May, 1891. 
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546. P. ulmarius, Fr. Boletus, Purt. On elm trees. August- 
September. On an elm runnel at Arrow; old elm 
stump, Wixford Lane ; Oversley, Purt. iii. 243. Near 
Warwick, Perceval. 
547. P. fraxineus, Fr. On old ash trees near Warwick. Perceval, 
March, 1872. 
548. P. annosus, Fr. On sticks and stumps. August to 
May. Near Warwick, Perceval. Driffold Lane, Sutton ; 
Sutton Park, on larch ; Four Oaks; Coleshill Pool, on 
larch ; Shirley, on Piosa canina. 
549. P. radiatus, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton, November, 1883, 
September, 1884 ; numerous specimens on fallen alders, 
above Blackroot Pool, Sutton Park, October, 1887. 
550. P. versicolor, Fr. On stumps, &c. Common everywhere. 
Warwick, Perceval. Kenilworth, Russell, Illustr. Ansty, 
Adams. Sutton ; Middleton ; Coleshill; Oldbury, &c. A 
pale substipitate form is not uncommon in shady places. 
551. P. Wynnei, B. et Br. Crackley Wood, Bussell, Illustr. 
552. P. ferruginosus, Fr. On gate posts. Near Warwick 
August, 1872, Perceval. Brinklow Lane, Adams. 
553. P. medulla-panis, Fr. Boletus, With.,Purt. On decaying 
wood. Edgbaston, With. 319. Oversley, &c., Purt. ii. 
669. Kagley Woods, Purt. iii. 444. Sutton (?) Boletus 
obliquus, Kagley, Oversley Wood, &c., Purt. iii. 247, 
may be the same, but all these references include the 
sub-similar species, such as P. vulgaris. P. vaporarius, &c. 
(To be continued.) 
Stmtlifit dlaninp. 
A project is on foot for the establishment of a marine station 
at Sebastopol. The plan to he followed in its erection will, it is stated, 
be that of the Zoological Station at Naples, but on a smaller scale. 
The First Edition of Lord Lilford’s “ Coloured Figures of the 
Birds of the British Islands,” with the exception of a few of the earlier 
parts, has all been subscribed for. He is, therefore, making prepara¬ 
tion for the issue of a second edition in every respect equal to the first. 
The death is recorded of Mr. Tuffen West, at Furnell House, 
Frensliam, in his sixty-eighth year. Mr. West will long be remem¬ 
bered as one of the best illustrators of works on natural history. 
The United States National Weather Service has hitherto been 
under the control of the War Department. On the 1st July it will be 
transferred to the Agricultural Department, which seems a most 
judicious change. 
