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The Naturalist. 



Athole, Councillor Ogilvie, and 

 Jas. Scrymgeour, of the Dundee 

 Naturalists' Society, and many 

 others. Mr. Chas. Howie, of 

 Largo, exhibited a fine collection 

 (some 2,000 specimens) of dried 

 mosses, which were hung round the 

 walls ; and Dr. Croall, of Stirling, 

 another beautiful series of British 

 Mosses and Hepaticse ; Mr. English, 

 of Epping, a small collection of 

 preserved dried fungi, suitable for 

 museums, which retained almost 

 the appearance of nature ; and a 

 lady of the Duke of Argyle's house- 

 hold, a splendid series of coloured 

 drawings of fungi from nature. Two 

 large trophies of fungi — one on the 

 platform and one at the opposite 

 side under the orchestra — arranged 

 by Mr. J. Young and Mr. Carring- 

 ton, added greatly to the appearance 

 of the exhibition, which was further 

 enhanced by a large collection of 

 growing ferns, chiefly from the 

 greenhouses of Sir Thos. Moncreiffe, 

 Bart. It would be next to impos- 

 sible to note the whole of the spe- 

 cies exhibited, but the following 

 list, kindly supplied by Dr. F. 

 Buchanan White, F.L.S., indicates 

 a few of the most notable : — From 

 Rannoch — Boletus flavidus, n. B. ;* 

 Hydnum Icumgatum, n. B. ; S. 

 imbricahim, Rhizopogon lutescens, 

 n. B. ; Vihrissea margarita White, 

 Trametes pini, Clavaria rufa, Peziza 

 hippocobra, n. s. ; Boletus cymies- 

 cens, Lahrella ptarmicm, n. B. ; 

 Phoma Stevensoni, n. s. ; Arcyria 

 Friesii, n. s. ; and Agaricus Caput- 

 Medusce, n. B. From Moncreiffe — 

 Bulgarea purpurea J n. B., dindi Aga- 

 ricus aureus, n. B. From Meih- 

 leom — Xylaria Scotica. n. s. 



* N. S. signifies New Speci 



GooLB Scientific Society. — The 

 first winter meeting of this Society 

 was held on Wednesday, Oct. 13th, 

 Mr. Hunter read an instructive 

 paper on " The History and Con- 

 struction of the Microscope " ; and 

 at its conclusion proceeded to point 

 out the diverse modes of construc- 

 tion exemplified by the microscopes 

 in the room, and to illustrate the 

 different optical effects produced by 

 direct, oblique, reflected, and polar- 

 ized light, concluding by an exhibi- 

 tion of the microspectroscope. — 

 H. Franklin Parsons, M.D., 

 Hon. Secretary. 



HUDDERSFIELD NaTURALISTS' SO- 

 CIETY. — Meeting, Sept. 27th, the 

 President, Mr. G. T. Porritt, 

 F.L.S., in the chair. — Mr. Samuel 

 Bairstow exhibited a beautiful 

 series of botanical specimens, 

 chiefly ferns, from Barmouth. 

 Various conchological specimens 

 were shown by other members. In 

 lepidoptera, Mr. Porritt exhibited 

 a specimen of Dianthcecia albima- 

 cula, bred in June last by Mr. 

 Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester, 

 from larvse found by Mr. H. Mon- 

 creiff at Portsmouth , Phycis Davi- 

 sellus, also bred by Mr. Sidebotham ; 

 Noctua ditrapezium and Cahera ro- 

 tundaria from Brighton ; Acidalia 

 co7itiguaria, taken in Wales in July 

 last, by Mr. S. J. Capper, of Liver- 

 pool; and Lohophora viretata. — The 

 Rev. G. C. B. Madden recorded the 

 capture of a Sphinx Convolvidi at 

 Armitage Bridge. Mr. S. L. Mos- 

 ley shewed preserved larvse of a 

 number of species, including Aci- 

 dalia rusticata, Abraxasulmata, Eu- 



L and N. B. New to Britain. 



