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the members, and the president 

 afterwards gave an instructive and 

 interesting lecture on " Our British 

 Reptiles," dwelling particularly on 

 their harmlessness, and places and 

 modes of breeding, &c. — Thos. J. 

 Brooke, Hon. Sec. 



Heckmondwike Naturalists' 

 Society. — The usual monthly- 

 meeting of the Heckmondwike 

 Naturalists' Society was held on 

 Saturday evening, 24th July, at 

 the house of Mr. J. E-obinson, 

 High Street, the Vice-president, 

 Mr. J. M. Barber, in the chair. 

 The meeting was one of a social 

 and conversational character, and 

 several interesting subjects were 

 introduced and discussed. Com- 

 munications and reports from kin- 

 dred societies were read, and 

 arrangements made to attend 

 the West Riding ConsoHdated 

 Naturalists' Society's ramble and 

 meeting at Knottingley. A num- 

 ber of beautiful American bird 

 skins, sent for exchange for British 

 specimens, were exhibited. In 

 addition to these, some geologi- 

 cal specimens sent for inspection by 

 Mr. Clarke, and some fossils from 

 Derbyshire, sent by Mr. J. W. 

 Clegg, were exhibited. 



HUDDERSFIELD NaTURALISTS' 



Society. — Ordinary Meeting, July 

 17th, 1875. — Jno. Joseph French 

 was elected to the chair, the 

 president and vice-presidents being 

 absent. Mr. Allen Godward named 

 a very extensive collection of 

 plants, chiefly exhibited by Mr. 

 Conacher. Mr. G. T. Porritt 

 having arrived, named the lepidop- 



tera, which included Rusina tene- 

 brosa, TryphcE'iia fimbria, Melanippe 

 hastata, and others, exhibited by 

 Messrs. Mosley and G. Liversedge. 

 Mr. Porritt also exhibited a series 

 of preserved larvae of Selenia luna- 

 ria, Ewpithmcia sobrinata, and assi- 

 millata, mounted on artificial leaves 

 and sent to him by Lord Walsing- 

 ham, which elicited great admira- 

 tion. — Mr. Ed. Porritt read a 

 paper on " The study of Natural 

 History," in which he urged the 

 claims of natural science on our 

 spare moments and idle hours, not 

 only for the amusement and healthy 

 exercise which they afford, but also 

 as a means of diffusing that ele- 

 mentary knowledge which is so 

 essential to the well-being of our 

 nation.— After Mr. G. T. Porritt 

 had announced the death of Mr. 

 Henry Doubleday, of Epping, 

 which was very much lamented, 

 the meeting was brought to a close. 



HUDDERSPIELD NaTURALISTS' SO- 

 CIETY, — Ordinary Meeting, August 

 2nd, the President, Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., in the chair. — Mr. 

 Joseph Tindall exhibited some 

 fossilised nuts, taken from a reser- 

 voir at present being constructed 

 at Upperthong, where in some 

 places the overlying clay was 12ft. 

 in thickness.— The President exhi- 

 bited a series of lepidopterous insects 

 taken by himself, in Kent, about a 

 fortnight previously. They included 

 the rare Nola albulalis, Pteropho- 

 rus rhododactylus, Apatura Iris, 

 with Cymataphora duplaris, Thya- 

 tira batis and derasa, Epunda 

 viminalis, Caradrina morpheus, 

 Xylophasia hepatica, Calligenia 



