THIS 
Iflumal, 
A Monthly Medium for Collectors and Students of Natural History. 
LONDON: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. 
Vol. II., No. 21. MARCH 1894. Price 2d. 
THE RECOGNISED MEDIUM OF 
THE PRACTICAL NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY, 
LAMBETH FIELD CLUB AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, 
NORTH KENT ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, ETC. 
Edited by H. K. SWANN. 
With the assistance of Albert H. Waters, b.a., &c., A. Ford and H. Durraht. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
The Mentone Cave Men.125 
Notes on Fungi .128 
Hints for the Month : Lepi- 
doptera ; Larvae ; Coleoptera ; 
Conchology; Botany.130 
Rural Notes and Observations 132 
Forge Valley, Yorkshire .... 132 
PAGE 
Book Notes ...134 
Records and Observations : 
Mammals; Birds; Insects; Mol¬ 
luscs ; Plants ; Fishes ... 135 
Field Clubs and Societies ..,. 138 
To Correspondents ... 140 
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