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narrow. The front, for the purposes of observation, and the top, for the admission 
of light, are to be of glass ; the back, ends, and bottom, being constructed of slate ; 
the whole fixed in a stout frame-work. (R. Stretch) A List of Land and Fresh¬ 
water Mollusca, found in the neighbourhood of Banbury, Oxfordshire. None of the 
mollusca mentioned can be called rare ; but Mr. Stretch says, when mentioning the 
occurrence of Limax flavus, that it is difficult to find, as it does not come out of its 
hiding-places (cellars) until midnight. We think it would require a good deal of 
attention to find when the village clock would strike the hour of twelve, in a dark 
cellar, unless, perhaps, by hearing; but, for our own part, we have found this slug at 
all hours, and at times when it was light enough to see it devour bread. (A. M. 
Norman) On the Introduction of forms of Animal and Vegetable Life into new lo¬ 
calities. If the idea here stated be faithfully carried out, it will save much confusion 
hereafter in making local lists. (Rev. A. Hussey) Ravages of Caterpillars. Pro¬ 
ceedings of Natural History Collectors in Foreign Countries—(Mr. H. W. Bates) 
Santarem, March 27, and April 27,1854 ; (H. T. Stainton) Entomological Botany, 
with more especial reference to the plants frequented by the Tineina (continued 
from page 4,472) ; Professor Bailey’s mode of giving permanent flexibility to 
natural history specimens (see “Nat. Hist. Rev.”for January, 1855, page 2, Notices 
of Serials) ; (A. Roberts) On Rare Birds killed near Scarborough, and on the oc¬ 
currence of the Larus Islandicus near the same place ; (Rev. A. Hussey) Occurrence 
of the Short-toed Lark, Lapland Bunting, and Richardson’s Skua in Sussex, on a 
White Swallow in East Kent, and an inquiry respecting the name of an Australian 
Spider; (J. J. Briggs) Note on the Congregation of Swallow's ; (N. Cooke) Pigmy 
Curlew and little Stint, near Warrington ; (T. J. Bold) Occurrence of the Ruff and 
little Auk in Northumberland, and the Egyptian Goose near Newcastle ; (Edward 
H. Sargint) Capture of the Tetrodon Pennantii, at Ardmore, Co. Waterford; (F. 
Walker) List of Spiders found in Piercefield, near Chepstow, in 1853; (A. R. 
Hogan) Entomologist’s Annual; (W. Machin) Variety of Anthocaris cardamines, 
Capture of Notodonta carmelita, and early appearance of Cucullia umbratica; 
(B. Smith) Note on Ptilophora plumigeria ; (G. Guyon) Remarkable vitality in a 
specimen of Sitonea fusca ; (Octavius Pickard-Cambridge) Curious Capture of Pceci- 
locampa populi. Proceedings of Societies—Entomological Society, November 6, 
1854; December 4, 1854. Society of British Entomologists, November 7, Decem¬ 
ber 5, 1854. 
No. 148, February:—(R. Warrington) On Artificial Sea-water; (W. F. 
Templer) Some remarks on the Marine Fauna of the South of Devon (continued 
from page 4,468). If space allowed us, we would compare this fauna with that of 
the Bay of Dublin,* as given by Rev. A. Irvine ; his list contains 105 species, and 
Mr. Templer’s not more than 46 ; yet some common species, such as Antennularia 
ramosa, Lucernaria auricula, &c., are absent from our Bay, and that not on 
account of their being southern species, as we have found L. auricula in great 
abundance in the extreme north of Ireland. The geographical distribution of the 
Zoophytes is a most interesting subject; but much cannot be known about them 
until some more local lists are published. (O. Pickard-Cambridge) On the 
Corporeal Sensations of Insects. This paper commands the attention of the readers 
of the “ Zoologistfor ourselves, we took our ideas on the subject from the first 
* Vicls Nat. Hist. Rev., vol, i., p. 244. London: S. Highley. 
