Mr. Embleton's Miscellanea Botanica et Zoologica. 343 



arvensisi Yet, never until last year, did I notice the several 

 differences, the species being sub-dioecious ; the sub -male and 

 the sub-female plants once compared together can never after- 

 wards be confounded by a botanist. 



So with the canine violets, which botanists of high repute 

 and long experience still fail to distinguish, and yet the old 

 Viola canina (of authors) has been divided and sub-divided 

 into perfectly distinguishable species, thus — 



Viola canina (Lin., With., & Smith, &c.) 

 1. V. canina (Fries., Bab., Syme, &c.) 

 ^. V. sylvatica (Fries., Bab., Syme, &c.) 

 3. V. Lyhr. a Riviniana. 



h Reichinhachiana. 



Sir Wm. Hooker, with a strong liking for ferns, could 

 never seem to know Lastrcea dilatata, recurva, and spinu- 

 losa apart ; and yet not botanists only, but also gardeners 

 and dealers readily separate them." 



The following additions to the fauna of the district within 

 the limits of our club, have been observed since the publica- 

 tion of Dr. Johnston's list of Fishes in vol. I., p. 170-176 

 of our Transactions. 



Cetacea. Balcenoptera rostrata. The first notice of this 

 mammal was given by Dr. Johnston, in 1829, in the first vol. 

 of the Transactions of the Natural History of Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. There is no mention of it having been observed 

 since that time, until February, 1858, when a very fine speci- 

 men was fallen in with by the fishermen of Craster. 



Fishes. Scicena Aquila. The Maigre. A very fine speci- 

 men of this rare fish was obtained at Craster in 1847. 



Diodon ohlongus, the Oblong Sun Fish. In 1849, a speci- 

 men of this very rare fish was found floating between Emble- 

 ton and Craster. Several days elapsed before I was informed 

 of it, and then it was past preservation. Having in my 

 possession a specimen of the short Sun Fish, obtained from 

 the same locality, it would have given an opportunity of com- 

 paring the difierences between the two species. 



Gymnetrus Banksii, Ribbon Fish. In 1845, a specimen 

 of this very peculiar fish was captured in Alnmouth Bay ; 

 after being exhibited round the neighbourhood for some days, 

 it came into my possession, but was so sadly destroyed that 

 all attempts at preservation were fruitless. 



The past summer in this locality has been not only remark- 

 able for the paucity of the insect race, but also of many of 

 our most familiar visitants. Scarcely a single blackbird or 



