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of N. liicina'^ were exhibited col- 

 lected on Primnla vens, at Bram- 

 ham Moor. Many Conchological, 

 Oological, and Botanical specimens 

 were also exhibited ; the following 

 list contains the j)rincipal species of 

 plants on the table : — 



EaiiiincidusFlannmda, R. sceleratus, 

 R. arrensis, Alliaria offi,cinalis, Tilla 

 europcea, Sparganium ramosum, Lis- 

 tera ovata, Orchis maculata, Comarum 

 palustre, Polygonum amphiblum, P. 

 aviculare, Galium cruciatimi, G. sax- 

 atile, G. veriim, Veronica officinalis, 

 Euphrasia officinalis, Thymus serpyl- 

 lum, Stachys sylvatica, Betonica ojffici- 

 nalis, Nepeta Cataria, Lysimachia 

 Nummularia, Hypericum quadrangu- 

 lum, H. perforatum, H. pulehrum, H. 

 humifusum, Papaver Rhccas, Lapsana 

 communis. Chrysanthemum Leucanthe- 

 mumy Tanacetwn vulgaris, Hieracuim 

 aurantiacum, Sagittaria sagiUifolia Ta- 

 mus communis, Atropa Belladonna, 

 Silene i)ijlata. 



Wanington Field Katuralists' So- 

 ciety. — At a recent meeting of this 

 Society the honorary Secretary, Mr. 

 Peers, read a description of the larva 

 of Tortrix vihurnana (hitherto unde- 

 scribed) which he first found agglu- 

 tinating the leaves of Andromeda 

 jjolij'olia on the 18th May, and sub- 

 sequeutly screwing the leaves of 

 Myrica gale on Woolston Moss, near 

 Warrington. The perfect insect 



* N. lucina. "The larva has not been 

 found in England." — iStaintori' s Manual. 



made its appearance on the 26th 

 June. Mr. Cash exhibited speci- 

 mens of Volvox glohator recently 

 found in the neighbourhood in great 

 abundance ; also a specimen of Ste- 

 j)hanoceros Eichhornii, and various 

 other animalculce, under the micro- 

 scope. 



Huddersjield Naturalists' Society. — 

 At the Ordinary Meeting of this 

 Society held on Monday Evening, 

 July 11th, Alfred Beaumont, Esq., 

 President, in the chair, a more 

 than usually interesting collection 

 of Plants, Insects, &c., were exhibi- 

 ted by the members. Mr. W. H. 

 Charlesworth exhibited a good, and 

 neatly set, collection of Coleoptera, 

 including Calosoma Inquisitor, Cychnis 

 rostratus, from Epping, Pyrochroa ru- 

 hens, from Sherwood Forest, Dromius 

 quadrimacidatus, &g. Mr. Jas. Var- 

 ley exhibited some very remarkable 

 varieties of Albraxas grossulariata, a 

 description of which will ajDpear in 

 an early number of " The Natural- 

 ist." The following plants from the 

 neighbourhood were on the table : — 

 Rosa arvensis, R. canina, R. villosa, 

 Linaria cymhalaria, L. purpurea, L. 

 minor, L. vulgaris, Circcea alpina, C. 

 lutetiana, Lythrum salicarla. Mr. 

 Jessop also exhibited a fine plant of 

 Linaria cymhalaria, with double flow- 

 ers, gathered at Waterloo, near 

 Huddersfield. Mr, Varley brought 

 the following species from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Filey, &c. : — Centauria 



