288 Northern A'cii}s. 



Mydea nigritella Zll. This is a doubtful identification. The spur at the 

 inner apex of the hind femora is not present, but otherwise the speci- 

 mens agree with Zetterstedt's description oi nigritella. 



Cosnosia tricolor Ztt. There is no tricolor Ztt. in Verrall's list, but he 

 has tricolor Meade apparently as a synonyme for elegantiila Rnd. 

 Meade has no tricolor Meade, but has tricolor Ztt., under the sfenus 

 Hoploofaster. Herr Stein, of Genthin, assures me that it is certainly 

 C. tricolor Ztt., the same as he wrote about in the Wiener Ent. Zeitung- 

 for 1897, page 30, and probably the same as Meade's H. tricolor Ztt., 

 but different from C. elegantiila Rnd., which he also confirmed for me. 



Lisporephala alma Mg'. New to the British list apparently. The iden- 

 tification is Herr Stein's. 



Helomyza UStulata Mg. This, I believe, is very rare in England, but it 

 is well marked, and Mr. Collins confirmed my determination. The 

 specimen is now in Mr. Verrall's collection. 



Helomyza parva Lw. This is a somewhat doubtful identification as the 

 specimen is in bad condition. 



Phytomyza fuscula Ztt. This is not in the British list, but m\- specimens, 

 which were bred from mined Cineraria leaves, ag'ree well with Zetter- 

 stedt's description. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



The Harrog-ate Corporation has g'ranted the use of the Winter Gardens 

 for the purposes of a museum. 



. Mr. E. Hawkesworth has been elected president of the Leeds Geologfical 

 Association. 



A fine female Badg-er, measuring; 3 ft. from nose to tail, was caught near 

 Market Rasen on 25th May, according; to 'The Eastern Morning- News. " 



Mr. T. A. Coward contributes ' Bird Notes from Cheshire during- the 

 Winter of 1902-1903' to the May ' Zoolog-ist.' 



George Wilkinson, one of the most daring- of the ' dimmers' at Speeton, 

 and well known to Yorkshire ornithologists, committed suicide earlv in 

 May. 



The 'Sixty-ninth Annual Report of Bootham School (York) Natural 

 History, etc.. Society, January 1903,' is to hand. It is pleasing to find 

 a school doing- so much to further the study of Natural History. The 

 Report contains much useful information under the heads o( Botany, 

 Conchology, Entomologfy, Ornithology, etc., which should not be over- 

 looked by those interested in these subjects. 



Judging- from the Report of the annual meeting of the Grimsby 

 Naturalists' Society, recently held, the Grimsby naturalists are in a flourish- 

 ing condition. This will probably remain so as long- as Mr. A. Smith is the 

 secretary. 



Notes on Cumberland Coleoptera, by H. Britten, and F. H. Day, appear 

 in the June ' Entomologists' Record.' 



The g-eolog:y of the country near Leicester, by C. Fox-Strang;ways, has 

 just been issued by the Geolog-ical Survey. 



The Annual Report of the Selborne Society refers to the purchase of 

 Brandelhow, on the shores of Derwentwater, by the National Trust ; this 

 estate of over 100 acres is now secured for public use. 



Messrs. Blackie & Son have published an official Report of the Nature 

 Study Exhibition and Conferences, held at London in July and Aug-ust last. 

 Besides the reports of the meetings, etc., the book contains the addresses 

 of Prof. Miall and Miss Mary Simpson, of the Yorkshire Colleg-e, and others 

 well known to our readers. 



