CiRC. No.129. 



CONCHOLOGY. — The Conchological section will be officially represented 

 by its President, Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., and Mr. John W. Taylor, 

 F.L.S., and other conchologists. 



The conchologist will find the district a very good one, and the time of the year 

 very suitable for collecting the terrestrial species. The work for the day will include 

 a visit to the identical spot where Cyclostoma elegaits was collected by the great 

 pioneer of Yorkshire Natural History research, Dr. Martin Lister, ~,vho records that 

 he ' found them plentifully in a woody high cliff upon the River Wharfe near 

 Oglethorp ' (Hist. Anim. Angl., 1678, p. 120), the cliff now known as the White 

 Crag ; then a search for Acme lineata in its sole station in a wood near the church ; 

 a search for living examples of Achatina acicula, should they be discoverable of a 

 species which simply swarms as dead shells all over the magnesian limestone tract 

 in the vicinity ; and an endeavour to add to the recorded fauna of the district such 

 few species (which will be almost exclusively slugs) as have eluded the keen eye of 

 Mr. John Emmet, to whom we owe nearly all our knowledge of almost the whole 

 fauna and flora of the immediate neighbourhood. Should Testacella be obtained, 

 its specific determination is required, for although Mr. Emmet has seen various 

 specimens from the district they have not been examined by slug-specialists. Among 

 the species recorded by Mr. Emmet we may cite as a selection the following : — 

 Sphariutn lacii'^tre and other species, Pisidiuvi amniciim and others, Anodonta 

 cygnea, Neritina, both Valvati?., Planorbis nautilens, PL allms, PI. spirorlns, PL 

 vortex, PL carinatus, PL contort us, Pliysa Jiypnoritm, Liiniiiea po'egra, L. stagiialis 

 (not nearer than Catterton), Ancyliis fliiviaiilis, Liniax flavus, L. Jiiaximiis, L. 

 IcBvis, Arion ater, A. hortensis, A. circuinscriptits, Succinea putris, S. elegans, 

 Vitriiia, Hyalinia cellaria, H. alliatia, H. nitida, H. nitidula, H. pura var. mar- 

 gariiacea, H. fiilva, H. crystallina, Helix aculeata, H. aspersa H. neiiioralis 

 in great variety, H. arbiistoriini, H. cantiaiia, H. concinna, H. hisptda, H. grann- 

 lata, H. fusca, H. caperata, H. itala, H. pulchella, H. lapicida, Buliminus obsciinis. 

 Pupa cylindracea, P. miiscoriim, Vertigo pygmcsa. V. tdentula, Claiisilia bidentata, 

 CL laininata, Azeca tridens, Cochlicopa Itcbrica, and other species. 



ENTOMOLOGY. — The Entomological section will be officially repre- 

 sented by its Secretary, Mr. Wm. Hewett. 



Lepidoptera. — The woods and plantations on the Bramham Estate are very 

 rich in Lepidoptera, and lepidopterists should make careful investigation for such 

 species as are likely to be in evidence at the date of the excursion. 



Coleoptera. — The district does not appear to have been examined by 

 coleopterists. 



Other Orders. — No records available. 



WORK TO BE DONE by members who have no special object of 

 investigation. Worms (especially the small aquatic and mud-haunting species) 

 to be collected and sent to Rev. Hilderic Friend, 7, Fern Bank, Cockermouth ; 

 Diptera to P. H. Grimshaw, F.E.S., 26, Montpellier Park, Edinburgh, or 

 R. H. Meade, i. Mount Royd, Manningham ; Orthoptera, Trichoptera, Neu- 

 roptera to G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. , Crosland Hall, Huddersfield ; and Tubes of 

 Water containing Freshwater Algae, to W. West, F.L.S., 15, Horton Lane. 

 Bradford. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS. - 



5-0 p.m.— Meat Tea, 2;'- each 1 



6-0 p.m. — Sectional Meetings V All at Halliday's Royal Hotel, Boston Spa. 



6-30 p.m. — General Meeting J 



The Chair at the General Meeting will be taken by Mr. A. H. I'awson, F.L.S, 



