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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



The Entomologist for June has an illustrated note on the ' Destruction 

 of Wheat by Wasps,' by F. W. Frohawk. 



No. 66 of The Scottish Naturalist contains a lengthy paper on ' A 

 Chair of Economic Ornithology,' by W. Berry. 



The Scottish Naturalist for May contains a useful ' Check-List of the 

 British Terrestrial Isopoda (Woodlice).' by Walter E. Collinge. 



The New Phytologist (double number) Vol. XVI., Nos. 1 and 2, contains 

 ' Observations on the Evolution of Branching in the Filicales,' by Birbai 

 Salmi. 



In The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for June, Mr. H> Britton 

 describes a new species of Coleoptera, Ptilium asperum. It was taken in 

 an old squirrel's drey in Cumberland. 



In the Selborne Magazine for May, it is recorded that a male Sparrow 

 Hawk, while attempting to carry off a chicken from a hen-coop near a 

 Somerset Rectory, was killed by the old hen. 



The Transactions of the Manchester Geological and Mining Society, Vol. 

 35, pt. 2, has an interesting paper dealing with Old Colliery Machinery, 

 by Mr. W. T. Anderson. It is well illustrated. 



The Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist for May contains the Third 

 Annual Report of the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Committee ; Mr. 

 R. Standen writes on Woodlice, and there are numerous shorter notes. 



The Report of the Corresponding Societies' Committee of the British 

 Association contains a record of the papers and discussions at the Newcastle 

 meeting, also the usual list of the contents of the publications of the 

 the various corresponding Societies. 



In The Geological Magazine for June, Mr. W. D. Lang has a paper 

 ' On some new Cenomanian and Turonian Cheilostome Polyzoa, ' in which 

 he describes a new species from South Elkington, Lines., collected by 

 Mr. C. S. Carter. It is called Tylopora lorea. 



The Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist for April contains many notes 

 bearing upon the natural history of the counties covered by the journal, 

 as well as a paper on the ' Pollination of the Henbane,' by Mr. W. A. 

 Lee, and a report on False Scorpions by Mr. R. Standen. 



We have received the Annual Report of the National Trust for Places 

 of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty. Notwithstanding the strenuous 

 times we are living in, this Society continues to do its very excellent 

 work, which will certainly be much appreciated in the years to come. 



Wild Life for May deals with ' Resting Attitudes of Moths and some 

 Notes on their Habits,' by C. W. Colthrup ; 'Colour in Animals,' by 

 Charles Piatt ; ' Crossbills,' by T. M. Fowler ; ' A Fight between two 

 Gluttons,' by F. D. Welch ; and ' Sexual Selection in Birds,' by Edmund 

 Selous. 



In the Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, No. 80, is printed 

 the Presidential address of Dr. A. Dendy, entitled ' The Chessman Spicule 

 of the Genus Latrunculia : a study in the origin of specific characters ; ' 

 Mr. D. Bryce has ' Notes on the Collection of Bdelloid and other Rotifera ; ' 

 and Mr. C. D. Soar describes ' Two new Species of Hydracarina or Water- 

 mites, Dartia harrisi and Eylais wilsoni.' 



The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 

 for March (Longmans, Green & Co. Vol. 6, No. n, 5/4), contains the 

 following papers : — ' A Rare Forest Francolin,' by Dr. V. G. L. van 

 Someren ; Fishing at Mafia Island,' by C. W. Hobley ; ' The Desiccation 

 of Africa,' by R. L. Harger ; 'Game Fish in Tanaland,' by R. Skene; 

 ' A Natural History Expedition through the Kedong Valley, ' by A. Love- 

 ridge ; in addition to many shorter notes. The first paper is illustrated 

 by a good coloured plate. 



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