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THE YOUNG NATUEALIST. 



resume of matters connected with the Isle of Man. The Society, which 

 numbers 87 members, devotes itself chiefly to the Natural History and 

 Antiquities of the Island, an example that cannot be too strongly recom- 

 mended for all local societies. Among the papers that have been read dur- 

 ing the preceding year, we find the following relating to Natural History : — - 



Notes on the Mammals of the Isle of Man. 



Manx Butterflies. 



An introduction to the study of the Lichens in the Isle of Man. 

 A paper on local Geology was also read, entitled " The necessity for col- 

 lecting and arranging the ascertained facts relative to the glaciation 

 of the Isle of Man." 

 Three papers on Local Antiquities, and one on Botany, complete a very 

 interesting list. It is to be regretted such societies as this are not able to 

 print the more interesting of the papers read at their sessions. What ento- 

 mologists know of the insect fauna of that island makes us but too anxious to 

 learn more, and a collector from this country, paying an occasional short 

 visit there, cannot possibly learn as much as those who are constantly on the j 

 spot. The President says : — 



*' Above all, we felt it to be our duty as Manksmen, to complete and set on record 

 an accurate account of the Natural History of our Island, in order that expert Scien- j 

 tists might have trustworthy information thereon, and be enabled to generalize and to 

 draw their own valuable and most interesting deductions." 



This is exactly what we think, but where are these records ? The paper 

 on Manx Butterflies for instance, how can we obtain a perusal of it ? When 

 Societies cannot publish papers like this themselves, they should offer it to 

 one of the many magazines that are now published. We would gladly find 

 room for such a paper in our columns. Mr. Kernsode does all that can be 

 done in a President's address to cover the whole ground, but only specialists 

 can give sufficient detail to enable " expert scientists " to draw valuable de- 

 ductions. 



Report on the Actiniaria of the L. M. B. C. District, by 

 Dr. Ellis, P.E.S. 



This interesting little pamphlet is from the Liverpool Marine Biology Com- J 

 mittee's Report, No. 1, 1886, and shows considerable energy and work on j 

 the part of the Committee. It contains particulars of seventeen species of 

 Actiniaria, known to inhabit the Liverpool Bay district, out of twenty 

 species recorded by Gosse as being found in the Irish Sea. It confirms, from ! 

 the observations of the Committee, many of the localities given by Gosse j 

 twenty years ago, and adds new localities for some of them. No species is j 

 recorded as new to the district, but a new variety of Cylista undata is described j 



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