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Unfortunately only four of the pupz produced insects. One or 
two of the cocoons showed signs of a coming emergence, the 
lids turning yellowish, but nothing further resulted. 
I am afraid these few notes are very imperfect, but I found 
the study of these Chrysopide so interesting that I hope at 
some future time to be fortunate enough to again have the 
chance of investigating their life history. 
Should any readers of these pages obtain ova which they do 
not require, I should be very glad if they would send them 
to me, particularly those of other species than the above. 
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The editor of the Wuseum Gazette does not mind confessing that thus 
far the journal threatens to involve a larger loss than is pleasant. 
A marine laboratory is to be erected at Cullercoats, at a cost of £3000, 
by Mr. Hudleston, who has agreed to let it to the Armstrong College at a 
yearly rental of 3 per cent. on his outlay. 
Prof. E. B. Poulton has a lengthy and valuable paper on ‘ Predaceous 
Insects and their Prey,’ in the ‘Transactions of the Entomological Society 
of London,’ recently published. It occupies over 80 pages. 
We are pleased to note that Dr. W. E. Hoyle, of the Manchester Museum, 
is to be the President of Section D (Zoology) at the next meeting of the 
British Associations at Leicester. Prof. J. W. Gregory will preside over 
Section C (Geology). 
In a recent East Yorkshire paper it is recorded that two ducks were shot 
lately with one barrel. One of the ducks was found to have a trout in its 
bill which weighed one and a half pounds! It is not stated what was in 
the bill of the other bird. Probably a fib! 
Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S., favours us with a reprint of his ‘ Notes on 
the Occurrence of Stone Implements in the Valley of the Zambesi around 
Victoria Falls,’ which have recently appeared in the Journal of the Anthropo- 
logical Institute. The specimens in question were collected in the Zambesi 
district by the author in 1905. 
The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has received information that 
the American Gooseberry mildew (Spherotheca mors-uve@)has been discovered 
in more than one place in England, and as there is reason to believe that the 
disease, in at least one case, is of some years’ standing, they think it desirable 
to warn all fruit-growers of the dangers involved. Particulars of methods to 
be adopted to eradicate the pest can be obtained free on application to the 
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 
The Rev. J. Conway Walter of Langthorpe sends us a pamphlet con- 
taining two poems, (1) ‘ The Destruction of St. Peter’s Church, Mablethorpe, 
by the Sea, in 1287,’ and (2) ‘The Old Black Oak, or a Fenland Record.’ 
As regard the first, it is an attempt to represent in rhyme a catastrophe ia 
local history, of which no full and connected account has yet been published. 
We learn that on January ist, 1287 :— 
‘The night, it was dark; and the wind, it howled, 
On Malbertoft’s desolate shore. 
Above the storm-ridden heaven's scowled ; 
Below was the breaker’s roar.’ ete. 
Mr. W. J. P. Burton has an interesting paper on ‘The Ancient Volcanoes 
of Derbyshire’ in the ‘Transactions of the Burton-on-Trent Natural History 
and Archzological Society,’ recently issued. The same publication contains 
a paper dealing with the ‘Nests and Eggs of Local Birds’ (Burton-on- 
Trent), by Mr. C. Hanson. 
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