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occasionally extending as far as the ventral plates. In Gamasus 
ignotus the dorsal shield is in one piece, ovoid in shape, but 
truncated at the lower edge, and has no line of division passing 
transversely across it. There are, however, two long open 
lines, widest at the outer edge, and curving downwards, and 
ending in a point without reaching the lower edge of the 
shield. If these had been continued until they met they 
would have divided the plate into two unequal and very 
irregularly-shaped portions, or if continued to the edge of the 
plate it would have been divided into three. 
It is this curious formation which had induced me to 
record this specimen. To me it is quite unique, and I have 
not seen any figure or record of such a condition. Mr. Soar’s 
excellent figure, which was made from the mite before it was 
mounted or compressed, makes this explanation quite clear. 
He has also figured the ventral plates, which are sometimes 
considered of importance in classification. The mite was taken 
with other mites at Canwick, near Lincoln, and sent to me 
in December of last year by Mr. Musham, of Selby. 
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In The Entomologist for February, Mr. J. W. H. Harrison has an 
interesting paper on ‘ Friends and Foes of the Conifere.’ 
Richard’s Pipit and the Yellow Browed Warbler in Lincolnshire, 
and the Brent Goose, in Derbyshire, are recorded in British Birds for March. 
Part 26 of Cassell’s Nature Book eontains a well-illustrated article on 
The Bats, by Douglas English. There is also a picture of a stuffed fox 
with a rabbit. 
Mr. H. B. Booth has a note on ‘ Late Stay of the Swifts,’ in the Ivish 
Naturalist for February ; a subject which he dealt with in The Naturalist 
for 1907, pp. III. 
In The Geological Magazine for February, Mr. R. M. Brydone 
writes on ‘ The Proposed recognition of two stages in the English Chalk,’ 
in which he makes many references to Yorkshire. 
A report of the meeting of the Entomological Section of the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union, held at Leeds, on October 19th last, is given by Mr. 
G. T. Porritt in The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine for February. 
In the Geological Magazine for January Dr. T. G. Halle and Prof. 
P.F. Kendall describe the stems and rhizomes of Equtsetites columnartis 
from the Lower Estuarine Sandstone of the Peak, Yorkshire. 
In a paper on ‘Some cases of Plants suppressed by other plants,’ by 
Mr. C. A. M. Lindman, of Stockholm, in The New Phvtologi-t for January, 
reference is made to the gigantic form of Pleridium aquilinum at Honley,. 
Yorkshire. 
Under the head of ‘ Announcements,’ in Nature Study, No. 4. we learn 
‘our visit to the Skipton Adult school on December 14th and 15th was a 
great success. The Bird Picture Post Cards were eagerly sought. The 
Art Master sent for a dozen. One boy, Owen Jennings, has been copying 
them. . . . . We give prizes for such work when a member if (szc) 
the family is a subscriber to Nature Study.’ . . . . Another letter, 
from Accrington, says ‘‘ There is only one S.L.M. in the world, and there 
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will never be another.”’. 
- Naturalist, 
