FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1904. II 



be more useful and mor6 suitable in the transactions. Un- 

 fortunately, when I took this work over from Mr. Harker the 

 lists were several years in arrears, but I have brought them up 

 to date, and the last one issued (occupying 15 pages) was for 

 1901 and appeared in the Naturalist for 1903. There are in hand, 

 in manuscript form, the lists for 1902-3-4, and when these are 

 printed, it will be neither difficult nor expensive to keep them up 

 to date in the miscellaneous volume. 



" In the early days of the Union I find lists of Yorkshire 

 Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, &c., were started. These and 

 other sections might receive the consideration of the executive in 

 due course, but during the next few years we ought certainly to 

 do something to complete some of the monographs already 

 in hand." 



T. SHEPPARD, 



Hon. Sec. 



SECTIONS. 



The President and Secretary of the Union are ex-officio Members 

 of all the Sections and Committees. 



Vetebrate Section. — The members of this Section 

 during the past year have largely devoted their attention to the 

 protection of birds — see report under the head of " Wild Birds' 

 Protection Committee." 



It is recommended that the following be elected during 

 1905:— 



President — T. PI. Nelson, Redcar. 



Secretaries — R. Fortune, Harrogate ; K. McLean, Harrogate ; 



A. White, Leeds. 

 Representative on Executive. — R. Fortune. 

 Representative on Committee of Suggestions — A. W^hite. 



Entomolog-ical Section, 1904.— Mr. William Hewett 

 and Mr. John W^addington (the Secretaries) report that the past 

 season has not been a good one for Yorkshire entomologists. 



Larvae in the spring were not numerous, some species 

 almost entirely absent, and other usually common species not 

 so abundant. Sallows were very unproductive, some of the 

 usually common species being exceptionally scarce, whilst 

 Tamiocampa lenccgraplia occurred in very limited numbers at 

 Bishops Wood in April to Messrs. W. Hewett and S. Walker, 

 of York. The spring species were generally scarce, and during 

 the whole of the year few species of lepidoptera have been really 



