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and Abraxas grossulariata vars. gloriosa and iochalca. By Dr. H. D. 

 Smart : Thecla betulae ab. spinosa and pale Luperina testacea from South 

 Devon ; dark Bryophila perla from Stelley ; a series of Syrichthus malvae 

 approaching ab. taras and a variable series of Vanessa urticae, 

 Polyommatus phlaeas and Eugonia quercinaria ; and specimens of 

 Macrogaster castaneae from Wicken. By Dr. Croft : Colias edusa from 

 South Devon, a series of Odontopera bidentata showing extreme variation, 

 from near Leeds ; and the continental ' Map ' butterfly Araschnia levana 

 and its variations prorsa and porina. By Mr. H. H. Corbett : a case 

 showing specimens of Asphalia flavicornis and Hybernia leucophaearia 

 resting on birch bark, also the following species taken in the Doncaster 

 district during the past season — Zeuzera pyrina, Asteroscopus sphinx, 

 Phigalia pilosana, Hybernia defoliaria, Scoparia angustea, Herbula 

 cespitalis, Oxyptilus teucrii, Tortrix unifasciana, Amphysa prodroman,a 

 Carpocapsa splendidana, Adela rufimitrella var. maculata. By Mr. 

 Edward Cocker : a fine series of Arciia caia from Huddersfield district, 

 including a remarkable creamy suffused specimen. By Mr. B. Morley : 

 a long series of Calymnia affinis from near Doncaster, where the race is 

 exceptionally large and variable, including almost black forms. For 

 comparison were shown specimens from Cambridgeshire,- Kent and 

 Berkshire, where the species is small and pale coloured. 



Diptera. — Mr. C. A. Cheetham showed a case containing most of the 

 known Yorkshire mosquitoes and a number of their larvae mounted in 

 slides. Amongst the flies shown by Mr. Morley was a specimen of 

 Gymnochaeta viridis new to the county lists and a specimen of Xylophagus 

 ater, both from Skelmanthorpe. 



Mr. W. Falconer passed round various kinds of foliage bearing galls of 

 many kinds, both of bees, midges and mites, and also a few leaves scabbed 

 ■with mildew. He appealed to the members to send him any galls they 

 may come across and thus help forward the work yet to be done with the 

 .galls of the county. — B. Morley. 



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 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT BRADFORD. 



By the kind and joint invitation of the Bradford Natural History and 

 Microscopical Society and Bradford Scientific Association, the fifty- 

 ninth Annual Meeting of the Union was held in the large Lecture Hall of 

 the Church Institute, Bradford, on Saturday, December 4th last. 



The party who assembled in the morning spent an interesting time 

 under the guidance of Mr. W. P. Winter, B.Sc, and Mr. E. Hepworth, 

 B.Sc, in examining the geology of Chellow Dene and the neighbourhood 

 of Nab Wood, Shipley. 



The Meeting of the General Committee held in the afternoon was 

 well attended, 28 of the 34 affiliated Societies being represented. After 

 the formal adoption of the Report and Balance Sheet, the latter showing 

 a satisfactory gain on the year's working, the Chairman, Mr. G. T. Porritt, 

 a.nnounced that the Executive had offered to Mr. H. H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 

 F.L.S., of Doncaster, the presidency of the Union for the ensuing year. 

 Great satisfaction was voiced upon learning that Mr. Corbett had signified 

 acceptance of the office. Upon the invitation of Mr. Thomas Sheppard, 

 M.Sc, it was decided to hold the Annual Meeting at Hull, in December, 

 1921. In order to meet the increased cost in the publication of The 

 Naturalist it was unanimously resolved on the motion of Prof. P. F. 

 Kendall, M.Sc, seconded by Mr. E. G. Bayford, that the necessary steps- 

 be taken, in accordance with the Rules, to increase the annual membership 

 subscription from 12/6 to 15/-, and that the qualification for Life Member- 

 ship should be a donation of not less than eleven guineas, such increased 

 subscriptions to date from ist January, 192 1. The resignation of the 



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