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as to suggest a broad arrow ; spots of ivory-white were set in a ground- 

 work of red under the lower jaw. There were no regular lines of 

 white down the sides (as given by Couch), but white dots were 

 sprinkled rather irregularly below the lateral line, mostly towards the 

 tail. The tail showed three white spots at the base, with several 

 more spots, making almost a white band across the centre of it, the 

 fin-rays dividing them. Four bands of white, alternating with red 

 ones, conspicuously marked the dorsal fin, and a horizontal white 

 line divided the broader posterior portion of it. The duller fish also 

 showed white bars on the dorsal fin. Several spots of dark brown 

 were fairly regularly arranged at the base of the dorsal fin rays. 



At the moment of writing, the formalin (mixed rather strong, in 

 my hurry to catch a train) seems to be playing tricks with the 

 colours, which are fading on the gill covers. These examples are 

 less unwieldy and more symmetrical than the more Tench-like 

 Ballan Wrass, a fair-sized specimen of which I examined on April 

 3rd, that had been taken off Cromer. If my fishes represent a true, 

 species, they form an interesting addition to my list of East Coast 

 Labrus, viz. Ballan Wrass, Cuckoo Wrass, Jago's Goldsinny, and now 

 the Comber Wrass. — A. H. Patterson (Great Yarmouth). 



GASTBOPODA. 

 Appetite of Slugs for Green Material. — Four large black Horse 

 Slugs (Avion ater) lived in a fish-globe tied down with a piece of 

 white canvas. They fed upon green leaves of various kinds, and 

 spent their time at the bottom of the globe. In the summer a piece 

 of green muslin was substituted for the canvas. The animals left 

 their food and began to feed on the covering, of which little remained 

 a short time later. They escaped and wandered to the ceiling, where 

 they remained for several days before meeting on a green portiere, on 

 which they began to feed. These four always seemed willing to 

 consume green materials, as though the colour were sufficient to 

 guarantee the substance being edible. — (Miss) M. Callard (Dulwich). 



INSECTA. 

 A London Bee-hive. — We have kept Bees at No. 22, St. George's 

 Eoad, Eegent's Park, for eight years on a leaden roof, in a frame bee- 

 hive. No swarming has occurred as far as is known, but the honey 

 output has been good, from 15 to 27 lb. a year. The quality has also 

 been good, the sections weighing 1 lb. and over, and fetching normal 

 prices. The Bees originally came from Hampshire. — (Mrs.) J. K. 

 Spiers. 



