lO YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



the neighbourhood of Barnsley : — Nine Euperia fulvago {palacea), 

 Xanthia aurago, Calocampa vetusta, also eight Noctna dahlii, and 

 obtained, by beating, several Cymatophora Jluctuosa from its 

 headquarters in Yorkshire, near Barnsley, also one Xylophasia 

 scolopacina, whilst Mr. Bloor has obtained a beautiful hermaphro- 

 dite Lycaena argiolus from near Rotherham. 



Immense numbers of Vanessa cardui have occurred in Britain 

 this autumn, and the species has also been very plentiful in various 

 parts of Yorkshire ; the majority of these specimens, which were 

 autumn immigrants from the continent, were first observed in 

 numbers on the 19th and 20th September, and subsequent dates. 

 A remarkable coincidence in connection with the occurrence of 

 Vanessa cardui this year is that the last " record " cardui year was 

 that of 1879, probably, up to that date, the wettest season 

 on record. 



It is recommended that the following be elected for 1904 : — 



President — H. Ostheide. 



Secretaries — W. Hewett, F.E.S., and J. Waddington, F.E.S, 



Representative on Executive — W. Hewett. 



ConcholOg'ical Section. — The secretaries, Mr. J. E. 

 Crowtber and the Rev. E. P. Blackburn, report that, " taken as a 

 whole, the season of 1903 has been fairly successful. We were 

 glad to have the presence of our President, Mr. W. Denison 

 Roebuck, F.L.S., at all of our excursions, and on one occasion 

 at least he was the only representative. At the Cowthorpe 

 expedition the weather was too wet and cold for the animals to 

 crawl about, the finds being only of eight species." 



" At Filey we had a most successful outing, the number of 

 species noted being 32, made up of 7 slugs, 16 land and 9 fresh- 

 water species, the most noteworthy being Amalia Sowerhyi found 

 by Messrs. Hey and Roebuck, Pnpa anglica by Mr. Fetch, and 

 a large form of Limno'a pahistris by Mr. Castle, who also notes 

 nineteen varieties of colour and banding in Helix nemoralis." 



At Goathland the weather was very hot and dry, the only 

 exhibits were of Helix nemoralis broken up by hedge-hogs. 



The Marine Zoology work done at Filey was very profitable, 

 and a well-arranged list of finds was published in the September 

 " NaturaUst " by Mr. T. Fetch. 



The Bowes expedition yielded a fruitful harvest, the more 

 important finds being Clansilia bidentata, Pyramidulaia rotundata, 

 Pyraniidula rupestris and Balea perversa. The old Castle was a 

 perfect paradise for mollusca. A night search by Mr. T. 

 Sheppard yielded Limax arhornm and Limax flavtis, \a.r:.rufescens. 



