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J^^ork, and the very rare olive-banded form of Boiiibyx qtiercus from 

 Ci'o^land ]\Ioor, Huddersfield; fine melanic forms ol Boarviia i-epan- 

 ^<-tUi from Netherton AA'ood, Huddersfield, as well as fine Yorkshire 



series of Ypsipeies clutaia^ Cidaria nissata, Hybeniia progcjiiniai-'ia^ 

 etc., and an almost comi^lete collection of the British 'Plume' Moths 

 {Pta-opliori). Mr. George Jackson, of York, sliowed some extra- 

 Ofclinary varieties of Cheloiiia caja, Arct'ia luhricipeda^ and Ahi-axas 

 Vossidariaia. Mr. vS. L. Mosley,' F.E.S., had numerous objects on 

 yiew, including a selection of drawings of varieties of the species 

 just referred to, a museum collection of Britisli Butterflies, arranged 

 on an entirely new plan and one calculated to l)e of the t^reatest 

 scientific service to students, cases showing life-histories of insects in 

 ^^il orders, and his collection of British Galls and Gall Insects, the 

 "Yorkshire examples being specially mdicated. He also exhibited 

 ^ com[}lete collection q{ British Injurious Insects, prepared 

 ^01' the Museum of Economic Entomology at Melbourne; and 

 'Numerous cases prepared for educational purposes. 



In Conchology, Mr. Joseph Whitwham's remarkably extensive 

 ■collection of British land and freshwater shells, in which the York- 

 siiu-e examples were specially marked, made a brave show, his varied 

 ^i^d extensive series oi Anodontce and Uniones being particularly fine. 



In Vertebrate Zoology, the united efforts of Messrs. J. W. Freer, 

 ■S. L. Mosley, F.E.S., J. AVilknison, W. Middlemost, jun., S. Calvert, 

 ^V- FL Smith, Walter Dyson, J. H. Wood, and Ridsdale resulted in 

 ■f^'"inging together a remarkably interesting series of cases of British 

 Dirds, their nests and eggs, special care being taken to represent 

 them as far as possible by Yorkshire examples. 



A large number of microscopes, objects, and accessory apparatus 

 ^^^ere displayed under the charge of Messrs. W. F. Piggott, H. G. 

 ^nedey, J. Clayton, A. Sheard, W. Lefevre, and A. AV. Sykes ; while 

 ^fcssrs. W. H. Charlesworth, W. F. Piggott, H. G. Brierley, and 

 •others contributed stereoscopes and a number of interesUng slides 

 '■^'lating to the geology of Yorkshire, Old and New Huddersfield, 

 ''^nd other subjects. 



Demonstrations with the oxy-liydrogen microscope were given by 

 ^"^Ir. \V. Tunstall. 



Mr. A. Clarke, the energetic Secretary of the Huddersfield 

 ^Naturalists' Society, was in charge of a powerful ox3-diydrogen lime- 

 ^S'lt lantern, by which he threw upon a screen a large number of 

 ^•^tern slides, including a number of marine animals brought by 

 ^■- H. C. Sorby, F.R.S., as well as a series of portraits of all the 

 -^^esidents of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and other distin- 

 l^bed Yorkshire naturalists referred to in the Presidential address 



All 



gust 1S93. 



