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and illustrated by a well-executed plate representing 'Typical Male Geni- 

 talia.' Then come the descriptions, clear and intelligible, of the genitalia 

 of the various species, under the heading of ' Classification of the Noc- 

 tuidae based on the Structure of the Male Genitalia ' ; and followed lastly 

 by 32 plates containing 350 figures of the genitalia of practically all the 

 British species of Noctuidce. These figures are really splendid, and have 

 evidently been most carefully drawn from the specimens. Although 

 highly magnified, every detail is so clear, that, together with the descrip- 

 tions, it should be impossible to get wrong in the examination of specimens. 



We congratulate Mr. Pierce most heartily on his book, which must take 

 a high place among entomological literature, G. T. P. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



Our contributor, Mr. J. J. Burton of Nunthorpe, has been elected a 

 Fellow of the Geological Society of London. 



Amongst the recently-elected Fellows of the Royal Society we notice 

 the names of Dr. F. A. Bather, Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne and Prof. W. J. 

 Lewis. 



We regret to record the death of Frederick Edward Hulme, whose 

 works on familiar wild flowers have proved such a boon to young nat- 

 uralists. 



Sir Thomas Henry Holland, of the Indian Geological Survey, towards 

 the end of the year will succeed Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, as Professor of 

 Geology at the Manchester University. 



A grant of ;^io has been voted by the Caradoc and Severn Valley Field 

 Club to Mr. H. E. Forest, the amount to go towards the publication of 

 ' The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales. 



A series of twelve examples of Geotnipes typhosus from Tatton Park,, 

 shewing the development of the horns in the male, has been given to the 

 Warrington Museum by Mr. G. A. Dunlop. 



A contemporary asks ' every friendly reader ' to send notes. ' Do not 

 think anything too trivial to send. If it interests you it will probably be 

 of general interest, and in that case will be worthy of publication ! ' Prob- 

 ably this explains the reason for the recently increased price of that journal. 



Evidently birds sing differently in different places. Under ' Birds 

 of Note ' in a natural history contemporary, we were surprised to find the 

 Gull, Eagle, Nightjar and Peregrine. The same journal is starting a 

 column in which to record ' some of the errors in natural history, which 

 are constantly disseminated by the press ' Et tu, Brut^ ! 



A Nature Study Exhibition organised by the Nature Study Society, 

 will be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, N.W., on 

 Friday and Saturday, June 4th and 5th. It will be open each day from 

 10 a.m. to sundown. It will include Aquaria, Vivaria, and other means of 

 observing animals, with photographs and microscopic illustrations. From 

 the report of the previous Exhibition organised by this Society, which has 

 been sent to us, there is every probability of the forthcoming one being very 

 successful. 



At the recent Annual Meeting of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary 

 Society it was announced that there had been a slight falling off in the 

 attendances at the museum during the year. Nothwithstanding the fact 

 that the fees paid for lectures was £68, as compared with £12^ for the pre- 

 vious session, there was still a loss on the year's work of £8. The question 

 as to the future of the Society's museum was raised, and apparently it is 

 not yet decided whether it shall be taken over by the Corporation, or go 

 to the University. One of the most valuable acquisitions during the year 

 was the skeleton of a woman found in the Scoska Cave, Littondale. 



. Naturalist 



5 m 1909 



