304 News from the Magazines, etc. 



' What is Religion ? ' ; 'To the Bereaved ' ; ' Germans and the Mem- 

 orial ' ; ' Happiness and Music ' ; ' What are Dreams,' and ' Our Age of 

 Unrest' are the titles of articles in 'The Meaning of Life,' edited by 

 Mr. Robinson, who has edited a series of magazines dealing with ' popular ' 

 natural history. 



In The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, No. 638, Mr. M. Cameron 

 points out that a specimen found in Cumberland by Mr. Day, and des- 

 cribed by Mr. Joy as Trogophlocus hemerinus, is really T. 'schneideri. 

 In the same journal Mr. J. Murray records Ceuthorrhynchus alliarice 

 Bris. in Cumberland. 



Among the contents of The Entomologist's Record for July and August, 

 we notice ' The Genus Hesperia, ' by T. A. Chapman ; ' The Coloration 

 Problem,' by W. P. Curtis ; ' Notes on the Coleophoridse, ' by H. J. Turner ; 

 ' Erebia zapateri, ' by T. A. Chapman, and ' The British Psychides, ' by 

 C. R. N. Burrows. There are several plates. 



Among the contents of The Entomologist' s Magazine for August, we 

 notice ' Excessive abundance of the larvae of Ckaraeas graminis in June, 

 19 1 7,' by Mr. G. T. Porritt ; ' Remarks on the Biology of Charaeas gram- 

 inis, by Dr. A. D. Imms, and a note on two Dragon-flies (Leucorrhinia 

 dubia and Agrion pulchellum) new to Cumberland, by Mr. F. H. Day. 



Nature refers to the recent death of Dr. C. O. Trechmann, of Castle 

 Eden, who was born at Hartlepool in 1851. Dr. Trechmann took a keen 

 interest in mineralogy and crystallography, and had a fine collection of 

 crystals, the best of which were bequeathed to the British Museum. A 

 sulpharsenate of silver, trechmannite, which he discovered, was named 

 after him. 



Wild Life for July is again delightful. A. B. Wingman writes 

 ' Concerning the Bittern ' ; F. D. Welch on ' Old Age Coloration in some 

 Mammals ' ; C. W. Colthorp on ' Resting Attitudes of Moths, and some 

 Notes on their Habits ' ; E. E. Pettitt ' Notes on the Common Gull in 

 East Sutherland,' and Jasper Atkinson on 'The Greater Black-backed 

 Gull.' There are also shorter notes, and the usual fine plates. 



British Birds for July, besides containing many notes on birds, contains 

 another sheaf of Sussex records. A Red Breasted Flycatcher was shot at 

 Rye in October, 19 16 ; a Dusky Warbler was shot in the same month at 

 West St. Leonards, and is said to be the second British specimen ; an 

 Orphean Warbler was shot in September, 19 16, at West St. Leonards, and 

 is said to be the fifth recorded English specimen ; an American Golden 

 Plover was shot at Rye in the same month. All, of course, were ' examined 

 in the flesh ' at the time. 



Among the contents of The New Phytologist, Vol. XVI., Nos. 5 and 6, 

 we notice ' The Syrphid visitors to certain flowers,' by E. and H. Drabble ; 

 ' The Physiology of Parasitism,' by W. Brown, ' Recent work on Trans- 

 piration, ' by R. C. Knight ; ' The Discharge of Spores of Leptosphceria 

 acuta,' by W. J. Hodgetts ; 'The Distribution of Sexes in Myrica gale,' 

 by A. J. Davey and C. M. Gibson; ' Radical Leaves of Parnassl» pahistris 

 and Valeriana dioica,' by H. S. Thompson; and a Memoir on ' Ruth 

 Holden (1890-1917),' by A. C. Ssward. 



British Birds for August, contains ' Field Notes on the Nesting of the 

 Hobby' by the late Capt. C. S. Meares ; ' The Moults and Sequence of 

 Plumages of the British Waders,' by Miss A. C. Jackson. There are also 

 a number of shorter notes, among which are the usual belated Sussex 

 records. A male Bonoparte's Sandpiper was shot at Rye, in April, 1916. 

 It was duly ' examined in the flesh ' at the time, and is now recorded. It 

 is difficult to understand why all these rare Sussex specimens should 

 almost invariably remain unrecorded over a year — unless — ? 



