Northern Neivs. 



Heptameria acuta. 



These three on dead herbaceous 

 stems. 



Sphcsrella rumicis. On leaves of 

 Dock. 



Erysiphe cichoracearum. On leaves 

 of Heracleum, etc. 



Hiimaria gramdata. On cow dung. 

 JLachnea setosa. On dead wood. 



hemispJierica. On the 



ground under nettles in wood, 

 SphcBYOspora asperior. On bare 



ground on drive in wood. 

 Dasyscypha virginea. On twigs, 



herbaceous stems, etc. 

 Dasyscypha nivea. On trunks and 



stumps. 



Dasyscypha hyalina. On decorti- 

 cated wood, 

 t Dasyscypha spircsicola. On dead 



Meadow-sweet, Blount Grace. 

 Chlorosplenium ceruginosiiw.. ^Sly- 

 celium in dead branch of oak. 

 ; Helotium Hedgwigii. 



cyathoideum. 

 Both on dead herbaceous stems. 

 Belonidium Clarkei. On dead wood. 



pruinosiim. On old dry 

 ' Eutypa lata.' 

 MoUisia cinerea. On dead wood. 



atrocinerea. On dead 

 stems of Angelica, thistles, etc. 



+ MoUisia dihtteUa. On dead stems 

 of Epilobium hirsutum. 



Ascoholus fiiyfuraceiis. On cow dung. 



Omhrophila davits. On dead twigs 

 in ditch. 



Orbilia leucostigma and var. xan- 

 thostigma. 



Both on dead wood. 



Pilobolus crystallinus. On cow dung. 



Monilia a urea. On rotten wood. 



t Menispova ciliata. On dead decor- 

 ticated wood. 



Torida herharum. 



Cladosporiimi herbarum. 



Both on dead herbaceous stems. 



t Cladotrichum Cookei. On dead 

 wood. 



Stemonitis fiisca. 



Friesiana. 

 Lycogala epidendrum. 

 Arcyria piinicea. 



ferruginea. 



incarnata. 



nutans. 

 Trichia varia. 

 Tilmadoche nutans. 

 Ceratiomyxa mucida. 



All on dead trunks and branches. 



T. S. 



^"♦^ 



A valuable series of notes on Insect, Fungus and other pests, is appear- 

 ing in the ' Journal of the Board of Agriculture ' month by month. 



Mr. J. Lomas has a charmingly illustrated paper on ' The Romance of 

 a River ' in parts 4 and 6 of Cassell's ' Xature Book ' (price yd. each) = 



Mr. W. H. Wheeler, M.Inst. C.E., for 49 years Borough Surveyor and 

 Harbour Engineer at Boston, Lines., on his retirement, has been publicly 

 presented at the Town Hall, Boston, by the Mayor, with an address of 

 appreciation, accompanied by a silver tray weighing 1 50 oz. ]\Ir. Wheeler 

 was the designer of Boston docks. 



We should like to congratulate Mr. G. W. ]\Iurdock on the completion 

 of his fifteen years' editorship of the well-known natural history page of 

 the ' Yorkshire Weekly Post.' Mr. INIurdock has, at all times, given pro- 

 minence to the observations of workers, and has not hesitated to use his 

 scissors for clipping the wings of the many would-be naturalists, whose 

 ambition is to soar into the unknown heights of theory, regardless of the 

 gravitative power of fact. He detests humbug as he would the plague. 

 He likes haggis — or should do. May his shadow never grow less. 



908 November i. 



