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I should say it will be possible to add from 250 to 300 

 species to the above number for the district, mostly 

 Tortrices and Tinece. 



T. A. Lofthouse. 



Mr. Lawson Thompson reports that he was unable to do 

 any work amongst local beetles last year, most of his inves- 

 tigations having been carried on in other districts of York- 

 shire. 



At the Y.N.U., Osmotherley Meeting, the Hon. Sec. read 

 a paper on " The Problems of the Fauna of North-East 

 Yorkshire," in which the history of various local insects wa? 

 dealt with. 



Under this Section may also come the following report on 

 the spiders of Cleveland from Mr. G. B. Walsh : — 



Some preliminary work has been done on the Spiders of 

 the district, and already thirteen species have been added 

 to the North Riding list, of which one is new to Yorkshire, 

 and in the case of two others, there is only one previous 

 record. One, Pseudo-Scorpion, has been added to the local 

 list. 



G. B. Walsh. 



It is gratifying to report that some work is being done on 

 the " neglected group " of animals for which this district 

 affords a splendid field of work. 



Mr. Walsh's lecture on " Parasites," held on February 

 27th, dealt very largely with insects, and several of the more 

 conspicuous local insect parasites were on exhibition. 



Geological Section. — I have pleasure in stating that 

 this Section has also been doing valuable work in the district 

 during the past season, and its Secretary, Mr. J. J. Burton, 

 reports thereon as follows : — 



During the past Session, the field work of the Geological 

 Section has been interesting, but somewhat restricted, as 

 the excursions have been planned to give all Sections of the 

 Society an opportunity of making investigations and records 

 rather than to give special opportunities to any particular 

 Section. One of the most interesting days of field work 



