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Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 1873 74 (Norwich: Fletcher & Son).—This Society is now in the fifth year of its existence, and is in a satisfactory condition as to members. The chief features of the present number of its “Transactions” are Parts IV. and V. of the “Fauna and Flora of Norfolk,” which the Society has undertaken to publish. Part IV., by Dr. John Lowe, embraces a list of the fishes known to occur in the Norfolk waters; and Part V. (forming a separate supplement), the Norfolk Lepidoptera, by Mr. C. G. Barrett. Both lists appear to have been done with great care and caution, and we should think that Dr. Lowe and Mr. Barrett have left very little to be added. The catalogues reflect the greatest credit both upon the compilers and on the Society, a few of the wealthier members of which have contributed the greater part of the expense of printing the present supplement. The next instalment of this important work of the Norfolk Society will contain the flowering plants, by Mr. H. D. Geldart. The president's address gives a résumé of the year's work of the Society, and discusses the question of Biogenesis.—Mr. F. D. Wheeler contributes a paper On breeding Lepidoptera in confinement, giving the results of the author's own experience; and Mr. F. Kitton one On Empusca and other micro-fungi.—In a short paper by Mr. J. B. Bridgman On the nidification of the Prosopis, the author concludes that this bee forms its “nest in any suitable situation, whether in soft earth or wood, not even despising ready-formed holes, and that it collects and carries home pollen in its mouth, after working it up in a pellet.”—Mr. John Quinton contributes notes On the meteorological observations recorded at Norwich during the years 1870 73.—A variety of interesting miscellaneous natural history notes conclude the number. Altogether this Society must be congratulated on its year's work; its first object is “the practical study of natural science,” which it seems to be carrying out with considerable faithfulness.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 10, 174 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010174a0
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