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SCIENCE- G OSSIP. 



scaly Cortina/rim (Inoloma)p1iolideus Fr., Lactarivs 

 hysglmis Fr.. Pleurotus mitis Pers., and Naqpiatelia 



encepltola Fr. In the evening the business meeting 

 of the Society was held. Professor H. Marshall 

 Ward, D. Sc., F.E.S. , F.L.S.. etc.. was unanimously 

 re-elected president, and Mr. C. Eea hon. secre- 

 tary and treasurer for the ensuing year. Their fel- 

 low-member Mrs. Montague's invitation to hold next 

 year's foray in the woods near Crediton, with Exeter 

 as headquarters, was unanimously accepted, and 

 the date was fixed for the last week in September. 

 Professor H. Marshall Ward gave a valuable paper 

 of original research on " Naefiaatelia," which should 

 I" icad by all mycologists in the Society's Trans- 

 actions. Mrs. Carleton Eea exhibited drawings of 

 two new species, Collybia relutieeps Eea and Mycena 

 earneosanguinea Eea, which would be shortly 

 described in full. On Friday, September 21st. 

 the members proceeded to the woods to the 

 west of the Boat of Garten, but little of any 

 consequence was found beyond a Boletus thought 

 to belong to the Gyroclon group, so in the afternoon 

 the members again searched Abernethy Forest, 

 obtaining specimens of Tubaria pahidosa Fr. and 

 Om/phalia umbratilis Fr. On Saturday, Septem- 

 ber 22nd, many of the members dispersed, but a 

 few ardent ones remained and took the mid-day 

 train to Aviemore, from whence through birch-clad 

 hills they walked to Lynwilg and on to a pine 

 wood about a mile further southward, and on the 

 right of the road to Kingussie. This wood was 

 found to be the veritable home of the larger Hydnei, 

 and the collection soon included H. iiiibrieatum 

 Linn., H. fragile Fr.. H. compactuin Pers., II 

 Hiirantiaciim A. & S., II. zonatnm Batsch, II. 

 nigrum Fr., and H. melaleucnm Fr. So terminated 

 a most enjoyable foray, which was chiefly remark- 

 able for the number of Cortinarii and Hydnei that 

 were found. — Carleton Rea, Hon. See. British 

 JIgcological Society, ?A Foregate Street. Worcester. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



Ordinary meetings are marked f, e. reunions * ; names of persons 

 following excursions are. of Conductors. Lantern integra- 

 tions §. 



Manchester Museum, Owens College. 



Nov. 3.— "Life on the Earth." Prof. W. Bovrl Dawkins, 



F.E.S. 

 „ 10.— "Continental Britain." Prof. W. Bovd Dawkins. 



F.R.S. 

 ., 17.— " Continental Britain." Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins. 



F.E.S. 

 ., 24.—" Insular Britain." Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, F.E.S. 



South London Entomological and Natural History- 

 Society. 

 Nov. 8. — f Special Exhibition of Varieties. 



-, --■— t Desultory Days at Dawlish in Aueust." Henry J. 

 Turner, F.E.S. 

 Selbobne Society. 

 Nov. 1.— f '■ Nature at the Seaside." Edward A. Martin, F.G.S. 



North London Natural History SocrE'ry. 



Nov. 1.— f- Notes on Natural History of Guildford District." 

 G. B. Bishop. 

 „ 15.— f Discussion— Extinction of Species. G.O'N. Wadding- 

 ton. 



Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Ct.ur. 

 Nov. 7.— f " Epidemics." Dr. J. Hollinsworth. 

 „ 21.— §" Reptiles." H.M.Foster. 



Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society. 

 Nov. 5.— f " Some Properties of Lisht and Lenses." James S. 

 Clough. 

 •, 17.—* "South Kensington Science Collections." J. J. Hall, 



F.E.A.S. 

 „ 10.— f" Food and Digestion." E. J. Davies. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Scenery of Llanberis Pass. By F. E. Filer. Illus- 

 trated 161 



The Photography of Colour. By E. Sanger Shep- 

 herd. Illustrated 163 



Notes on Atypus. By Frank Percy Smith. Illus- 

 trated .. . . . .. .. .. .. .. 165 



An Introduction to British Spiders. By Frank 



Percy Smith. Illustrated 166 



Abnormal Mushroom. Illustrated 167 



Notes on Spinning Animals. By H. Wallis Kew 16.s 

 Butterflies of the Palaearcttc Region. By Henry 



Charles Lang, M.D. Illustrated 170 



Irish Plant Names. By John H. Barbour, M.B. .. 173 



Parental Relationship. By Gerald Leighton, M.B. 175 



Thomas Henry Huxley. "By The Editor .. .. 176 

 Cocctnellidae in Arizona. By Professor Cockerell, 



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Books to Read. Illustrated 178 



Science Gossip 182 



Microscopy— Geology 183,186 



Astronomy — Photography 187,188 



Chemistry— Physics 189, 190 



Notes and Queries — Transactions - . . . . . 191 



Notices — Exchanges • 192 



