Short Notes and Queries. 



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Locusts in Yorkshire,— Second appearance in 1880. — After the 

 appearance of the flight of locusts recorded in last month's Naturalist, 

 the weather, which had so favored their appearance, changed to cold, and 

 of course checked their wanderings. In the third week of September, 

 however, it became again fine and very warm, and the locusts again 

 appeared. Mr. Henry Pollard secured one which had been taken in a 

 field in Pontefract-lane, Leeds, on the 27th Sept., and about the same 

 time one was taken near Wortley, at the other extremity of Leeds 

 borough. I have also heard vague rumours of others, but nothing 

 definite. — Wm. Denison Roebuck, Leeds, Oct. 18th. 



Small Sirex gigas. — I have just had sent me by my friend Mr. Barra- 

 clough, chemist, Chapeltown-road, Leeds, the smallest specimen by far of 

 Sirex gigas which I have ever seen. It is a female, and only measures 

 one inch (exactly) in length from the head to the end of the ovipositor. — 

 W. D. K, Oct. 19th. 



Chara stelligera, Bauer, in Great Britain. — This species was 

 gathered by myself in Filby Broad, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 

 Sept. 23rd. It was growing in from four to eight feet of water, with 

 Potamogeton crisp^ts, Myriuphyllum spicatum, and other water plants. It 

 is the C. ohtusa of Desvaux, and is distinguished especially by its pretty 

 four- to eight-rayed star-like bulbils, through which the rhizomes pass. — 

 Arthur Bennett. — [Mr. Bennett writes us that he is very desirous of 

 learning the distribution of Characese in Great Britain beyond the 

 published records, and would at any time be pleased to name any 

 specimens for anyone who is gathering them. There are some western 

 European forms that will almost certainly occur with us, especially several 

 Scandinavian species, so that all may have a chance of finding something 

 new and original." We recommend any of our friends who are studying 

 these plants, to communicate with Mr. Bennett, whose address is 107, 

 High-street, Croydon, Surrey. — Eds. Nat.'] 



Caucasus Plants. — Mr. V. F. Brotherus, of Helsingfors, already 

 known to botanists through his voyage to Lapland in 1872, purposes to 

 pass the summer of 1881 in the central Caucasus, to make collections of 

 i flowering plants. These will be issued to subscribers at the following 

 rates : — 



50 species for 15 francs (or 12 marks 30 pf.) about 12/6. 

 100 „ 25 „ (or 20 marks 50 pf.) „ 21/- 

 150 „ 40 „ (or 32 marks 80 pf.) „ 33/6 



Qot post paid. The collections will include many oriental species. 

 Subscriptions will be received by A. Geheeb, Geisa, Saxony- Weimar, 

 Grermany. 



Local Plant Records. —-Mr. Jas. Britten, F.L.S., writes us to the 

 iffectthat he purposes publishing in the Journal of Botany," in the 



