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Bartlam, and amongst them were 

 the following : — Narthecium ossifra- 

 gitm, Asplenium viride, Erica tetra- 

 lix, Vaccinium Vitis-Idoea, Hyper- 

 icum humifusum, Walilenbergia 

 hederacea, Drosera rotundifolia, 

 jRuhus Chamoemorus, Cystopteris fra- 

 gilis, Eriophorum augustifolium, 

 jEchium vulgare, &c. Mr. H. Sims, 

 of Wakefield, exhibited the follow- 

 ing lepidoptera : — Eupithecia linar- 

 iata, Eupisteriaheparata, Epioneapi- 

 ciaria, Xylophasia polyodon (black 

 var.), Cymataphora jiuctuosa, Dian- 

 thoecia capsincola, Apamea gemina, 

 and Hadena chenopodii, all from the 

 neighbourhood of Wakefield. The 

 meeting was brought to a close a 

 little after eight o'clock by the usual 

 votes of thanks, after which a few 

 of the members were invited by- 

 Mr. Porritt to his house for an 

 examination of his splendid collec- 

 tion of lepidoptera. The following 

 Societies were represented at the 

 meeting : — Huddersfield, Heck- 

 mondwike, Barnsley, Wakefield, 

 Ovenden, Holmfirth, Liversedge, 

 Rastrick, Mirfield, Honley, Mid- 

 dlestown, and Paddock. 



York aistd District Field ISTatu- 

 RALiSTs' Society. — The usual meet- 

 ing of this Society was held on 

 Wednesday evening, the 11th of 

 August, at the house of Mr. Prest, 

 Holgate Road, Mr. Simmons in 

 the chair. Mr. Button exhibited 

 Lithosia quadra, Asthena Blomera- 

 ria, taken at Helmsley, also Pem- 

 pelia palumhella, Scoparia hasistri- 

 galis, and Sarrothripa revayana. 

 Mr. Helstrip showed a fine example 

 of the Ruffled Bustard, from East 

 Indies ; Mr. Robinson, CalUgenia 

 miniata, Crambus Selaselkis, Phycis 



rohorella, Depressaria liturella, and 

 a fine variety of Arctia lubricipeda; 

 the secretary on behalf of Mr. 

 Frost, a fine specimen of Sphinx 

 Convolvuli, taken at rest on the 

 Cemetery Road. It is somewhat 

 remarkable that another specimen 

 of this rare Sphinx was taken at 

 rest the following day in Bucking- 

 ham Street, quite in the middle part 

 of York. Also, Lithosia quadra, 

 taken in Askham bog, and new to 

 our district ; Phycis betulella, also 

 new to York ; Agrotis ravida ; Or- 

 thosia suspecta, taken at sugar ; and 

 Ephyra orhicularia, bred from the 

 egg. After an interesting discus- 

 sion, the meeting separated. — Wm. 

 Prest, Hon. Sec. 



d^irarts torn fytmpnkmt 



To the Editors of the Naturalist. 

 — Dear Sirs : On page 32, line 6 in 

 the second column, of your last 

 issue, I am reported as having 

 shewn "the difierent proportions 

 of carbonate of lime and phosphate 

 of magnesia in the Knottingley and 

 Warmsworth limestone." Will you 

 kindly allow me to say that "phos- 

 phate " ought to be " carbonate " ? 

 My mention of phosphate of ammo- 

 nia as a test for magnesia probably 

 caused the confusion. The last line 

 in the same column should be 

 removed altogether, such a rock as 

 "the upper red limestone" never 

 having been mentioned. — I am, 

 gentlemen, yours truly, W. Fowler. 

 — [H. Payne — Our correspondent 

 will observe that the error he so 

 kindly points out is also corrected 

 by the author of the paper. — 

 Eds. Nat.] 



