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A New Yorkshire Gall-\Iidge. 
golden. Genitalia as in figure 3, very conspicuous, light 
yellowish-brown. Legs also light yellowish-brown. 
The female fly may be briefly described as followes : length, 
3.5 millimetres, antennal joints as in figure 5, the narrow portion 
not so long in proportion as in the male, the whorls of hairs not 
so numerous (the figure was drawn from a preparation in 
Canada balsam, and, as most of the hairs were rubbed oft, only 
serves to indicate the general shape of the joints) ; thorax 
entirely shining black, with no trace (in any of my specimens) 
of the golden hairs so conspicuous in the male sex ; scutellum 
also quite black. Abdomen with black bands separated by 
conspicuous blood-red transverse lines which mark the edges 
of the segments, patches of black scales on the sides, opposite 
the black bands of the dorsal surface ; ventral surface also 
banded with black, but the blood-red more conspicuous : 
ovipositor blood-red, fading to light yellowish-brown ; wings 
somewhat paler and less densely haired than in the male. 
REFERENCES TO LITERATURE. 
1. Riibsaamen, E. H., Entomologische Xachrichten, Jahrg. XXI., pp. 
13-14, figs. 1-4 (1895). 
2. Riibsaamen, E. H., Biologisches Centralblatt, Band XIX., p. 566 
(1899). 
3. Kieffer, J. J., Suite a la Synopse des Cecidomyies d’Europe et 
d’Algerie, p. 12 (1900). 
4. Kieffer, J. J., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1900, pi. 31, fig. 9. 
5. Edwards, F. \Y., Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 1912, pp. 136-137. 
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We understand the Museum at Rochdale has been put under the wing 
of the Chief Librarian, Mr. R. J. Gordon. 
The Annual Report of the Warrington Museum Committee for the year 
ending June 30th, 1914, is for the 66th year since the Museum’s estab- 
lishment. It contains particulars of several interesting additions, many 
being of local interest. 
Filey to the front again. We give the following from a recent issue 
of the Yorkshire Weekly Post, without comment : — ‘ Capture of ‘ an 
Eagle ’ by a Filey Boy at Sea. — On Tuesday last, whilst one of the 
Filey boats engaged in the herring fishing, was out at sea, at a distance of 
about fifteen miles, the crew observed a large bird approaching, which 
after hovering a short time, alighted upon the masthead. One of the 
lads on board, noted for his previous daring, immediately commenced 
climbing the mast, thinking to secure a prize, but on the lad approach- 
ing it took wing. He had not descended far, however, before the 
bird returned to its previous position, apparently much exhausted. 
The plucky lad again sprang up the mast, and on reaching the top 
attempted to grasp the bird, but his majesty was not to be taken without a 
struggle, for he stuck his talons deep into his hand, making the blood to 
flow most freely. Scales (the lad’s name) nothing daunted, clinging 
tightly to the mast with his legs, threw out the other hand, seized the eagle 
by the throat, and suceeded, after a little flapping of the wing and attempt- 
ing to bite, in strangling him. He then tied him round his neck, and came 
down, a bloody victor, to the deck. The eagle is of a darkish brown colour, 
speckled with white, of beautiful plumage, but excessively lean, about two 
feet long, measuring from tip to tip of wing a little more than five feet. 
Naturalist, 
