408 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES AND OBSERVATIONS. 









PLATE XXIII. 



Fig. 



1. 



Macrotkr 



lx roseus, x 84. 



Fig. 



2. 



ii 



,, anterior antenna?, x 210. 



Fig. 



3. 



,, 



,, abdomen, x 210. 



Fig. 



4. 



i) 



laticornis, anterior antenna, x 210. 



Fig. 



5. 



11 



,, abdomen, x 210. 



Fig. 



6. 



,, 



kirsuticornis, anterior antenna, X 210. 



Fig. 



7. 



ii 



,, abdomen, x 210. 



Fig. 



8. 



Lathonura rectirostris, x 84. 



Fig. 



9. 



ii 



,, anterior antenna, X 210. 



Fig. 



10. 



ii 



,, abdomen, lateral view, x 210. 



Fig. 



11. 



ii 



,, ,, seen from below, x 210 



Fig. 



12. 



ii 



,, marginal plates, x 400. 



(The figures in all cases refer to the female, except where otherwise stated.) 



XXXIII. — Miscellaneous Notices and Observations. 



Salmon in the Tyne in 1866. — The success of the endeavours 

 which have for some years been made throughout England, to 

 promote the increase of salmon in our rivers, is a subject so in- 

 teresting to us all, that I venture to send a few facts bearing 

 upon it in the Tyne. 



The letter from Mr. Geo. Harkus, superintendent of police for 

 Northumberland, is so intelligent and complete, and so full of 

 interest, that I make no comment on it, except to call attention 

 to the very singular fact recorded in it — of the much larger size 

 of a great number of these late-run fish. 



In fact, my own communication amounts merely to an estima- 

 tion of the number of fish taken in the nets during the open 

 season, and that not quite so statistical and direct as I could 

 have wished ; but however, as I believe it to be a close approxi- 

 mation to fact, and that probably nothing nearer can be obtained, 

 I send it. 



The take at the two principal fisheries in the Tyne amounted, 

 in 1865, to 56 per cent, of the total quantity taken in the Tyne : 

 in 1 866 these two fisheries produced 79 per cent, more than they 



