TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



Y O R K S H I 



NATURALISTS' UNION. 



Series D ; 



(INSECTA, MYRIAPODA, CRUSTACEA & ARACHNIDA,) 



The Entomological Section of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union was founded by a vote of the Council of the Union on 

 Dec. 2nd, 1876, and at the same time Messrs. "William Prest, of 

 York, and G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., of Pluddersfield, were appointed 

 the nucleus of the committee, with power to add to their number. 

 The Section held its first meeting at Pontefract on April 2nd, 

 1877, when Mr. Prest was elected president and Mr. Porritt 

 secretary, with a Committee including about 24 entomologists in 

 various parts of the county. 



The First Annual Meeting of the Section v/as held at 

 Wakefield, on the 6th of October, 1877, when the President and 

 Secretary were re-elected. 



The preparation of the Reports v/as placed in the hands of 

 various members, each taking a definite group of insects. It was 

 also decided not to confine the scope of the Reports to the work 

 done at the meetings, but to include therein all that had been 

 done within the county. The orders reported upon for 1877 

 were : — 



Macro-lepidoptera Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. 



j\Iicro-lepidoptera ... Mr. William Prest. 



Diptera Mr. S. L. Mosley. 



Hemiptera Homoptera ) ,,. o t tvt i 



Family Psyllida. | - ^'''' &• L- Mosley. 



Hymenoptera | f/' f' I^'f^'\ ^^^^^'c^^- 



•' ^ \ Mr. S. D. Ban-stow. 



Trans, Y.N.U.,1SV7. P 1, 



