-212 III Memoriam : Chas. Fox-Strangways. 



Railway between Lincoln and Chesterfield ' (1898) ; ' Notes 

 on Spitsbergen and Iceland ' (1900) ; ' Excursion to Scar- 

 borough ' (1903) ; ' Excursion to Whitby ' (1904) ; ' Geology 

 of North-East Yorkshire in relation to the Water Supply of 

 the District.'* 



Mr. Fox-Strangways was of a retiring disposition, and shrank 

 from taking a very prominent part in connection with the work, 

 ■of the various scientific societies with which he was connected. 

 An exception was made with the Leicester Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society, however, where he took a keen interest in 

 the meetings and excursions — the Society even extending its 

 excursions to the Yorkshire coast under his guidance. 



Mr. Fox-Strangways was not one to court friendship, but 

 those who knew him best appreciated him most. The loss of 

 his quiet presence from amongst us will be peculiarly felt by 

 Yorkshire geologists, on whom his example and his instruction 

 have had far greater influence than they themselves are some- 

 times aware. 



T. S. 



Messrs. G. E. W. Young and W. Wright have issued a useful ' Classified 

 Index to the Contents of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association,' 

 Vols. I. to XX. 



In the ' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society ' for February 

 Mr. S. S. Buckman has an interesting paper on ' The Jurassic Strata of 

 South Dorset,' in which he compares the beds of that country with those 

 -of North-East Yorkshire. 



We regret to note the deaths of INIr. G. W. Kirkaldy, a well-known 

 entomologist ; the Rev. Henry Charles Lang, who published ' The Butter- 

 flies of Europe ' in parts, in the early 'eighties ; Basil G. Nevinson, who 

 published a Revised Synonomic list of the genus Phanaus in 1892 ; and 

 ■George C. Bignell, who wrote a number of papers on the Ichneumons, etc., 

 •of Devon. 



In the April ' Journal of Conchology ' is Lieut.-Col. Godwin-Austen's 

 Presidential Address entitled, ' The Importance of the Animal in the 

 Land Mollusca, shown by certain Evolutionary Stages in some Genera of 

 the Zonitidae,' which is well illustrated. There is also an important paper 

 by Mr. J. Davy Dean, on ' Periodic \'ariation in Limnaea pereger,' and ^Ir. 

 •C. Oldham writes on ' The Range of Pisidium supiniim.' 



We have received from the West Australian Museum and Art Gallery, 

 Vol. I., Part I., of their Records, which contains a valuable paper by Mr. 

 L. Glauert, formerly of Sheffield. This deals with ' The Mammoth Cave,' 

 iind contains a detailed description of the remains of the Phascolomys 

 hacketti, a new species of Wombat. Mr. B. H. Woodward contributes an 

 ' Introduction to Fossil INIarsupials of Western Australia,' and there are 

 some interesting museum notes. Mr. Glauert's paper is illustrated by a 

 number of excellent plates. 



* References to these papers will be found in the Bibliographies prepared 

 by the present writer, and published in The Naturalist or in the Transac- 

 tions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



Naturalist, 



