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Viroes, or Greenlets, were seen, but they were too shy to be approached, 

 so they could not be named. The Towhe Ground Finch, Pipilo erythrop- 

 thalmus, also paid us his visit and departed ; by the length of his name 

 he might have paid us a longer one. The Fox-coloured Finch, Passerella 

 iliaca, and many other birds of all the species above spoken of as killed, 

 were also seen flying around, except the Whip-poor- Will. — F. H. Danen- 

 hour — 'American Naturalist.' 1 



MOLLUSCA. 



Mollusca additional to the British List. — The following two varieties 

 seem to be unrecorded by name as British, although possibly they exist in 

 various collections : — Defrancia purpurea var. bicolor, Eisso : a deep 

 chocolate-brown specimen, variegated with white, was found by the Rev. 

 A. H. Delap at Valentia Harbour, Ireland, and sent by him to me. 

 Phasianella pullus forma lineata Monterosato: a specimen referable to this, 

 from Darrynane Strand, Ireland (Delap), is minutely spotted, and has two 

 darker bands composed of united triangular patches, so that the outline of 

 the band is zigzag : this is not identical with the variety from Margate and 

 Guernsey, which I called lineata in 1885. — T. D. A. Cockerell (3, Fairfax 

 Koad, Bedford Park, Chiswick). 



INSECTS. 



Caterpillars destructive to Oaks.— All the oak trees in this part of 

 North Wales (Dolgelly) have this spring been entirely denuded of their 

 leaves, giving the woods the appearance of winter. This devastation 

 appears to have been caused by the caterpillar of a small green moth 

 (specimens enclosed), Earlier in the season the caterpillars were raining 

 from the trees, now they are swarming with these moths. I have not 

 noticed them in former years. — E. L. Mitford (Dolgelly). 



[The insect sent is Tortrix viridana. — Ed.] 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, 



Linnean Society of London. 



June 19, 1890. — Prof. Charles Stewart, President, in the chair. 



Messrs. W.H. Beeby and H. E. Milner were admitted and Messrs. W. 

 Cross and S. Schonland were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. W. H. Beeby exhibited a specimen of Rwnex propinquus new to 

 Britain, and procured in Shetland. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited and made remarks upon a specimen of 

 Callistemon rigidum. 



