28 HULL SCIENTIFIC AND FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB. f 
The attendances at our meetings have been very satis- 
factory. During the summer months the average number 
present at each meeting was 28, and during the winter over 
40. The average for the year is 34 per meeting, an increase 
of 38 per cent. on the average attendance for the previous 
year. 
TS 
Opontipium Harrisonu.—This interesting diatom has re- 
cently been re-discovered in its old habitat of MHaltemprice 
springs; where it was first found by a Hull microscopist, Mr. 
Harrison, whose name it bears. Mr. Norman, who compiled the 
standard catalogue of our local diatomacez, found it plentifully 
in various places within short radius of Haltemprice, and in the 
days of the old Hull Microscopical Society, one of the members, 
to use his own phrase, got a bucket full. But since then it 
seemed to have vanished : no one knew the exact spot to look for 
it ; and in general gatherings it simply did not exist. It has now 
been found again, though only very sparsely ; but now that the 
spring is known, it will be visited next year at the season of 
greatest plenty with probably better results. The diatom is 
shaped on the ‘‘ valve” face like a plain block cross with rounded 
angles, and is prettily sculptured with conspicuous striz. From 
the “hoop” point of view, like other members of its genus, it 
presents the appearance of a straight filament, the cells adhering 
together in the form of a rod ; but it is rarely found of any length, 
and frequently consists of only two to four frustules. 
R. H. Puiuip. 
Loca Enromo.Locy, 1898.—The past year has been a very 
bad one from an entomological point of view; even worse than 
the previous year, and that is saying a good deal. Insects of all 
kinds have been exceedingly scarce, and the “ sugaring” process 
has been almost a total failure. This seems to be a general complaint 
throughout the country. The members of the entomological 
section have had numerous excursions to places around Hull ; and 
Doncaster and Spurn Point have also been visited, several nights 
having been spent in collecting at the latter place. Nothing of 
importance, however, has been taken on either occasion. One of 
the best finds during the season consisted of several larvee of the 
Death’s Head moth, obtained from Preston, near Hull, by Mr. 
Watkinson. The entomologists have in preparation a “ List of 
the Macro-Lepidoptera collected within eight miles of Hull,” and 
efforts will be made 0 AO AR 8S much as possible during 
1899.—]. W. Boutr. PE 
31 JAN. 1899 
