1904. 



Review. 



117 



The species referred to N. boops was first discovered during the Royal 

 Irish Academy Expedition, 1888, and described in the Transactions K.I.A., 

 1896, from an imperfect specimen. Mr. Holt having handed to Dr. 

 Caiman perfect ones from the Bay of Biscay, the author is enabled to 

 extend and correct the account previously given. 



R. F. S. 



NEWS GLEANINGS. 



New Royal Irish Academicians. 



Of the twelve new members (the maximum annual number permitted 

 by the Bye-laws) who were elected into the Royal Irish Academy 

 on March 16, seven are men of science — five of them being resident in 

 Dublin, one in Belfast, and one in Liverpool. Their names are — Prof. 

 A. W. Conway, M.A., F.R.U.I. ; George Fletcher, S. B. Kelleher, M.A., 

 F.T.C.D. ; Prof. J. A. M'Clelland, M.A., F.R.U.I. ; Major Ronald Ross, 



C. B., F.R.S., Sc.D,, F.R.C.S. ; Robeit Welch, and Prof Sydney Young, 



D. Sc, F.R.S. 



The Belfast Field Club's Proceedings. 



Part iii., of volume v., dealing with the session ending March, 1904, 

 has been issued. The number contains the usual accounts of summer 

 excursions, and abstracts of papers read at the winter meetings. An 

 interesting feature is a two-page plate, illustrating a paper by the 

 President (.W.J. Fennell, M.R.I.A.,) on " The Club's Builders,"and giving 

 portraits of sixteen of the members who have taken a leading part in the 

 conduct of the Club during the forty-two years of its existence. 



Approval of Sheep Dips for Sheep Scab. 



Under the Sheep-scab Orders made on the 25th March, 1905, by the 

 Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, the 

 use of sheep-dips approved by the Department is required. 



The Sheep-scab (Ireland) Order of 19^)5 contains three prescriptions 

 for dips which the Department have approved after experimental trials. 

 The Department are prepared to receive applications from manufacturers 

 of any sheep dip for their approval of its use for Sheep Scab, and have 

 arranged that any analytical examination necessary to verify the stated 

 composition of the dips submitted to them shall be made at the 

 Government Laboratory in London. 



Forms of application for the approval of a dip may be obtained from 

 The Secretary, 



Department of Agriculture and Technical 

 Instruction for Ireland, 



(.Veterinary Branch), 



Dublin. 



