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The Naturalist. 



Cambridgeshire, by Mr. G. S. Gib- 

 son. Mr. Abbott again noticed the 

 plant in 1874, and in 1875 he for- 

 warded specimens to Kew, when it 

 turned out to be the above plant. 

 It will thus be seen that Mr. 

 Kirkby and Mr. Abbott have the 

 credit of discovering this plant in 

 the British Isles. Mr. Abbott also 

 showed Bumex maritimus, Pilularia 

 glohulifera, Mentha pulegium, and 

 Equisetum hyemale, from Riccall 

 Common, Senecio Saracenicus from 

 Weetwood, Bidens cernua from 

 Selby, and Badiola millegrana from 

 Adel Bog : on behalf of Mr. Chris- 

 topher Pocklington : — Senecio cam- 

 pesiyris, Convolvulus Soldanella, 

 Ophrys arachnites from the south of 

 England, and from Mr. W. K. 

 Gill, of Parkstone, Dorset, Guscuta 

 epithymum on Erica and furze ; also 

 (Enanthe crocata, a poisonous plant 

 often taken in error for parsnip, 

 and other specimens. Mr. Abbott 

 recorded the capture of Colias edusa 

 on the 5th September, near Adel 

 Dam. Other members mentioned 

 that Vanessa Antiopa, now in the 

 possession of Mr. C. W. Liversedge, 

 was taken near Kirkstall Road, 

 about a fortnight ago. 



LivERSEDOE Naturalists' 

 Society. — The annual meeting of 

 the above Society was held on 

 Tuesday, September 2nd, in Mill- 

 bridge School, the Rev. W. Fowler 

 in the chair. Plants were exhibited 

 by Messrs. Rothery, Tattersall, and 

 Barber ; and fossils and other rock 

 specimens from the Drift of Hol- 

 derness, by Mr. Rothery. Mr. 

 Adamson handed round a tray of 

 eggs, including those of the guille- 



mot and razor-bill, and Mr. Banks 

 a number of lepidoptera taken at 

 Southport. A specimen of the 

 common snake preserved in spirit, 

 was exhibited by Mr. Neville. It 

 appeared from a statement made 

 by the secretary thaj: the society is 

 in a jdourishing condition, having 

 57 members this year against 40 

 last ; and £4 in hand, though 20 

 volumes have been added to the 

 library during the year. The 

 officers were ^then chosen for the 

 year ensuing, Rev. W. Fowler, 

 M.A., being re-elected president. 



MiDDLESTOWN NATURALISTS* SO- 

 CIETY. — The usual monthly meeting 

 of this Society was held on Saturday 

 evening, September 11th, in the 

 National School-room, the Rev. H. 

 Greene, president, in the chair. 

 Mr. Geo. J ackson exhibited a num- 

 ber of lepidoptera taken by himself 

 in the district, including Catacola 

 fraxini (this, he noted, was the first 

 he had known to be taken in this 

 district), Metrocampa margaritata, 

 Thyatira hatis and derasa, Xanthia 

 citrago, Gonoptera lihatrix, &c. 

 This Society being mostly composed 

 of young naturalists, it was resolved 

 to hold evening classes during the 

 coming winter for the study of 

 botany and geology. 



J. Sewell, Hon. Sec. 



[Mr. Jackson states that this speci- 

 men of G. fraxini, alluded to 

 above, was taken on the 12th of 

 August last in Stonycliffe Wood : 

 he found it resting on an elm 

 tree, four or five yards from the 

 ground, in the morning, and not 

 being prepared to take it, left it 

 until afternoon. — Eds. Nat.} 



