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Presidential Address to the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.— H. E. Dresser, 

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Some Rare Mosses in Westmorland.— Rev. C. H. Binstead, B.A. 



Geological Photography.--S. A. Auamson, F.G.S. 



Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire & Cheshire (Tineina and conclusion). 

 —J. \V. Ellis, M.B., F.E.S. 



Bibliography: Phanerogamic Botany, 1888-1887. 



Geological Papers relating to the North of England, read at the Newcastle 

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The Microscopic Fauna and Flora of the Markington District.— Rev. 



J. Stanley Tute, M.A. 



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