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at Chelker reservoir, near Draugh- 

 ton, by Mr. J. Garforth ; three 

 young Virginian owls ; and also a 

 pair of ground squirrels. Mr. J. 

 Ogden exhibited and named a 

 number of lepidoptera, also a fine 

 specimen of Vespa synagris, caught 

 alive at Denfield, Wheatley. A 

 number of geological specimens 

 were exhibited by Messrs. T. 

 Cockroft and M. Crowther : a sand- 

 stone cast from E-ingby, showing 

 the inner bark of stigmaria ; a 

 very fine cone of cone-in-cone, from 

 Windy Bank pit, Northowram ; and 

 round, leaf -like form of reticulated 

 woody tissue, from No. 3. shaft, 

 Queensbury Tunnel, named by Mr. 

 J. Spencer, of Halifax. 



Rastrick Naturalists' Society. 

 — The monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held on Monday 

 evening, September 13th. Mr. 

 William English, vice-president, 

 took the chair, and in his opening 

 remarks alluded in a very kind and 

 touching manner to the death of 

 Mr. Joseph Rushworth, the late 

 secretary. He then called upon 

 Mr. Wentworth to name the plants. 

 Forty-eight specimens were exhi- 

 bited, among them being many rare 

 and beautiful specimens, brought 

 from the Lake District and the 

 coast towards Morecambe Bay, 

 such as Gentiana Pnewmonanthe, 

 Polygonum maritimum, Crithmum 

 maritimum, Senecio sylvaticus, Thy- 

 mus Serpyllum, Baphanus mari- 

 timus, Origanum vulgaris, Circoea 

 lutetiana, and many others. Several 

 plants were placed upon the table, 

 which had been collected in the 

 churchyard at Grasmere, particu- 



larly a sprig of yew {Taxus haccata), 

 from the tree which overhangs the 

 grave of the poet Wordsworth. A 

 number of moths were exhibited 

 and named by Mr. W. Kaye, 

 notably a splendid death's-head 

 moth {Acherontia Atropos), taken 

 at Rastrick ; Polyommatus pMceas, 

 and several others. 



Stainland Naturalists' Society. 

 — This Society held its monthly 

 meeting on Monday evening, Oct. 

 4th, Mr. J. Kippax in the chair. 

 The following specimens were ex- 

 hibited by the chairman : puffin, 

 arctic tern, guillemot, razor-bill, 

 kittiwake, goat-sucker, and spar- 

 row-hawk, shot in Scotland ; by J. 

 E. Garred : lesser tern, caught at 

 Blackley, Acherontia Atropos, 

 Sphinx Cowoolvuli, and a collection 

 of marine algae. On the 25th of 

 September, a large bird (said to be 

 a heron) was seen Ajdng about 

 EUand Townfields by some boys, 

 and was ultimately knocked down 

 on the wing with a stone. I saw 

 the last swallow on the 12th inst. , 

 and the first redwing on the 15th 

 inst. — Caius Cassius Hanson. 



Wakefield Naturalists' 

 Society. — The monthly meeting 

 of this Society was held on Thurs- 

 day, October 7th, J. Wainwright, 

 Esq., F.L.S. (president) in the 

 chair. Mr. H. Sims exhibited fine 

 specimens of the following insects : 

 — L. ccesiata, L. olivata, C. cory- 

 lata, C. Eibesiaria, A. unanimis, 

 X. gilvago. — Mr. Fogg exhibited 

 larvse of M. maura, and Mr. Hall 

 a fine specimen of 0. edusa, taken 

 in the gardens at Methley Hall. — 

 Wm. Talbot. 



