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d'orbigny. 

 Mr. E. Heron- Allen favours us with a copy of his Presidential 

 Address to the Royal Microscopical Society* on ' Alcide 

 d'Orbigny : his Life and Work.' d'Orbigny, whose work 

 among the Foraminifera brought him to the front rank of 

 naturalists, was born in 1802, and died at the comparatively 

 early age of fifty-five. Mr. Heron-Allen has spent much 

 research in connection with his theme, and illustrates his 

 address by portraits, views of d'Orbigny's birthplace, his 

 microscope, etc. There are also some remarkably fine coloured 

 plates of Foraminifera. 



A FISHERIES MUSEUM. 



The Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Fisheries and 

 Shipping, Hull, has just reached its fifth edition. It tells 

 much about the old whaling days. There are four pages of 

 particulars of exhibits added since the previous edition was 



published. The objects shown in this Museum illustrate the 

 growth and evolution of the fishing and shipping industiies 

 from the earliest times. One of the illustrations, showing 

 a Roman enamelled brooch in the form of a fish, is given here- 

 with. The original was found in North Lincolnshire a few 

 years ago. 



LITERATURE OF BRITISH DIPTERA. 



Mr. Percy H. Grimshaw of the Royal Scottish Museum, 

 favours us with a copy of his Vice-Presidential address to the 

 Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh,! the subject being 

 ' A Guide to the Literature of British Diptera.' Those who 

 may have been under the impression that there is a paucity 

 of literature dealing with the Diptera will be disilusionised 

 on perusing these pages. Mr. Grimshaw enumerates over 

 four hundred works, and he promises to publish a supplement 

 with further information shortly. Due importance is attached 



* Joum. Roy. Micro. Soc, 1917, pp. 1-105. 



f Printed in the Society's Proceedings, Vol. XX., Part 2, pp. 78-117. 2/-. 



1917 May 1. 



