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 NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



The Museums Journal for July contains a paper on ' Preparation of 

 Plants for Exhibition,' by C. E. Jones. 



The Entomologist's Record for September contains some ' Further 

 Notes on the Earwig,' by Dr. Chapman. 



In The Irish Naturalist for September, Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger has an 

 illustrated paper on ' Equisetum litorale in Ireland. 



In The Entomologist' s Monthly Magazine for September, Mr. E. E. 

 Green gives ' Observations on British Coccidae ; with description of new 

 species. ' 



In The Journal of Conchology for August, Mr. A. E. Boycott has a note 

 entitled ' Where is the Male of Paludestrina fenkinsi ? ' and Mr. J. T. Mar- 

 shall gives ' Additions to British Conchology.' 



In The Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist for July Mr. R. S. Bagnall 

 has some notes on ' Lancashire Myriapoda New to Britain.' He also writes 

 on ' The Symphyla of Lancashire and Cheshire.' 



Mr. F. Pitt gives ' Some Notes and Observations on the Mole in 

 Captivity,' and Mr. L. H. Huie has ' Some Notes on the Microscopical 

 Preparation of Insects,' in The Scottish Naturalist for September. 



The Entomologist for September contains ' Contributions to our 

 Knowledge of the British Braconids, No. 3, — Microgasteridae.' by G. T. 

 Lyle ; and ' British Odonata in 1916,' by W. J. Lucas. The latter includes 

 many northern records. 



In The Selborne Magazine for September, the Rev. E. A. Woodruff e- 

 Peacock, writing on 'The Means of Plant Dispersal,' states: — 'People 

 will " pull your leg " if they can — a " scientific leg " is irresistible and 

 fair game. " They are so dully knowing, these naturalists." ' 



We learn from Nature that ' The first part of a Bibliography of Fishes,' 

 the work of Dr. Bashford Dean and Dr. C. R. Eastman, has just been pub- 

 lished by the American Museum of Natural History. It consists of the 

 first instalment (A to K) of a list of titles of papers, arranged under author's 

 names, and is a large octavo volume of 718 pages. 



Wild Life for August includes the following well illustrated papers : — 

 ' On the Present Status of the Wryneck ; Abnormal Colouration in 

 Mammals,' by Dr. F. D. Welch ; ' The Currant, or Magpie, Moth,' by 

 C. W. Colthrup ; ' Resting Attitudes of Moths, and some Notes on their 

 Habits,' by C. W. Colthrup ; ' Notes on the Yellow Wagtail,' by E. Eykyn ; 

 ' Sexual Selection in Birds,' by Edmund Selous. 



The Geological Magazine for September, contains the following papers — 

 ' Notes on the Pycnodont Fishes,' by A. Smith Woodward ; ' Morphology 

 of the Echinoidea and their Allies,' by H. L. Hawkins ; ' Evidence of 

 Charnian Movement in East Kent,' by H. E. Baker; ' Albite-Granophyre, 

 etc., of Carrock Fell,' by A. Holmes; ' The Fossils of the East Anglian 

 Boxstones, ' by Alfred Bell ; ' Mammalian bones from the London District, ' 

 by A. Smith Woodward. 



We obtain the following from The Entomologist' s Record for September : 

 ' Aught of the potato seems to attract the attention of many just now. 

 A correspondent's box was put in our hands the other day, on the lid of 

 which was pasted the following paragraph : — " The Potato Bug. — Here 

 (observes a Canadian contemporary) is a good thing on the Colorado 'tater- 

 bug.' Three men comparing notes — one says : " There are two bugs 

 to every stalk." A second says : " They have cut down my early crops 

 and are sitting on the fence, waiting for my late crop to come up," and 

 " Pshaw ! " says the third, " you know nothing about it. I passed a 

 seed store the other day, and saw the bugs looking over the books to see 

 who had purchased seed potatoes." 



1917 Oct. 1. 



