Eepoets of 



Vanessa Antiopa. — On the 5th 

 inst., I had the good fortune to 

 secure a specimen of Vanessa 

 Antiopa, at Edlington. It is a 

 good specimen, except a snip in 

 the right hand wing. Two men 

 catching V. Atalanta, lo and G. 

 Bhamni, had it pinned sidewise in 

 a paper . collar box, and did not 

 exactly know what it was. — John 

 Harrison, 7, Victoria Bridge, 

 Barnsley, September 7th, 1875. 



Orchidace^. — The following is 

 a list of these very favourite 

 plants to be found in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Alresford, which 

 is situated almost at the extreme 

 south of the country, and I should 

 very much like to compare notes 

 with other botanists, especially 

 those of northern districts. The 

 subsoil here is mostly chalk. Orchis 

 Morio, 0. ustulata, 0. latifolia, 0. 

 maculata, 0. Conopsea, 0. fifolia, 

 0. Mascula, Neottia nidusavis, Lis- 

 tera ovata, Epipactis grandiflora, 

 Ophrys apifera, 0. muscifera.—J . 

 Anderson, Jun., Alresford, Hants. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. 

 — On Monday evening, Aug. 30th, a 

 few lovers of natural history met at 

 the Northgate Hotel, Bradford, for 

 the purpose of establishing a society 

 that should have for its objects the 

 acquisition and diffusion of know- 

 ledge in the various branches of 

 natural history, by means of books, 

 papers, rambles, and the exhibition 

 of specimens in botany, geology, 

 entomology, ornithology, &c. The 

 officers were elected and meetings 



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fixed for the ensuing year. After 

 the remaining business had been 

 transacted, beautiful specimens of 

 the larvae, pupae, and imago, of 

 Smerinthus populi (poplar hawk 

 moth) were exhibited by Mr. J. W. 

 Carter. — The second meeting of 

 this Society was held on Monday 

 evening, Sept. 6th, at the North- 

 gate Hotel. The President, Mr. 

 John Carter, occupied the chair. 

 The first business, after the minutes 

 of the last meeting had been read, 

 was a resolution to join the West 

 Riding Consolidated Naturalists' 

 Society, that body having resolved 

 at their recent annual meeting, held 

 at Huddersfield, to accept the 

 Bradford Society. The secretary, 

 Mr. J. W. Carter, was instructed 

 to forward the required information 

 so as to secure consolidation as 

 early as possible. Five new mem- 

 bers were admitted, and the nucleus 

 of a library formed, through the 

 liberality of Messrs. J. Firth, J. 

 Carter, J. W. Carter, and H. An- 

 drews, members of the Society, who 

 presented works on lepidoptera, 

 geology, and botany. It was re- 

 solved to purchase Newman's 

 " British Moths and Ferns." After 

 the remaining business had been 

 transacted, several beautiful speci- 

 mens of lepidoptera were exhibited, 

 including Papilio Machaon, Gonep- 

 teryx rhamni, Colias edusa, C. hyale, 

 Pieris cratcegi, P. hrassicoe, P. rapce, 

 P. napi, P. daplidice, Anthocharis 

 cardamines, Leucophasia sinapis, 

 Crocallis elinguaria, Cidaria russata, 

 and the larvee, pupse, and imago of 

 Pygceria bucephala, which were ex- 

 hibited by Messrs. J. Firth, J. W, 

 Carter, and H. Andrews. 



