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234 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION—-ANNUAL MEETING. 
York, and the very rare olive-banded form of Bombyx quercus from 
Crosland Moor, Huddersfield ; fine melanic forms of Boarmia repan- 
data from Netherton Wood, Huddersfield, as well as fine Yorkshire 
series of Vpsipetes elutata, Cidaria russata, Hybernia progemmaria, 
etc., and an almost complete collection of the British ‘Plume’ Moths 
(Pterophori). Mr. George Jackson, of York, showed some extra- 
ordinary varieties of Chelonia caja, Arctia lubricipeda, and Abraxas 
grossulariata. Mr. S. L. Mosley, F.E.S., had numerous objects on 
view, including a selection of drawings of varieties of the species — 
just referred to, a museum collection of British Butterflies, arranged 
on an entirely new plan and one calculated to be of the greatest — 
scientific service to students, cases showing life-histories of insects in 
all orders, and his collection of British Galls and Gall Insects, the 
Yorkshire examples being specially indicated. He also exhibited 
a complete collection of British Injurious Insects, prepared 
for the Museum of Economic Entomology at Melbourne; and 
numerous cases prépared for educational purposes. 
In Conchology, Mr. Joseph Whitwham’s remarkably extensive 
collection of British land and freshwater shells, in which the York- 
shire examples were specially marked, made a brave show, his varied 
and extensive series of Amodonte and Uniones being particularly fine. 
In Vertebrate Zoology, the united efforts of Messrs. J. W. Freer, — 
S. L. Mosley, F.E.S., J. Wilkinson, W. Middlemost, jun., S. Calvert, — 
W. H. Smith, Walter Dyson, J. H. Wood, and Ridsdale resulted in 
bringing together a remarkably interesting series of cases of British 
birds, 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 
were displayed under the charge of Messrs. W. F. Piggott, H. G- 
Brierley, J. Clayton, A. Sheard, W. Lefevre, and A. W. Sykes ; while 
Messrs. W. H. Charlesworth, W. F. Piggott, H. G. Brierley, and - - 
others contributed stereoscopes and a number of interesting slides 
relating to the geology of Yorkshire, Old and New Huddersfield, 
and other subjects. 
mstrations with the oxy-hydrogen microscope were given by 
Mr. W. Tunstall. 
‘Mr. A. Clarke, the energetic Secretary of the Huddersfield 
: Naturalists’ Society, was in charge of a powerful oxy-hydrogen lime- 
light lantern, by which he threw upon a screen a large number of ~ 
lantern slides, including a number of marine animals brought 
Det. C. Sorby, V.RS., as well as a series of portraits of all the 7 
ee lpaaeon of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, and other distin- : 
es aie Yorks orkshire naturalists reaped to in the Ercsideatiel, pane 
