J. -^2 Xoii/wni Xc7vs. 



others g'ive indications of similar association with solar activity. 

 Thus, in the eleven-year curves for the rainfall of the whole year 

 and of the twelve months, of the twenty-six maxima and minima, 

 twenty coincide cither with the year of maximum or of minimum 

 solar activity. 



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' Xoles on Xoitluimbrian Trcmalodes,' by M. \'. Leboiir. R.Sc, has 

 been kindly sent to us by the author. The notes are reprinted from the 

 Northuml)('rland Sea Fisheries Reporl for 11)05, -i'"' '•"'" "Ihislrated by three 

 plates. 



A second edition of I'ostlethwaite's well-known ' Cieology of the Eng-lish 

 Lake District ' has just been issued by Messrs. (1. & T. Coward, of Carlisle. 

 The list and plates of fossils have been revised, and the section devoted to 

 the Mollusca of the Skiddaw Slates has been rc-arraiiired and the figures 

 carefully drawn. The book is a useful companion for a visitor to the Lake 

 District. 



The report of the Moss Exchanj^e Club for 1906, edited by Mr. W. 

 Ingham, of York, the hon. secretary, is also to hand. It is principally 

 occupied bv a ' List of Mosses and Hepatics," with localities, etc. This is 

 presumably the list of species distributed during^ the year. The hope is 

 expressed that a Census .Moss Cataloj^ue may shortly be prepared; and 

 steps are being taken to form a working committee for the purpose. 



The 'Report of the Xorth Staffordshire Field Club, for 1905-1906,' is an 

 €xceplionally interesting number. There are two important pala^ontological 

 papers, viz. ' \ Xewlv Discovered Fish-Bed in the Cheadie Coalfield, with 

 notes on the Distribution of Fossil Fishes in that District," by J. Ward and 

 J. T. Slobbs ; and 'Contributions to the Ceology and i'alajontology of 

 Xorth StalTs. Xo. \'I. Pala;ontology of the Cheadie Coalfield,' by J. Ward. 

 These papers are illustrated by excellent plates. 



We have received the rules, syllabus, etc., of another recently formed 

 Lancashire Society, vis, the Liverpool Botanical .Society. An admirable 

 list of lectures has been drawn up for the winter session, and it is pleasing 

 to find that several of them have a bearing on the Liverpool district. The 

 Society hopes to shortly undertake the preparation of a Flora of South 

 Lancashire. The Rev. S. Gasking is the first president, and Mr. .\. \. 

 Dallman, of Lyndhurst, Prospect Vale, Liverpool, is the Hon. Secretary. 



The Board of .Agriculture and Fisheries draw attention to the occurrence 

 on the larch of an insect hitherto imrecorded in destructive abundance in this 

 country. The insect in question (. Vein at us KriciiSDin'i) is a species of sawfly, 

 the larvje of which bear considerable suiierficial resemblance to the goose- 

 berry caterpillar and to the caterpillar of the pin<' sawfiy. The larv.-e are 

 about three-quarters of an inch long. They feed upon the leaves of the 

 larch from about the middle of July till the end of .August. .So far, serious 

 damage has only been reported from Cumberland, where, however, the 

 health if not the life of an extensive larch plantation, is in danger. 



The Curator of the Hull .Museum has just issued two further penny hand- 

 books, which brings the total number now published by this institution 

 to 36. Xo. 35 is the usual quarterly record of additions, ;ind contains 

 illustrated articles on Fast S'orkshire pie-historic implements, Roman 

 antiquities from Xorth Linc(»lnshire, a Hull whaling log-book, a Wilberforce 

 statuette, and a remarkable growth of teeth in a rabbit. There are several 

 other interesting items in this quarterly. The other iMiblication is entitled 

 'The Relationship between Provincial Museums and Local Scientific 

 Societies,' and is .Mr. .Sheppards presidential address to the Hull Scientific 

 and FieUl Xaturalists' Club. in this he demonstrates the advantage of the 

 local societies and museums working together. 



Naiuraliil, 



