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The late Bernard Hobson, of Sheffield, has bequeathed a thousand 
pounds to the Yorkshire Geological Society. 
J. C. A. Roseveare writes on ‘ Land Drainage in England and Wales ' ; 
E. Morton on ‘ The Geology of the Goyt Valley ' ; and W. Rushton on 
‘ Biological Problems in Relation to Water Storage,’ in Volume XXXVII 
of the Transactions of the Institution of Water Engineers . The same 
useful work contains a Contents and Subject -Index to the thirty - 
seven volumes issued by the Institution, which will be of value to 
bibliographers. 
According to Mr. J. P. T. Burchell’s letter in The Geological Magazine 
for June, Professor Boswell and Mr. W. S. Bisat are said to confirm 
bis records of flint implements in glacial beds. 
Stanley A. Beaver’s paper on ‘ The Iron Industry of Northampton- 
shire, Rutland and South Lincolnshire,’ in Geography for June, covers a 
much larger area than might be assumed from the title. 
Jane Longstaff continues her wonderful work among fossil Gasteropods 
in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, No. 354, in 
A Revision of the British Carboniferous Loxonematidae,’ with Descrip- 
tions of New Forms. Tn the previous part, No. 353, of the same 
publication, Professor W. S. Boulton describes ‘ The Rocks between the 
Carboniferous and Trias in the Birmingham District.’ 
The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association recently issued contain 
details of Demonstrations at the British Museum (Natural History) on 
Palaeontological Technique and of Evolution ” and “ The Early 
History of Palaeontology.” 
Dr. C. O. Stallybrass’s Presidential Address to the Liverpool Geological 
Society on ‘ Early Man and his Geological Setting ’ appears in the 
Society’s Proceedings , edited by Dr. D. A. Allan, and printed by Messrs. 
A. Brown & Sons, of Hull. 
Dr. F. J. North continues his studies of Early Geological Maps in a 
paper entitled ‘ From Giraldus Cambrensis to the Geological Map,’ 
printed by the Cardiff Naturalists’ Society. 
A portrait of the late P. M. C. Kermode, who did so much for Manx 
archaeology, geology and natural history, appears in The Twenty-eighth 
Annual Report of the Manx Museum. 
G. E. Collins writes on ‘‘ From Fen to Farm, from Heath to 
Husbandry,’ in The Lincolnshire Magazine, No. 5. 
I. P. Tolmachoff in The Geological Magazine for June writes : ‘ It 
would be desirable if I should designate genolectotypes for the four new 
genera of corals created by me. New genera Peetzia and Cypellophyllum 
{'=Craterophyllum Tolmachoff) and monotypic, with Peetzia minor 
Tolm., and Cypellophyllum abyssum Tolm. ( = Craterophyllum abyssum 
Tolm.) as respective genotypes. Genolectotype of the new genus 
Stelechophyllum ( = Stylophyllum Tolm.) is Stelechophyllum venukoff 
Tolm. ( = Stylophyllum venukoffi Tolm.), and that of the genus 
Disophyllum is Disophyllum symmetricum Tolm.' 
NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 
The Entomologist for July contains ‘ The larvae of Oporinia christyi 
Prout and their variation (Lep. Geometridae ) , by J. W. H. Harrison ; 
British Gall causing Cynipidae, some notes on their emergencies,’ by 
M. Niblett ; ‘ Two new South African species of Dixa (Diptera) ,’ by 
H. G. Wood ; ‘ Notes on Braconidae. XIV. Alysiides,’ by C. Morley ; 
and numerous Notes and Observations. 
1933 August 1 
