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West-Ridiiig Consolidated Natural- 

 ists' Society. — The quarterly meeting 

 of this Society was held on the 

 7th of May at Huddersfield, ahout 

 100 members being present from 

 the Consolidated Societies of Hud- 

 dersfield, Halifax, Wakefield, Heck- 

 mondwike, Leeds, and Norland. 

 The principal objects of the meeting 

 were the exhibition and exchange 

 of Natural History specimens of all 

 kinds, though at present the attention 

 of the members seems to be nearly 

 confined to Entomology, Botany 

 and Conchology. The tables were 

 loaded with plants, chiefly collected in 

 the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, 

 and some good cases of Lepidoptera 

 •and Coleoptera were exhibited. A- 

 mong the more noticeable species 

 were ; Insects, — Selenia lunar la, Arc- 

 tiafuliginosa, Orgya fascellina (larva), 

 Papilio machaon (pupa) ; Haliylus 

 UveatocoUis, Latridius transversus, dc. 

 Plants, — Ranunculus liederaceus, R. 

 auricomus, TrolUus, europcBus (Holm- 

 firth), Actaa spicata, Berheris vulgaris 

 (Brighouse), Genista anglica, Conval- 

 laria majalis, Equisetum hyemale, and 

 Adoxa moschatelUna (Clayton West). 



Southport Naturalists' Cluh. — The 

 members of the above Club held their 

 monthly meeting on Friday evening, 

 the 20th May, at the Exchange- 

 rooms, W. H. Talbot, Esq., J.P., 

 president, in the chair. This being 



the annual meeting the Hon. Sec. 

 presented a statement of the accounts 

 and a review of the work of the past 

 year; the financial affairs were satis- 

 factory, shewing a balance in favour 

 of the club ; he was glad to say the 

 book of transactions exhibited a very 

 gratifying result of the year's pro- 

 ceedings ; the members had read 

 eight original papers on Natural 

 History subjects, several of them 

 containing valuable additions to the 

 knowledge of the subjects treated 

 upon ; the members have also by 

 their research added considerably 

 to the known Natural History of the 

 district. The number of new speci- 

 mens added in each class are as 

 follows — Zoology : Mammalia, 1 ; 

 Aves, 4 ; Eeptiiia, 1 ; Mollusca, 23 ; 

 Crustacea, 9 ; Badiata, 2 ; Arachnida, 

 2 ; Annelida, 21 ; Foraminifera, 25 ; 

 Botany: Crptogamia, 3. The meet- 

 ings generally have been of an in- 

 teresting character, and there has 

 been a good average attendance of 

 members. The ofi&cers of the past 

 year were unanimously re-elected, 

 viz. :_W. H. Talbot, Esq., J.P., 

 President ; J. A. Kobinson, Esq., 

 Vice-President ; Mr. C. H. Brown, 

 Hon. Sec. 



Birmingham Naturalists' Union. — 

 On May 4th, a number of Entomo- 

 logical and Botanical specimens were 

 exhibited by various members, the 

 greater portion having been met 

 with in the course of their rambles, 



