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would not be opened again. A new post-master expressed his doubt 

 whether the parcel I desired to send was allowed, but it reached its 

 destination safely. — John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



The Fauna of Glanvilles Wootton. — The number of species 

 which have been found in the parish of Glanvilles Wootton, consist- 

 ing of 1667 acres, during a period of go years, are as follows. As 

 the 6th of February was the centenary of my father's birth, this list, 

 made up to the 6th February, 1891, may be interesting: — 



Mammalia 



Aves ... 



Reptilia 



Pisces 



Insecta 



Ametabola 



Arachnida 



Myriopoda 



Crustacea 



Mollusca 



Vermes, &c. 



27 species. 

 100 

 8 

 12 

 4150 



42 

 182 

 20 

 10 

 40 

 12 



5 ) 



5 J 



4603 



Flora... ... ... ... ... ... zj2o 



Mussi, Fungi, &c. ... ... ... ... 267 



5290 species. 



I published a History of Glanvilles Wootton m 1878. The list of 

 species then amounted to 4997. The total number occurring in 

 the British Isles I calculate to be 24,635, and of Insects only about 

 14,000. — C. W. Dale. 



Nomenclature. — I am pleased to see that you have touched upon 

 the existing confusion in Entomological nomenclature. Would not 

 the London Entomological Society be the most suitable body to take 

 this matter in hand. A committee might be appointed whose decisions 

 should be submitted to and accepted by general meetings, and repre- 

 sentative members of other Societies might be consulted. If they 

 adopted the principle of appropriateness and not of priority, their 



