132 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
NOTE—LEPIDOPTERA. 
Peat very dark re al form of Phtehs oxen Hemet known 
hese ‘black form were taken in the Lepton and Farnley Mill b sise ns net by 
Men Tunstall, F. Netherwood, and myself during March of this hie 
The uk seems to be increasing and spreading in West sr pecinn i hd oe 
Porritt, April gth, 1895. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
We have pleasure in noting the sete ication rape the = pom of a paper 
our friend Mr. Osmund W. Jeffs, entitled ‘ Notes on a Serie vba A x sol. 
from Storeton, in Cheshire.’ It is illustrated b y three siallent tobe tographs—and 
is reprinted from the touraai of the Liverpool Geological Association for 1893-4. 
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The eco of Alban Edward Lomax, at 5 actos on the 4th of May last is 
noted in the December fre of Botany. ogre armaceutical chemist, 
and died at is, untimely age of 33. He € was res ve botanist, devoting his 
holidays to such unfr ecuanted ‘ocalitie es as Spa ana his a herbarium has, 
since his death, been acquired by the Uuivenis . Liverpoo 
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he Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany), No. 208, which came out last 
Jul, contains a paper by Mr. Wm. West, F.L.S., assisted by his son, Mr. G. 5. 
West, A.R.C.S. (by whom the plates are fe some aia ti with some Freshwater 
aon from the West Indies, — ut 60 es, of which 11 are new to science. 
They were collected by ah Filiott on the islands of Dominica and 
St. Vincent in 1892. 
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one for the west coast of Britain, and on the east coast the variety has hitherto 
aged found mat in Org locality—Wells, in Norfolk. Its cacti a there is noted 
sponge of the No rfolk nid Norwich Naturalists’ Society for 1886, 
path 255,D tas ng 7 ies the discoverer. Mr. Whitwell’s specimens were named 
by Mr. pee Bennett, as also were the original ones from Wel 
po<—__— 
It is refr ag to note the vigour and enthusiasm with which yop it is hag 5 
in Manchester the ‘ Report of the Manchester Museum’ llege, 
ich has j 
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as ours a statement that it is ‘ Br iesees very desirable to bring the museum into as 
al 
for purp poses 0 mutua ass stance e 
could wish were acted pate erywhere. It is a satisfaction to note how well the 
museum is staffed, and to eo oa upon the frequent mention of valuable and 
ful gifts and purchases, many o whieh bear most appropriately the name of 
their collector or donor. The appendices give full lists of the accessions, and also 
a list of societies, clubs, and classes who have visited the museum, whereby !t 
appears that its value is Sail appreciated by such bodies in the Manchester district. 
Naturalist, 
