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places on the South Coast. It is abundant at Lynmouth in Devon, 

 and appears in the neighbourhood of Leominster ; it is also one of 

 the commonest plumes in Yorkshire, Mr. Porritt recording that " it 

 appears to occur wherever its food plant is found." (in litt). It is a 

 common species on the continent of Europe. Dr. Jordan records it 

 " amongst coltsfoot near Zermatt Church " (" Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine," Vol. XVI., p. 21). The same observer records 

 it from Scandinavia (" Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," Vol. VI., 

 p. 121), and again from Christiania (Norway) (" Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine," Vol. XXIV., p. 128). Stainton in the " Manual," 

 Vol. II., p. 441 gives the following list of localities : — Birkenhead, 

 Bristol, Cambridge, Darlington, Lake District, Manchester, New- 

 castle-on-Tyne, Scarborough, and York. 



(To be continued). 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



The Anchovy in the Solway. — A most interesting discovery was 

 made yesterday in the Solway at Annan. For several days this week 

 Mr. Thomas Willary, fisherman, Annan, has come across a strange- 

 looking little fish in the Solway while out trawling for herring. Yester- 

 day morning the fish becoming more numerous in his nets, and never 

 having seen the same kind before, he retained a specimen, and sent it 

 to Mr. Wright, Ednam, Annan, who at once pronounced it to be un- 

 mistakably an anchovy. Mr. Wright had the specimen forwarded to 

 Mr. R. Service of Maxwelltown, the well-known south of Scotland 

 naturalist, for preservation. It will be remembered that Professor 

 Crossar Ewart, discovered this fish off the Morayshire Firth some 

 months ago. The anchovy, it may be observed, is a native of the 

 north, but previous to Professor Ewart's discovery was never known 

 to frequent Scottish waters. The fish is about 5 inches in length, and 

 is easily mistaken by fishermen and others for a young herring or sprat. 

 It is, however, easily distinguished from the herring on close observa- 

 tion. In the anchovy the upper jaw projects very much over the lower 

 one ; the eyes are very large for the size of the fish, and are set well 

 forward in the head ; the tail is forked, and the scales have a peculiar 

 arrangement that is exceedingly beautiful on close observation. The 



