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Rh which occurs in the wheat-ear just as the kernel is forming, and has to answer for the destruction of a large quantity of the " staff of life;" (2) the Clouded Yellow Butterfly (Colias Edusa), which we were originally surprised to see included, and wondered why it should be introduced. Probably the author had some prophetic prescience, as its appearance everywhere in unprecedented numbers has been the great entomological feature of the year.

Twelve of these specially noted insects are fully illustrated by clearly-drawn figures. After these notes there are a few general remarks on the Asparagus Beetle—for the destruction of which a successful treatment is given—and two or three other insects, with instructions as to the form of procedure, closing with an apology, which certainly seems unnecessary. It is signed "E.A. Ormerod, Dunster Lodge, near Isleworth, London."

We understand that this pamphlet is issued gratuitously, and may be obtained from Mr. Newman, 32, Botolph Lane, London; its object, therefore, is the more commendable, as few persons can have any difficulty in recording their observations when such facility and information is so freely afforded them.

are glad to observe, by the appearance of the twenty-ninth number of this periodical, that the study of Natural History north of the Tweed continues to flourish. Seven years ago the members of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science inaugurated this journal as a medium for the publication of their Transactions, but owing to the favour with which it was received by naturalists in other parts of the country, it soon ceased to be the representative journal of one Society only, and has now, we are glad to see, a considerably extended circulation.

The current number commences with a pleasantly written article by the Editor on "Glen Tilt: its Fauna and Flora," followed by a continuation of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe's account of the Lepidoptera of Moncrieffe Hill. Dr. Stirton continues a paper "On certain Lichens belonging to the Genus Parmelia" and Dr. Lauder Lindsay has an article "On the Gold-Fields and