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it differs from the othes two—at all events, it appears that three 
species are already known, viz :-— 
1. Katontana plumitpes—Lucas. 
2: = plumifer—Birula. 
a ee halleri—Banks. 
Possibly other species may eventually be discovered. It does 
not seem certain what the sex of the mite is. Cambridge con- 
siders his to be an adult female; the situation of the genital 
aperture, however, appears to me to be peculiar, certainly 
different from the female Rhyncholophus described in my 
previous notes. See ‘The Naturalist’ for July 1907, p. 260. 
i pe 
We regret to record the death of Mr. J. Romilly Allen. F.S.A., for many 
years editor of the ‘ Reliquary.’ 
A portrait of the late J. F. Walker of York, together with a lengthy 
memoir, appears in the August ‘ Geological Magazine.’ 
Mr. Alexander Ramsay continues to publish his remarkable ‘ Scientific 
Roll and Magazine of Systematised Notes,’ Bacteria, Vol. II., No. 19, deal- 
ing’ with Vital Chemistry :—General, Acetates, Acids, has "recently been 
received. 
Mr. E. A. Martin, F.G.S., favours us with a reprint of his interesting 
article on ‘ Dewponds’ ; and from Mr. Joseph Kenworthy we have receiv ed 
a reprint of his notes on ‘ Antiquities of Bolderstone and Neighbourhood,’ 
in which some British Cinerary urns, etc., are figured and described. 
The late Mark Stirrup has bequeathed to the Museum of the Manchester 
University specimens of voleanic rocks and fossils; £1000 for the main- 
tenance of a geological and palzeontological collection ; and £1500 for the 
foundation of a paleontological scholarship, tenable for two years by any- 
one who has studied in the university. 
Referring to the note on the Bramble Finch near Halifax (‘ Naturalist, 
August, p. 291), Mr. Fred*Stubbs of Oldham informs us that in May last he 
liberated a male brambling, which remained in the district two or three 
days, and was singing in an adjacent garden. He suggests that the 
Halifax bird may have been an escape. 
In the ‘Reliquary’ for July, Mr. E. Howarth describes and figures a 
pre-Norman cross-shaft at Sheffield. It appears to have been made from 
the local Carboniferous sandstone, and at one time did duty as a hardening 
trough ina cutler’s shop. The representation of an archer on the Sheffield 
cross is ‘not devoid of natural anatomy,’ as are so many figures on crosses 
of the period, 
The Council of the Leeds University has appointed Dr. Walter Garstang 
to the Professorship of Zoology, and Mr. V. H. Blackman to the Professor- 
ship of Botany, the two chairs which are to take the place of the Professor- 
ship of Biology hitherto held by Professor Miall. The Council has also 
appointed Miss Alice M. Cooke lecturer in history, in association with 
Professor Grant. 
Sir Joseph Hooker, G.C.S.I., C.B., F.R.S., who celebrated his ninetieth 
birthday on June goth, has been appointed by the King to the Order ot 
Merit. Sir Joseph first gained fame by his work in the Antarctic, whither 
he accompanied Sir James Ross as botanist. Later he became the pioneer 
of Himalayan exploration, and was rewarded with a knighthood. He 
succeeded his father as director of Kew Gardens in 1865, “and held that 
post for twenty years. He was an intimate friend of Darwin. 
1907 October 1. 
