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NOTES— COLEOPTERA. 



Pissodes pint near CaHisIe.— I have this year taken, for the first 

 time, this interesting- Weevil in Cumberland. Altogether I secured fourteen 

 specimens, all of which were found sitting on the under sides of fir logs left 

 lying- on the ground in the Orton Woods, near Carlisle. The way to find 

 them is to diligently turn over all fir logs, as I should think I only got one 

 beetle for about every fifty logs turned. My first specimen was found on 

 the 17th May, when I got one, and my last on the 7th July, when I secured 

 seven. — Jas. Murray, ii, Close Street, Carlisle, 20th October 1900. 



Cam bus glabratus and other Beetles in Upper Teesdale.— On 



a beautiful day last week I traversed some of the high ground in Upper 

 Teesdale on the Yorkshire side of the river. July is not a good month for 

 many of the moorland beetles, but I took two specimens of the mountain 

 insect Cat -abus glabratus on the slope of Mickle Fell. It was far too late for 

 water beetles, but after trying two or three pools a single Hydroporus morio 

 (atriceps) appeared in the net. Of the hill-frequenting- Aphodii in the dung- 

 of sheep, A. fo?tidus and A. putridus were both met with on the fell, besides 

 the common A. lapponum — an insect found on other Yorkshire moors.— 

 M. Lawson Thompson, 35, Leven Street, Saltburn, 16th July 1900. 



NO TES—CONCHOLOGY. 



Helix hortensis and //. nemoralis at North Ormesby, Lines.— 



As Helix hortensis is locally somewhat scarce, it may be of interest to note 

 I found a small colony in a chalk-pit at North Ormesby, principally v. Uitea 

 00000. From the same place I g'ot H. nemoralis v. albolabiata + hyalozonata 

 00300, and v. libellida 1034x5. — C, S. Carter, 172, Eastg-ate, Louth, Lines., 

 17th September 1900. 



Molluscan Notes, Louth District.— On the nth October I found 

 Helix acideata under some timber on the sand-hills at Trusthorpe. 



Amongst my finds on Saturday, the 13th October were Helix nemoralis 

 v. hyalozonata 003^5, v. libellula-roseolabiata 12345, v * Hbellula-albolabiata 

 (12)3(45). Helix hortensis v. albina 12345, io 345> I 2345> 00000, var. lute a 

 00000. Helix arbustorum with vars. conoidea, jlavescens, flauescens-conoidea. 

 Helix hispida, H. rufescens, H. ericetorum and v. alba, H. caperata and 

 var. omata, H. pulchella, H. rotundata , Hyalinia cellar ia , H. alliaria, one 

 specimen of Hyalinia glabra, Clausilia rugosa, Cochlicopa lubrica, and 

 Carychium minimum — all taken from a chalk-pit at North Ormsby, near 

 Louth. — C. S. Carter, 172, Eastgate, Louth, 17th October 1900. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



It is worth notice that the ' Fishery Scholarships' under the Lancashire 

 Sea Fisheries Joint Committee were, on examination of the applicants, duo 

 in May last ; the course in Liverpool commencing in October. There are 

 also studentships open to Lancashire fishermen. A move in the right 

 direction, for some of these men surely will not be content with this fort- 

 night's teaching, and will think and work for themselves. 



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We are glad to learn that the Society for the Protection of Birds is 

 offering two prizes, of £10 and £5 respectively, for the best papers on the 

 protection of British birds. The mode of dealing with the subject is left 

 entirely to competitors, but among the points suggested for treatment are 

 the utilisation and enforcement of the present Acts and County Council 

 Orders; the modification or improvement of the law; educational methods; 

 and the best means of influencing land-owners and game-keepers, agricul- 

 turists and gardeners, collectors, bird-catchers, and bird-nesters. Essays 

 are to be sent in by 30th November. Particulars may be obtained from the 

 Hon. Secretary, Mrs. F. E. Lemon, at the Society's offices", 3, Hanover 

 Square, London, W. 



1900 November 1. 



