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evervwliei'P. In July he took an example of C'nihro cribrarius 9 strnpprling" 

 hard to convey a speciuien of Snrcopha(;a canuirid to its nest, a heavy load for 

 it. Mr. J. W. Carter, F.E.S., reported that at the Union's meeting at Spurn, 

 AmmopJiilii sabulosa, a new county record, occurred commonly to Mr. C. A. 

 Cheetham, tojiether with Crahro cribrarius, Epeofus riiftjjes and other .species. 

 A curious 9 Sire.v noctilio was taken at Scarboroujih by Mrs. Ilaigli Lninby; 

 it had tlie usual black •antennso, but .spiinging from the apex of the basal joint 

 of the right antenna was a third antenna of about half the normal length, and 

 the colour wholly t'^staceous. Mr. Ivosse Butterfield, F.E.S., reported that the 

 males of Bomhus soriiensis were found not nncommonly at Grassington, and 

 that a new variety of Psithyrus was secured. From pupae found at Buclcden 

 he had bred Vontpihis appro.rimatiis. There were eight additions to the 

 Sawflies. Abiu loiiicerae he had taken at Barden-in-Wharfedale in May, and 

 Mr. C. A. Cheetham had taken Abia eandens at Austwick Moss in June. 

 Mention, too, should be made of the new British Sawfly Lycjaeonematus loes- 

 maeli from Arnclitie. Mr. Cheetham reported that many additions to the 

 Diptera of the county had been made, a list of which will be published later. 



Among the numerous exhibits at the meeting maybe mentioned: — 



In Coleoptfra. — Mr. A. E. Rhodes exhibited Cicindela campestris var. 

 funebris, of which he had taken five specimens at Horsforth, near Leeds, and a 

 long series of varieties of Strcmr/nlia armata from Haw Park, near Wakefield ; 

 Dr. H. II. Corbett, F.L.S.. remarked on the extraordinary abundance of tliis 

 species at Doncastep during the past summer. Mr. G. B. Walsh exhibited 

 Sphaeridium ■i-maeulatuin, Euthia sclunimi, Micrambe vi/Iosa, Anoplus rohoris, 

 Elleschus bipi.inctatus, and Anthojionius conspersus, from the Scarborough 

 district. Dr. W. J. Fordham exhibited Aleocliara ciuiiculonun from Skipwith, 

 and Atheta languida from Bub with, both new to Yorkshire; and Ayriliis 

 angustulus from Melbourne, near Bubwith. 



In Lepidoptern. — Dr. II. D. Smart exhibited Plusia mterrogcdiimis from 

 Yorkshire and Ireland, a tine series of Pieris napi including a banded form, and 

 the yellow form from Ireland, raelanic Acronyctd leporivM from Cannock Chase, 

 blue 5 5 of Lyciiena icarus from Sandsend, melanic Psilura ononacha, variable 

 series of Polia (hi, Hepialus hectus, and Jiduria testata, and (j" Eniaturya 

 atomaria of $ coloration. Mr. G. T. Porritt, Abraxas grossulariufa var. 

 varleyata-sparsata, nearly all black, and probably the finest specimen yet 

 seen, and var. rflr/ey«/a with entirely black fore wings from Huddersfield larvae, 

 series of Zygaena achilleae from Argyllshire, and the recently new British 

 Tortrix Puedisca pomeda.vana from Exeter. Mr. T. H. Fisher exhibited 

 a shoi't series of Arctia caia with hind wings of a crimson-lake colour. 

 Dr. Corbett variable series of Phigalia pieduria and Ilybernia leucophearia, 

 including many melanic forms, from Doncaster. Mr, R. Butterfield, a long 

 series of Phiyalia pedaria, mostly melanic, from Keighley, in illustration of his 

 father's correspondence on the species in the " Naturalist." Ur. Croft, a long 

 bred series of Vanessa io from (orange, about half of which had emerged as 

 the var. cyanosticta ; a Lancashire specimen of Thecla (ptcrcus ab. bellus. 

 Mr. T. A. Lofthouse, F.E.S., melanic Phigalia peduria, and variable Ilybernia 

 eucophearia from Ingleby Greenhow, Notudonta chaonia. Great Ayton, Ebideu 

 crocealis, Linthorpe, Leptograir.ma literaiia, Ingleby Greenhow, Eiipoecilia 



