FIRST WORLD CONGRESS OF HERPETOLOGY

THE CONGRESS will be held at University of Kent and in Canterbury. H.R.H. Prince Philip, President of the World Wildlife Fund, will serve as Patron of the Congress and Professor Angus A. Bellairs as Honorary President. The Congress will also serve as the official 1989 meetings of Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Herpetologists' League, and Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. It will be co-hosted by the Zoological Society of London, Fauna and Flora Preservation Society, Societas Europaea Herpetologica and The British Herpetological Society.
The Scientific Programme, subject to modification, is listed below. Plenary speakers and Convenors are now being invited. Persons who wish to participate in events should contact the Convenors, whose names and addresses may be obtained from the Secretariat (see below). There will be poster sessions open to all persons but no oral contributed papers. All presentations will be in English, but discussions can be in other languages.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Disappearing Species: The Social Challenge. B y E rik E ckholm . Worldwatch Paper 22. Worldwatch Institute, Washington
The Penitent Butchers . B y R. S. F itter a nd S ir P eter S cott . Collins/Fauna Preservation Society     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
M oss , C. 2000. Elephant Memories: with a new afterward .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Reveries of the Solitary Walker, Botanical Writings, and Letters to Franquières, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Translated and annotated by Charles E. Butterworth, Alexandra Cook and Terence E. Marshall. Edited by Christopher Kelly.
Catalogue of Portraits of Naturalists, Mostly Botanists in the collections of the Hunt Institute, the Linnean Society of London, and the Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, compiled by Anita L. Karg, Sharon Tomasic, Margot Walker, Gavin D. R. Bridson, Hervé M. Burdet, Marie-Martine Chautems and Tina Moruzzi-Bayo.     

Islam,nationalism and communism

Gabriel Warburg, Islam, Nationalism and Communism in a Traditional Society: the case of the Sudan. (Frank Cass, London, 1978.) 253 pp. £11.00     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The Biology of the Tardigrades, by Ian M. Kinchin
Oecophorine Genera of Australia, Vol 1 The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Monographs on Australia Lepidoptera 3, by Ian F. B. Common
Parasitoids. Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, by H. C. J. Godfray
Predation and Defence amongst Reptiles, by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson
The Hawkmoths of the Western Palaearctic, by A. R. Pittaway
The Brackish Water Fauna of Northwestern Europe, by R. S. K. Barnes
Fishes of the World, by Joseph S. Nelson     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Biological Relations of Optically Isomeric Substances. By A rthur R. C ushny
Enzynzes: Properties, Distribution, Methods and Applications. By S elman A. W aksman and W ilburt C. D avison
The Composition and Distribution of the Protozoan Fauna of the Soil. By H. S andon
Hydrogen Ion Concentration. Its Significance in the Biological Sciences and Methods for its Determination. Volume 1. Principles of the Theory. By L eonar M ichaelis     

Book Reviews

M icrobial I nteractions and C ommunities Vol. 1. (1982). Edited by A.T. Bull & J.H. Slater. 567 pp. London, New York: Academic Press. £33.80, US $69.50.
B ioactive M icrobial P toducts : S earch and D iscovery (Special Publications of the Society for General Microbiology No. 6) (1982). Edited by J.D. Bu'Lock, L.J. Nisbet & O.J. Winstanley. 148 pp. London and New York: Academic Press. £10.00, US $20.50.
I solation and I dentification M ethods for F ood P oisoning O rganisms (Society for Applied Bacteriology Technical Series No. 17). (1982). Edited by Janet E.L. Corry, Diane Roberts & F.A. Skinner. 406 pp. London and New York: Acadmic Press. £30.00, US $55.50.
P lasmids (Study in Biology No. 142) (1982). M.J. Day. 52 pp. London: Edward Arnold. £2.50.
S mith's I ntroduction T o I ndustrial M ycology 7th Edition (1981). A.H.S. Onions, D. Allsopp & H.O.W. Eggins. 398 pp. London: Edward Arnold. £37.50.     

BOOK REVIEWS

CURRENT TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE PATHOBIOLOGY
OCEANOGRAPHY-AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. Peter K. Weyl.
REGIONAL VARIATION IN INDIAN OCEAN CORAL REEFS. Edited by D. R. Stoddart and Sir Maurice Yonge.
BRITISH PROSOBRANCH AND OTHER OPERCULATE GASTROPOD MOLLUSCS: KEYS AND NOTES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPECIES (shortened to 'BRITISH PROSO-BRANCHS' on the cover), by Alistair Graham. Linnean Society Synopsis of the British Fauna (New Series) number two.
CHECK LIST OF THE HELMINTH PARASITES OF AFRICAN FRESHWATER FISHES by L. F. Khalil. Technical Communication
BIOLOGY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL by Charles E. Warren. Philadelphia, London, Toronto: W. B. Saunders.     

From Hindu Kush to Sri Lanka and the State of the Art

The Hill of Flutes: Life, Love and Poetry in Tribal India. W. G. Archer . Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974.
Structural Approaches to South India Studies. Harry M. Buck and Glenn E. Yocum , eds. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Wilson Books, 1974.
Faction and Conversion in a Plural Society: Religious Alignments in the Hindu Kush. Robert Leroy Canfield . Anthropological Papers, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan No. 50. 1973.
Elite Politics in Rural India: Political Stratification and Alliances in Western Maharashtra. Anthony Carter . Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology, 9. London: Cambridge University Press, 1974.
The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra. Richard I. Cashman . Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975.     

Review article: Migrants,minorities, and Mosleyites

Kenneth Lunn (ed.), Hosts, Immigrants, and Minorities: Historical Responses to Newcomers in British Society, 1870–1914; Folkestone: Dawson, 1980, 377 pp., £15.00.

Colin Holmes, Antisemitism in British Society, 1876–1939; London: Arnold, 1979, 328 pp., £13.50.

Gisela C. Lebzelter, Political Antisemitism in England, 1918–39; London: Macmillan, in association with St Antony's College, Oxford, 1978, 222 pp., £10.00.

Kenneth Lunn & Richard C. Thurlow (eds), British Fascism: Essays on the Radical Right in Inter‐War Britain; London: Croom Helm, 1980, 234 pp., £12.95.     

The Proteus syndrome: the Elephant Man diagnosed.

Sir Frederick Treves first showed Joseph Merrick, the famous Elephant Man, to the Pathological Society of London in 1884. A diagnosis of neurofibromatosis was suggested in 1909 and was widely accepted. There is no evidence, however, of café au lait spots or histological proof of neurofibromas. It is also clear that Joseph Merrick''s manifestations were much more bizarre than those commonly seen in neurofibromatosis. Evidence indicates that Merrick suffered from the Proteus syndrome and had the following features compatible with this diagnosis: macrocephaly; hyperostosis of the skull; hypertrophy of long bones; and thickened skin and subcutaneous tissues, particularly of the hands and feet, including plantar hyperplasia, lipomas, and other unspecified subcutaneous masses.     

Book review

Clinical and Biochemical Luminescence (1982). Edited by L.J. Kricka & T.J.N. Carter. 289 pp. New York & Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. S.Fr. 135.
Microbial and Viral Pesticides (1982). Edited by E. Kurstak. 720 pp. New York & Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc. S.Fr. 284.
The Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (1982). Edited by Sir Charles H. Stuart-Harris & D.M. Harris. 284 pp. London & New York: Academic Press. £20.00, US$37.00.
Economic Microbiology Vol. 7. Fermented Foods (1983). Edited by A.H. Rose. 337 pp. London & New York: Academic Press. £29.20, $60.00.
Current Developments in Malting, Brewing and Distilling (1983). Edited by F.G. Priest & I. Campbell. 311 pp. London: The Institute of Brewing, 33 Clarges St, London W1Y 8EE. Price not stated.     

Some Aspects of the Ecology and Biology of Some Small Mammal Fleas from Yorkshire

The Invertebrates R. MCNEILL ALEXANDER 561 pp. London: Cambridge University Press, 1979. £28.00/£7.95. ISBNs 0 521 22120 X/29361 8 Reviewed by Andrew C. Campbell

Lecture Notes on Invertebrate Zoology Second edition M. S. LAVERACK and J. DANDO 194 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1979. £5.50. ISBN 0 632 00325 1 Reviewed by Andrew C. Campbell

An Illustrated Guide to River Phytoplankton H. BELCHER and E. SWALE 64 pp. London: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology/HMSO, 1979. £1.50. ISBN 0 11 886602 8 Reviewed by J. W. G. Lund

The Cell as a Habitat 286 pp. London: The Royal Society, 1979. £8.50. ISBN 0 85403 113 8 H. V. Wyatt

Cell Motility Integrated Themes in Biology H. STEBBINGS and J. S. HYAMS 192 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1979. £4.95. ISBN 0 582 44380 6 Reviewed by K. R. Tyler

Concepts in Cell Biochemistry W. K. STEPHENSON 221 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1978. £5.00. ISBN 0 471 03390 1 Reviewed by D. A. Kennedy

The Kindly Fruits of the Earth G. E. HUTCHINSON 264 pp. London: Yale University Press, 1979. £13.35. ISBN 0 300 02272 7 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

Brain, Behaviour and Evolution D. A. OAKLEY and H. C. PLOTKIN (Ed.) 237 pp. Andover, Hants: Methuen, 1979. £9.00/£4.95. ISBNs 0 416 71260 6/71270 3 Reviewed by W. H. Dowdeswell

Introduction to Evolution F. A. RACLE 162 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/Hall, 1979. £5.80. ISBN 0 13 382869 0 Reviewed by J. A. Dawes

Tissues and Organs: a text-atlas of scanning electron microscopy R. G. KESSEL and R. H. KARDON 317 pp. San Francisco and Reading: W. H. Freeman, 1979. £18.90/£7.00. ISBNs 0 7167 0091 3/0090 5 Reviewed by A. W. Robards

The Cycling Female A. LEIN 135 pp. Reading: W. H. Freeman, 1979. £6.30/£2.90. ISBNs 0 7167 1039 0/1038 2 D. J. Reid

Ecology and Evolution of Animal Behaviour Second edition R. A. WALLACE 284 pp. Hemel Hempstead, Herts: Prentice/Hall, 1979. £7.10. ISBN 0 87620 272 5 Reviewed by Ursula Bowen

Man Against Disease MUIR GRAY 192 pp. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. £2.50. ISBN 0 19 289127 8 Reviewed by H. V. Wyatt

Pollen and Allergy Studies in Biology, No. 107 R. BRUCE KNOX 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.75. ISBN 0 7131 2736 8 Reviewed by D. Brookes

Principles of Animal Physiology Second edition J. A. WILSON 890pp. London: Collier Macmillan, 1979. £16.45. ISBN 0 02 428360 6 Reviewed by K. R. Tyler

Morphogenesis of the Vertebrates Fourth edition T. W. TORREY and A. FEDUCCIA 570 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1979. £11.60. ISBN 0 471 03232 8 Reviewed by F. E. G. Cox

Lizards—A Study in Thermoregulation Studies in Biology, No. 109 R. A. AVERY 56 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.80. ISBN 0 7131 2745 7 Reviewed by Gillian E. Standring

Life at High Altitude Studies in Biology, No. 112 D. HEATH and D. REID WILLIAMS 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.80. ISBN 0 7131 2754 6 Reviewed by C. G. Gayford

Seal Cull J. LISTER-KAYE 174 pp. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books, 1979. 95p. ISBN 0 14052 336 7 Seal Song B. DAVIES and E. PORTER 94 pp. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books, 1979. £2.50. ISBN 0 1400 4740 9 Reviewed by Ursula Bowen

Fieldwork Projects in Biology M. HINGLEY 170 pp. Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1979. £4.95. ISBN 0 7137 0964 2 Reviewed by Malcolm Watson

Investigative Mycology R. F. SHARP 136 pp. London: Heinemann Educational, 1978. £5.00/£2.20. ISBNs 0 435 60750 2/60751 0 Reviewed by Avice M. Hall

Sexual Incompatibility in Plants Studies in Biology, No. 110 D. LEWIS 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1979. £1.90. ISBN 0 7131 2747 3 Reviewed by David Skibinski

Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Soil Science R. E. WHITE 198 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1979. £8.50. ISBN 0 632 00052 X Reviewed by D. Payne

Bioscience Education in Developing Countries T. RAMASARMA et al. (Ed.) 230pp. Singapore: University of Singapore, 1979 $7.00 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Ecology of African Mammals M. J. DELANY and D. C. D. HAPPOLD 434 pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1979. £25.00. ISBN 0 582 44176 5 Reviewed by Colin Wood-Robinson

Modern Biology Made Simple R. BARRASS 304 pp. London: W. H. Allen, 1979. £3.50/£2.25. ISBNs 0491 02452 5/02462 2 Reviewed by John May

Life Science Physics J. W. KANE and M. M. STERNHELM 664 pp. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley, 1978. £11.00. ISBN 0 471 03137 2 Reviewed by P. Burdett

Warwick Real Time Science Simulations Teacher's Handbook R. A. BEARE £3.00 Eleven biology booklets J. HEWITSON £1.00-1.75. Hatfield, Herts: Association for Science Education, 1978 Reviewed by M. E. Leveridge     

Two new species of Multiclavula (lichenized basidiomycetes) from savanna soils in Rwanda (East Africa)

Two new species of Multiclavula are described from Rwanda: M. akagerae , with a thallus consisting of turgescent glomerules, and M. rugaramae , with a thallus composed of flattened, rounded, marginate, and dispersed squamules. They grow on soil in frequently burned savannas or on lateritic soils in eastern Rwanda. The genus Lepidostroma should probably be reduced into synonymy with Multiclavula .  © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 155 , 457–465.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Propagation of Hardy Perennials. Richard Bird. 192 pp., 34 colour photographs, 24 text figures. B. T. Batsford, London. 1993.
The Peony. Alice Harding, updated by Roy G. Klehm. 145 pp., 26 colour photographs. B. T. Batsford, London.     

Short reviews

Hasia R. Diner. IN THE ALMOST PROMISED LAND, AMERICAN JEWS AND BLACKS, 1915–1935, Westport, Connecticut and London, England. Greenwood Press, Contributions in American History, Number 59, 1977. 271 pp. n.p.

Astri Suhrke and Lela Gamer Noble (eds) ETHNIC CONFLICT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. (Praeger Special Studies in Politics and Government), Praeger Publishers, New York and London, 1977, 248 pp., n.p.

Laurence D. Loeb, OUTCASTE: JEWISH LIFE IN SOUTHERN IRAN, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1977, 328 pp., $20.

Elizabeth McTaggart Almquist, MINORITIES, GENDER AND WORK, Lexington Books (Lexington, Mass., 1979), £11.50.

Phyllis A. Wallace and Annette M. LaMond (eds), WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, Lexington Books (Lexington, Mass., 1979), 222 pp., £12.75.

Jeremy R. Azrael (ed.), SOVIET NATIONALITY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, New York and London, Praeger, 1978, 393 pp., £17.50.

Edward Dew, THE DIFFICULT FLOWERING OF SURINAM: ETHNICITY AND POLITICS IN A PLURAL SOCIETY, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1978, X + 234 pp., n.p.

John Edwards &; Richard Batley, THE POLITICS OF POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION: AN EVALUATION OF THE URBAN PROGRAMME 1967–77, London, Tavistock, 1978, 287pp., £9.95.     

山西万荣的旧石器

山西万荣县荣河公社西桌子附近离石黄土中,与脊椎动物化石一起出土的旧石器有十余件,其地质时代为中更新世。     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Davis , L. S., & J. T. Darby, eds. (1990): Penguin biology (Biologie der Pinguine). Academic Press, London. Labhardt , F. (1990): Der Rotfucns (The red fox). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin — Hamburg. Mech , L. D. (1990): Der weiße Wolf. Mit einem Wolfsrudel unterwegs in der Arktis (Arctic wolves. The pack). Frederking & Thaler, München. Sieg , J., & W. Wägele, eds. (1990): Fauna der Antarktis (Marine invertebrates of Antarctica). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin und Hamburg. Selkirk , P. M., R. D. Seppelt , & D. R. Selkirk (1990): Subantarctic Macquarie Island (Die subantarktische Macquarie-Insel). Studies in polar research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Naveen , R., C. Monteath, T. de Roi , & M. Jones (1990): Wild ice — Antarctic journeys (Reisen in die Antarktis). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington—London. Krause , G. (1990): Biogenetische Interphänotypen — Wegweiser durch die Stammeslinien der Tiere (Phylogeny as seen by a comparative embryologist). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin — Hamburg. Jeßberger , R. (1990): Kreationismus. Kritik des modernen Antievolutionismus (Creationism. A criticism of modern anti-evolutionary thinking). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin und Hamburg.     

Book Reviews/Buchbesprechungen

Book reviewed in this article:
RACEY, P. A.; SWIFT, S. M. (eds): Ecology, evolution and behaviour of bats. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London
TAYLOR, J. D. (ed.); Origin and evolutionary radiation of the Mollusca: centenary symposium of the Malacological Society of London.