parasite,' by 

 A. W. Bartlett ; 'Graphite,' by J. A. Smythe ; 'Eagles in Northum- 

 berland, etc ; and Female Birds Assimilating the Male in Plumage,' 

 "by G. Bolam ; 'Some observations on our Reptiles,' by C. Robson, 

 and various notes and records. 



The September issue of Conquest (No. 11, Vol. II., i/-), contains, 

 amongst others, the following : — 'The Hot Springs of Bath,' ' Professor 

 Bragg's Apparatus for the Analysis of Crystals,' ' Tea,' ' How Golf 

 Balls are Made,' ' The Salving of Sunken Treasure,' ' Otters,' by R. I. 

 Pocock, F.R.S. ; ' How Black Moths came to Britain,' by H. Onslow; 

 and a review of the first volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society 

 of Edinburgh, taken from an old magazine dated 1788. 



1921 Oct. 1 



