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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 
A delightfully -written and well-illustrated account of the Algal 
Flora of a Leicestershire Pond by Florence Rich appears in the Trans- 
actions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society for 1932-3. 
We see from the press that some Reptilian footprints have been 
found near Worksop recently which have been examined by the Curator 
of the Museum and Town Clerk of Worksop. These Permian footprints 
are not uncommon but what possible justification can there be for the 
large heading at the top, ‘ 14,000,000 Years Old ” ? 
The Entomologist for October contains ‘ Barro Colorado ; a Tropical 
Nature Reserve,’ by W. G. Sheldon ; ‘ Additional Notes on the Types 
of Certain Butterfly Genera,' by F, Hemming ; ‘ A New Species of 
Neuraeschna (Odonata),' by D. E. Kimmins ; ‘ British Trichoptera 
in May and June,’ by M. E. Mosely, and numerous Notes and Observa- 
tions including Migration Records and several records of Colias croceus. 
The Entomologist’ s Monthly Magazine for October contains ‘ New 
Species of Staphylinidae (Col.) from Japan,' by M. Cameron ; ‘ Remarks 
on some of Motschoulsky’s Types of Staphylinidae (Col.),’ by M. Cameron ; 
‘ Neuroptera (sens. Linn) observed in Argyllshire (V.C. Kintyre) in 
May, 1933,’ by K. J. Morton ; ‘ Mesopsocus laticeps (Kolbe) a Psocid 
new to Britain ’ (with figure), by F. M. Gambles ; ‘ Descriptions of 
two new Asilidae (Dipt.) from the Transvaal ’ (with figures), by B. M. 
Hobby, and ‘ Two further instances of flies swarming at Rothamsted 
Experimental Station with some references to this phenomenon,’ by 
H. F. Barnes (a very interesting note) ; ‘ The British Hemiptera Heter- 
optera of the Dale Collection,’ by J. J. Walker, and several shorter 
notes, including one on Colias croceus near Carlisle by F. H. Day. 
The Entomologist’s, Record for October contains ‘A Butterfly Hunt 
in South Finland,’ by Rev. G. Wheeler ; ‘ Additional Records of Ants 
and Myremcophiles,’ by H. Donisthorpe, ; ‘ The early stages of Indian 
Lepidoptera, ’ by D. G. Sevastopulo, several scientific notes and the 
supplement, ‘ British Noctuae,’ by H. J. Turner. 
Science Progress for October (Edward Arnold, 7s. 6d.) contains a 
number of important articles of special interest to North Country natura- 
lists. Professor Boswell, of the Imperial College, has a timely essay 
on the modern views on the geology of chalk. The theories of sixty 
years ago have had to be extensively revised, and there are many problems 
associated with the origin of chalk which have not yet been cleared up. 
Dr. Aston writes on The Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2, and Dr. Norman, 
of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, contributes the substance of 
a lecture on ‘ Some Aspects of the Chemistry of the Plant Cell Wall.’ 
Dr. W. T. Astbury, of the Textile Physics Laboratory of the University 
of Leeds, is already well-known for his important research work. His 
article on ‘ The X-ray Interpretation of Fibre Structure ’ will be of great 
interest to scientifically -minded readers, and more especially to those 
who have been following recent work on molecular architecture as revealed 
by X-ray examination. The Journal contains several important con- 
tributions, extensive notes on Recent Advances in Science, and many 
book reviews which are of real service. 
NORTHERN NEWS. 
Dr. Cyril Fox, Director of the National Museum of Wales, at Cardiff, 
gave an address on ‘ Britain as an Environment for Man ’ to the Inter- 
national Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences in London 
recently. This has now been published by the Museum, and is remark- 
able for the extraordinary number of maps showing the distribution of 
barrows, beakers, bronze axes, flint daggers, etc., in Great Britain. 
Judging from most of the maps, Yorkshire takes a very good share of the 
records relating to Early Man. 
The Naturalist 
