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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 



NORTHAMPTON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.— Exhibits at 

 inaugural meeting, October 18th: microscopes ; Messrs Durham and Kempson, 

 Lophopns cry stall iiu is and Stentor pohjmorphus ; Mr. Dangerfield, circulation 

 of sap iu Vallisneria spiralis ; Mi-. Osborne, spiracle of beetle (Dytiscus 

 marginalis), tongue of wasp, &c. ; Mr. J. Gregory, microscopic moths and 

 microfungi. Mr. Tomalin, jun., exhibited his entomological captures of the 

 past summer, amongst which were : — 



Macroglossa stellatarum . . . . . . Humming-bird Hawk. 



Sphinx convolvuli .. .. .. .. Convolvulus Hawk. 



(Four specimens have been 



Antbrocera filipenduke 

 Calligeuia miniata . . 

 Oroyia pudibunda . . 

 Cossus ligniperda 

 Ztuzera sesculi 

 Platypteryx unguicula 

 Dicranura vinula 

 Nonagria fulva 

 Nonagria typhte 

 Hydraeeia nictitans . . 

 Luperina testacea 

 Apamea unauimis 

 Grammesia trilinea . . 

 Anchocelis rufina 

 Cirraedia xerampelina 

 Dicycla 00 

 Polia chi 

 Aplecta herbida 

 Amphipyra pyramidea 

 Pericallia syringaria 

 Ennomos tiiiaria 

 Biston proiiromaria . . 

 Boarmia consortaria 

 Eubolia cervinaria . . 

 Tephrosia punctularia 

 Melanippe tristata . . 

 Abraxas ulmata 

 Halias quercana 

 Chesias spartiata 



caught in this neighbourhood this year in the first 

 week of September). 



Six-Spot Burnet. 



Rosy Footman. 



Pale Tussock. 



Goat Moth. 



Wood Leopard. 



h'arred Hook- tip. 



Puss Moth. 



Small Wainscot. 

 Bulrush Moth. 



Golden Ear. 



Lesser Flounced Rustic. 



Uniform Rustic. 



Treble Lines. 



Flounced Rustic. 



Centre-barred Sallow. 



Scalloped-wing Oak Moth. 

 Cbi Moth. 



Green Arches. 



Copper Underwing. 



Lilac Beauty. 



Canary-shouldered Thorn. 



Oak Beauty. 



Pale ditto. 

 Mallow. 



Engrailed. 



Small Argent and sable. 



Scarce Magpie. 



Scarce Silver lines. 

 Streak Moth. 



OSWESTRY AND WELSHPOOL NATURALISTS' FIELD AND 

 ARCH^OLOGICAL SOCIETY.— The last excursion for 1881 was made on 

 Monday, September 26th. Meeting at Longville Station, ne»r Wenlock, the 

 party first walked to the "Ditches," a well-ma>ked ancient fortification on the 

 hill above Lutwycbe Hall, the seat of Mr. Benson. On their way they visited a 

 quarry on Wenlock Edge, and found several of the fossils which abound in the 

 Wenlock Shale. " The Ditches" is a circular space about 200 yards in diameter, 

 and enclosed by earthwork ramparts, of which there are traces of three, or 

 perhaps four. The party then proceeded to Canlington, and visited the church, 

 to which there is a Norman doorway, and a timber poroh dated 1639. In the 

 church there is the tomb of Judge Leigh ton, who died in 1607. The oldest bell 

 bears the date 1603, and another, 1742, bears the inscription, " Fear God, 

 honour the King." The party then ascended Caer Caradoc, a hill of some 1,400 

 feet, of volcanic origin. From its top mere is a hue view of Shropshire and the 

 neighbouring counties, extending us far as Wolverhampton, -the Malvern Hills, 

 and the Brecon Beacon. Taking the train at Church Stretton,the members and 

 their friends returned home after a very pleasant day. The following plants 

 rewarded the botanists: Gentiana cami>estris,Chlora perfoliata, Tragopogon 

 pratensis, and Colchicum autunmale. 



