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The Naturalist. 



Atalanta. A specimen of 8. Convol- 

 vuli was reported to have been taken 

 by the gardener to Mr. Wright, of 

 Masbro'j near Barnsley. — Jno. 

 . Harrison, Hon. Sec. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. 

 — The usual fortnightly meeting 

 was held on Monday, Oct. 4th, the 

 president, Mr. John Carter, in the 

 chair. The usual routine business 

 was transacted, after which Mr. J. 

 W. Carter exhibited and named the 

 following British butterflies : Erehia 

 blandina, Chortohius Davus, C. Pam- 

 philus, Limenitis Sibylla, Vanessa 

 cardui, V. Atalanta, and V. lo. A 

 few moths of the season were also 

 exhibited by Messrs. E. Beaumont 

 and H. Andrews, including Hyher- 

 nia defoliaria, Cheimatohia hrumata, 

 Scopelosoma satellitia, Miselia oxya- 

 canthce, Fhlogophora meticnlosa, and 

 Galocampa exoleta. Some remarks 

 were also made by the members on 

 the abundance of the larvae of 

 Bomhyx rubi on Baildon Moor, near 

 Bradford. 



Meeting, October 18th. — The 

 president in the chair. The minutes 

 of last meeting were read and other 

 routine business transacted, after 

 which a beautiful collection of 

 British ferns was exhibited by Mr. 

 J. W. Brook, including Asplenium 

 marinum, A. adiantum-nigrum, A. 

 lanceolatum, A. trichomanes, A. ger- 

 manicum, A. viridis, Poly podium 

 calcareum, P. vidgaris, Polystichum 

 angulare, Woodsia ilvensis, Hymeno- 

 phyllum unilaterale, Cystopteris 

 fragilis, &c. A few moths of the 

 season were exhibited. — J. W. 

 Carter, Hon. Sec. 



Brighouse and Hastriok Bo- 

 tanical and Naturalists' Society. 

 — The regular monthly of this So- 

 ciety was held on Monday evening, 

 Mr. William English in the chair. 

 The botanical specimens, 55 in 

 number, were named by Mr. G. B. 

 Wentworth, the rarer plants being 

 Althea officinalis, Aegopodium poda- 

 graria, Pulicaria dysenterica, &c. 

 Three conchological specimens were 

 exhibited and named by M. George 

 Lister : Zonites excavatus (a rather 

 scarce shell in this district). Helix 

 fulva, and Helix rotundata, var. 

 pyramidalis. Several specimens of 

 lepidoptera were shown, and named 

 by Mr. John Hirst — Chelonia caja, 

 Vanessa Atalanta, and several 

 moths. 



GooLE Scientific Society. — 

 Wednesday, Nov. 10th, Mr. M. A. 

 Morris, president, iii the chair. 

 The following specimens were ex- 

 hibited : — The lamprey, taken in 

 the Ouse, and much prized as bait 

 for cod, by Mr. Savage ; the Col- 

 orado beetle, by Mr. Hunter ; col- 

 lections were exhibited of dried 

 exotic ferns, by Mr. Bunker and 

 Mr. Gardiner ; of recent fungi, by 

 Mr. Herbert Parsons ; and of dried 

 British plants, by Dr. Parsons. 

 A paper was read by Dr. Parsons, 

 on " The maritime plants and tidal 

 rivers of the West Riding." The 

 author had noticed the following 

 maritime plants growing undoubt- 

 edly native in the West Riding, 

 viz : — Spergidaria medjia, Apium 

 graveolens, Aster Tripolium, and its 

 var., discoideus, Glaux maritima, 

 Samolus Valerandi, Plantago mari- 

 tima, P. coronopus, Bumex mariti- 



