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NATURE NOTES 
(Lower Lea Valley) Branch, and that he would be succeeded by Mr. C. E. 
Allnutt, 29, Sach Road, Upper Clapton. The Council passed a most hearty 
vote of thanks to Mr. Wattson for his most invaluable services to the Society for 
so many years, both as member of Council and as Branch Secretar)'. 
Croydon and Norwood. — The movement for the acquisition of Croham 
Hurst has received great help from local members of the Selborne Society, w'ho 
have delivered lectures on the subject. The series was commenced by Mr. H. 
Keatley Moore, B.A., B.Mus. , at the Public Hall on October 10. This was 
followed by a lecture delivered at Moffatt Hall, Thornton Pleath, on October 15, 
by Mr. E. A. Martin, F. G.S. , and by Mr. W. Muston Holmes, at Seneca Hall, 
on November 23. The lantern slides have been prepared by Dr. Hobson, a 
member of the Society, and other members of the Committee. 
Sale. — On November 24 an illustrated lecture was given by Dr. Graham 
Renshaw in Wesley Schoolroom, Sale, Manchester, on “ Animals studied with 
the Camera.” The lecture commenced with a brief account of various deer and 
antelopes, mention being made of the efibrts of the Selborne Society to check the 
wanton destruction of wild animals. The growth of antlers in the deer family 
was illustrated by lantern photographs of the wapiti and the mule deer. The 
vanishing African fauna was illustrated by slides showing the bontebok, the 
West African harjiessed antelope, Selous’s antelope, and the black rhinoceros, 
and attention was called to the article on the extermination of the African fauna 
w'hich had been published during the year in Nature Notes. Several inter- 
esting birds were then shown, such as the bateleur eagle, the Cape crowned 
crane, the Japanese crane often depicted on Japanese screens, and the black- 
necked stork. The lecture concluded with an account of the transformations of 
the common magpie moth, which might be studied in every garden in summer 
time. The objects of the Society were brought prominently before the audience, 
and the lecture fully illustrated by the lantern. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
James S. Mann (Plaistow). — The larvte are probably those of a species of 
Pachyrrina. belonging to the Tipulida, crane-flies or daddy-long-legs. 
E. O. G. — Several correspondents write to recommend “ Every Day in the 
Country,” with 400 illustrations, by Harrison Weir. (Warne and Co.) 
Julia (West Monkton). — The galls are the common oak-spangle, produced 
by the puncture of Neiiroterus leniicularis, Olivier, the sexual form of Spathegaster 
haccartim, L. , one of the Cynipida:. 
N. C. W. — I am sorry to say that I am unable at present to suggest any 
remedy. 
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