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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES, etc. 
Amongst the items in the October Journal of Concliology we notice, 
‘ The Variation in the Radula of H. Helvetica, ’ by A. E. Boycott. 
The October British Birds has a strong Sussex flavour about it, the 
items including Rose-coloured Starlings in Sussex, Yellowshank in Sussex, 
and Spotted Crake in Sussex. 
In the Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine for October, is a note on 
Chionotopus, an unrecorded genus of Coleoptera. ‘ Owing to a curious 
mistake on the part of its author, Abeille de Perrin, the genus Chionotopus 
has been overlooked and is not found in any of the successive issues of the 
X omenclator Zoologicus.' 
The Journal of the Board of Agriculture, Yol. XXI., Xo. 6, contains a 
valuable paper on ‘ The Cultivation and Collection of Medicinal Plants 
in England.’ The illustrations of this paper include Cutting English 
Belladonna, Harvesting English Dill (Peucedanum), Cultivated Aconite, 
a Field of Foxglove, Golden Seal (Hydrastis) shaded by Elms, Golden 
Seal under Lattice Shade, Picking Henbane Leaves, a Field of Datura 
Metel, and a Plantation of English Valerian. 
In the Museums Journal recently issued, Mr. Deane, of Belfast, was 
said to have stated that ‘ museum head-ache ’ was caused through ‘ viewing 
a great number of objects.’ Mr. Deane corrects this, and states that what 
he stated was that the complaint was ‘ prominently connected with 
straining the muscles of the eyes caused by superposing of reflected 
images in a different focal plane from that of the specimens.’ We under- 
stand that beer has a somewhat similar effect. 
The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Xatural History Society, 
for August, 1914, contains, among others, the following valuable notes : — 
‘ The African Brown-Bellied Kingfisher,’ Dr. V. G. L. Van Someren ; 
‘ The Organic Cell,’ Dr. E. Wynstone- Waters ; ‘ Some Xotes on Game 
Animals of Jubaland,’ Mr. I. X. Dracopoli ; ‘ Some Xotes on Fishes in 
British East Africa and Uganda ’ ; ‘ Two Rare East African Animals ’ ; 
‘ Three New African Weaver- Birds of the Genera Estrilda and Granatina.’ 
There are several illustrations, including a coloured plate of the Brown- 
Bellied Kingfisher. 
In The Entomologist’s Record for September, Mr. T. A. Chapman, in 
replying to Air. Bethune- Baker on the genus Lycaenopsis, says that ‘ he 
interprets me as meaning that if haraldus to which the generic name 
Lycaenopsis was given, be not congeneric with argiolus, then the generic 
name Lycaenopsis is to leave haraldus and attach to argiolus. If such a 
thesis commended itself to me, my intelligence must be so low, that my 
not seeing the joke is comprehensible.' Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker says in 
‘ Remarks on Dr. Verity’s Reply to one of his Critics,’ in the same number, 
• I differ from the Doctor very decidedly, but that is all, and even as he, 
so am I entirely content to “ leave it to a jury of authorities to give its 
verdict on.” ’ The science of entomology seems to be an interesting one. 
The Entomologist’s Record for September contains an interesting 
series of ‘ Current Xotes and Short Notices.’ In this, reference is 
made to an article in a popular ‘Weekly,’ which occurs under the 
heading of ‘ Scientists Wanted.’ In this it is stated : ‘ The evolution 
of pests is so rapid that it is difficult for mere humans to keep pace with it. 
Not so many years ago grease-banding was introduced to allay the ravages 
of the wingless Moth, a pest that moved up the trunks of trees in autumn 
to lay its eggs in the crevices of the wood. In its passage it was arrested 
by the grease-band, a kind of sticky flypaper, by which it was entrapped. 
Scientific observations in Kent go to prove that, in the short space of 
twenty years, this particular pest has actually grown wings, and so can 
circumscribe the grease-bands ! ' Truly, scientists are wanted. 
Naturalist, 
