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North-west France and the Channel _— and Malard’s notes on 
the flora of the little oo island of Tatihou. The florule of 
Tatihou forms a separate list at the end of the book. The author 
calls attention to the rich Saevect of deep-water species which may 
be reaped from thespiny backs of the Matas crabs; these, while serving 
as a permanent substratum for the growth of minute species, often 
bring up fragments of larger species from considerable depths. Simi- 
larly, lobster-pots and nets are well wortl examination. uthor 
furnishes some interesting topographical and distributional notes 
with i 
indicates islands stretches of coast which still 
require exploration. Th t contains 844 species and 877 forms 
nd va ed species are also included as likely to be 
only from the south coast of England or the Mediterranean. This 
comprehensive enumeration will doubtless prove very helpful to 
French and British students, but its value would have eos vastly 
increased had the author rature 
ie & E. 8. Gerr. 
BOOK-NOTES, NEWS, dee. 
At the meeting of the Linnean Society on April 6, Mr. W. B. 
Hemsley exhibited a new gaat’ Poaene Macfarlanei, which 
differs from all other known species, except N. Lowiti, in the un oe] 
A 
insects, aac ants mig creep among them and drink the titael? 
r ar u 
and from one-fiftieth to one-twelfth of an inch in diameter. e 
digestive Saisie are gradually smaller from the base upwards, an 
vary from about two thousand to five thousand to the square Be 
wh ards. The surface of the tissue i is hard and 
plished quite — to the finger moving in ward direc- 
rough to the finger, from the sharp ee of the arches, 
sa in an upward direction. 
