lYofcs and Coimucnis. 



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Fig". I is a specimen Lcpidodendron dichotoinum from Ardwick, 

 slig'htly enlarg-ed, showing- the characters of the leaf cushions. 

 Figf. 2 is a frond of Xeuropteris ScJieuchzcri , sHghtly enlarged. 

 This species is perhaps the most common fern-Hke plant in the 

 Ardwick Series. Formerly it was described as K, cordata 

 Brong. , but Mr. Arber is not aware of an example of tliat 

 species having so far been found in British rocks. 



RARE CRUSTACP:AX at ROCHDALE. 

 In the 'Transactions of the Manchester Geological and 

 Mining- Society,' recently published, Mr. W. Baldwin describes 

 a specimen of Belinunis bellulus, from the Middle Coal Measures 

 of Rochdale. This example, which is now in the Rochdale 

 Museum, is the head shield of tlie crustacean, in fair condition. 



Beliaurus bellulus from Rochdale. 



It is from tlie same horizon that yielded Prestwichia rotundata to 

 Mr. Baldwin two }ears previously. The author gives a figure 

 of the specimen, which we are able to reproduce through the 

 kindness of the Council of the Society. 



XYLOPHASIA ZOLLIKOFERL 

 Mr. T. A. Lofthouse's capture oi Xylopluisia zollikoferi { ^ 

 Naturalist,' December 1903, p. 456) having aroused considerable 

 interest among lepidopterists, Mr. G. T. Porritt has kindly 

 furnished the following particulars of the other British captures 

 of the species. The first was recorded by the late Mr. Henry 



1904 February i. 



