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NOTES AND NEWS. 



We are pleased to learn that Lincolnshire can now boast of a third Naturalists' 

 Society, one having been founded at Great Grimsby, under the presidency of our 

 old friend Mr. John Cordeaux. 



At a meeting held at Thirsk, on the 5th April, it was resolved to re-establish the 

 Naturalists' Club which existed in the town several years ago. The Rev. Canon 

 Camidge was unanimously elected president for the ensuing year ; Mr. J. B. Foggitt 

 was elected secretary and treasurer. 



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The annual meeting of the Ripon Naturalists' Club was held on February 9th, 

 1886, a satisfactory report being presented by the secretary (Mr. B. M. Smith). 

 The Marquis of Ripon was re-elected president ; the Rev. A. B. Haslam and Dr. 

 Crow, vice-presidents ; treasurer, Mr. W. S. Snow ; secretary, Mr. B. M. Smith. 

 Curators were also appointed. 



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A meeting was held at Harrogate on the 25th February at which it was resolved 

 that a Naturalists' Society be formed for Harrogate and District. After the rules 

 had been drawn up, the following officers were elected : — President, Mr. W. 

 Story (Pateley Bridge) ; Vice-president, Mr. R. Fortune (Harrogate) ; Hon. 

 Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. F. R. Fitzgerald (Harrogate) ; Committee, Messrs. 

 W. H. Turner, J. Lund, and R. Barber. 



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The vacant curatorship of the Nottingham Natural History Museum has been 

 filled up by the appointment of Mr. J. W. Carr, from the Woodwardian Museum, 

 at Cambridge. 



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We note among the recent elections to the Fellowship of the Entomological 

 Society of London, the names of Mr. H. Wallis Kew, of Louth, and Mr. William 

 Warren, formerly of Doncaster. 



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We have received the prospectus of the new and important work on the 

 Coleoptera of the British Islands, which it is known that the Rev. W. W. 

 Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., has for some time had in preparation. This work is 

 intended to supply a want that is much felt by British Coleopterists, and will 

 include a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to 

 Great Britain and Ireland, with notes as to localities, habitats, etc., and in some 

 cases will give brief life-histories of the species, especially of those that in the larval 

 or perfect state are in any way injurious. Mr. Fowler has undertaken the work 

 with the sanction and assistance of the leading British Coleopterists. Dr. Sharp, 

 Dr. Power, Mr. Champion, and Mr. Mason (owner of Mr. Rye's collection) have 

 allowed the use of their collections, and given very valuable assistance as regards 

 localities and other information. It is intended to issue the work in five, or at most, 

 six sections, which will, as far as possible, be complete in themselves. Section I 

 is already in the press : this contains the Adephaga (Cicindelidse, Carabidae, and 

 Dytiscidae) and the Hydrophilidae. Section II will contain the Staphylinidae. The 

 first section will contain two or three structural plates, and, if sufficient support is 

 accorded to the work, it is hoped that one or two more may be added in each of 

 the succeeding sections. As the sections will probably vary in extent, it is impossible 

 to fix a price, but the work will form, when complete, two vols. 8vo, of about 600 

 pages each. It is further proposed, if adequate support can be obtained, to issue 

 simultaneously with the above, a large paper edition, super-royal 8vo, with a 

 series of new and original plates carefully coloured by hand : in monthy parts, 

 each containing 4 coloured plates, figuring from 50 to 70 species, and 32 pages of 

 descriptive letterpress; price to subscribers only 5s. each part, or 54s- for 12 parts, 

 if paid in advance. This edition may possibly extend to 30 or 36 parts, according 

 to the number of species that may be considered worth figuring. No effort or 

 expense is to be spared to render the work, in completeness and execution, far in 

 advance of any existing work on the subject. Messrs. L. Reeve & Co. are the 

 publishers. 



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