NOTES AND NEWS. 
The Entomological oe of London continues—we are glad eo se we 
increase -. _ of Fellow ie its nun gcuistacre in our Norther 
istrict w e the name of M . F. N. Pierce, the Secretary of the ahcaalies 
aad Sakic. ictal Society at ae expoo ool. 
1 be of much interest to aaw (as we learn from Science Gossip for 
March) to wee ~~ specimens can be sent abroad at the sample rate of 
postage, viz., Id a packet weighing under ris unces, a concession having a 
made by the Baiish Post Office, which bi not been hitherto made well-know 
have ioerived the Second Volum ue pe aneecuent of the Leeds 
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1890. The ius is a good one, and we have emi in congratulating the 
Wares, ~ _ ork. An important — of the book is an article by Harold 
est ructure and Life-History of a Fungus,’ ne by a care- 
fally yebeertior plate, which serves as poaciaphecs to the volum 
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are pleased to see a ‘ Preliminary list of the ecto ab -Aculeata of 
taseasis and Cheshire, with aaa on the Habits of the Gen commenced in 
the ‘British Naturalist’ for Janua: ita sfieties the pen of M Mr. bey “oe 
part ag F.E.S., and embodies all previously pu published cnigahn including those 
-of Mr. B. Cooke published i in ‘The Naturalist’ thirte en years ago, which in reality 
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We have received the 2nd Part, dated 1891, of ‘ An yeas of British Flies 
(Diptera),’ of which Mr. F. V. Theo bald, B.A., F.E.S., is now sole a uthor, the 
Hon. Cordelia Leigh having retired. a is mtr cot by. Elliot ssp This part 
finishes the account of the A iptera or Flies, and heey ces the fourth 
chapter, which is devoted to the Cecidomyide, a len tebe count ‘ulilg given of 
the Hessian Fly and briefer ones of nine other species of Eadenerts. “The book 
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ade to record localities ; ay note, r, in jus or, that 
several of th cies are from the observations of eter ld, whose 
areles this respect has always been remarkably conspicuous. Pretty tull 
— of life and history are given by Mr. Theobald, and in the eas and 
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That there i : vigour and no little ability among the rage ee of Burton-on- 
‘Trent is eviden y the contents of the Second Volume ‘ Transactions 
of the Barton.on-Trent Natural History and Archeological Society? an excellent 
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general charact and Grayling, Mr. G. Morland Day includes an 
account of a a Fish-atchery “a Milton, close to Repton, and Messrs. J. E. Nowers 
and J. G. Wells have a most interesting Lag entitled ‘ Notes on a Salt-Marsh at 
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per harmony with the scope of the Transactions themselves. But ar as 
these articles sor room, the local work is well done, pee worthy of ee praise. 
Naturalist, 
