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At a recent meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entoniolog-ical 

 Society, Dr. J. Cotton exhibited a long' series of Tripha'iia fimbria and 

 T. proniiba. The series rejDresented the ranjjfe of valuation as met with 

 in the St. Helens district very fully, the rarest form shewn being- of 

 a iMiicolorous dull brown with none of the usual marking's visible. 



We much regret to record the dealli of Mr. (i. \V. Lether, of Scarborougfh. 

 Mr. Lether was a keen g^eologist and knew ev'ery quarry and section for miles 

 around, and was exceptionally familiar with the various fossils found therein. 

 He frequently oblig^ed the Yorkshire and other societies b}- conducting them 

 round the quarries when they visited the Scarborough district. 



A ' Nature-Study ' Conference was held at the Keighley Museum on 

 March 31st. A special collection of specimens illustrating the natural 

 history of Airedale was on view. Mr. A.. E. Benney read a paper entitled 

 ' Pleasures and Benefits of Nature Study," and Mr. S. L. Mosley, the 

 Curator, read notes on ' Our Museum : Past .Achievements and ^'uture 

 Ideals. 



We notice in the current Bradford Scientific Journal that a writer is 

 there criticising an ' unfortunate inaccurracy ' which is alleg'ed to have 

 appeared in the ' Naturalist ' in reference to taking a nightingale's nest near 

 Selby. \\'hether the nest and eggs were ' stolen ' or not, perhaps it will be 

 admitted that at any rate one of the egfgs was subsequently stolen — properly 

 ' stolen " this time, from Bradford ! 



With the ' Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society — Session 

 1904-5,' this society commences its tenth volume. Among-st the papers are 

 'Some Geological Problems in South-West Lancashire" (President's 

 address) by T. H. Cope ; ' The Glacial Geology of .Anglesey,'" by W. 

 P2dwards ; ' Notes on Some Specimens of Lancashire Boulder-clay," T. 

 Mellard Reade ; ' Notes on a Recently Explored F"ault-Fissure on Ingle- 

 borough,' by H. Brodrick ; and ' .Sands and Sediments," b\- T. M. Reade 

 and P. Holland. 



.Amongst the many valuable notes appearing- in the .April Bradfiird 

 Scientific Jotirnah the following may be referred to on account of their local 

 interest : Obituary notice of the late William Cudworth ; The Wild Boar and 

 its Associations; Return of Local Gulls; The Common Wren; Yorkshire 

 Naturalists at Bradford ; and Museums and Nature Study. The Journal 

 also contains the concluding- portion of ' The Glacial Geology of the 

 Bradford and Keighley Di.strict,' which is accompanied by a useful map 

 shewing the various positions of the ice-front in the Cottingfley X'alley. 



'The Fiftv-third Annual Report and Transactions of the Nottingham 

 Naturalists' Society for 1904-5' has just been issued. In addition to 

 the list of members, etc., this Report contains the Presidential Address 

 bv Mr. H. Mellish, on 'Some .Aspects of Meteorology,' with charts; and 

 ' Notes on the Botany of Nottinghamshire,' by Prof J. W. Carr. A 

 list of plants which do not occur in ' Topographical Botany,' nor in any 

 of the county ' Floras,' is given, thus bi-inging the Nottinghamshire list u]) 

 to date. 



.A valuable 'Catalogue of the Manx Museum (Antiquities), Castle 

 Rushen, 1905' (32 pp.), has been published. It is written by Mr. P. M. C. 

 Kermode, and contains particulars of the various objects, dating from pre- 

 historic times to the present day, which are housed in the Isle of Slan 

 Museum. Judging from the catalogue, the collection is an admirable one ; 

 and we trust the aut hoi's ajjpeal for more suitable objects will be responded 

 to. There are certainly many Manx antiquities in the hands of private 

 collectors which would be more useful if at Castle Rushen. 



Naturalist. 



