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The Naturalist. 



Hellmanni ; a fine variety of Lupe- 

 rina testacea, taken at sugar near 

 Holgate railway bridge ; Dmijcampa 

 ruhiginea, Polia nigrocincta, Hadena 

 rectilinea, Erastria venustula, and 

 Agrotera nemoralis. Mr. G. C. 

 Dennis exhibited a splendid ex- 

 ample of that rare bird, Montague's 

 harrier, shot by Mr. Whytehead, 

 at Acaster Malbis, near York, on 

 the 14th of May last, and by a 

 singular coincidence the chairman 

 exhibited a specimen of the egg of 

 this rare bird, and read a very 

 graphic description from the Field 

 of its nesting in the Isle of Wight. 

 The secretary read a paper on " The 

 Life History and Economy of the 

 Eupithcecia albipunctata'' describing 

 its various transformations, and 

 illustrated by larvse, pupse, and 

 imago ; also beautifully preserved 

 larvse. The chairman presented 

 the Society with a collection of 

 birds' eggs. 



Meeting, Nov. 10th. — Mr. J. 

 S. Wesley, M.B., in the chair. 

 After the minutes of the last meet- 

 ing had been read by the honor- 

 ary secretary, the chairman exhi- 

 bited three fine grayling, taken 

 by himself in the river Wharfe, 

 the day before, Mr. Button exhi- 

 bited a pair of the wryneck, com- 

 monly called the cuckoo's mate, 

 also eggs of the bird ; Mr. Wolsten- 

 holme the eggs of the brambling or 

 mountain finch, taken by himself 

 at Castle Howard, last May ; Mr. 

 Webster a fine collection of moun- 

 ted plants ; Mr. Simmons the 

 following lepidoptera : Xanthia au- 

 rago, Xylina semibrmmea, the new 

 Tortrix Ahlahia argentanay and a 



fine series of Lithosia aweola, also 

 a large box of very fine preserved 

 larvse ; Mr Robinson Fsodos trepi- 

 daria, Acidalia strigilata, Lithosia 

 muscerda, Cucullia asteris, Chesias 

 ohliquaria, Dicrocampa plumbana, 

 Ephippiphora grandmvana, and Eu- 

 pcecilia roseana ; The secretary, Mr. 

 Prest, Xylina conformis, bred this 

 season, Acidalia contiguaria, taken 

 by Mr. Capper, of Liverpool, in 

 North Wales ; a fine-bred series of 

 Asthena Blomeri, Sesia chrysidifor- 

 mis, a fine series of Bhodophcea 

 suavella, Tortrix diversana, Lepto- 

 gramma hoscana, and a fine pair of 

 the rare AcantJiocinus mdilis. After 

 passing a vote of thanks to the 

 chairman, the meeting separated. 



Waxwing. — W. D. Roebuck. — 

 The bird referred on p. 57, was, as 

 you indicate, "Waxwing {Bomhy- 

 cilla garrulay\ We are obliged by 

 your pointing out the error. 



Vespasynagris. — W. D. Roebuck. 

 — P. 64 : like yourseK, we do not 

 know the wasp referred to, and we 

 were doubtful of the MS. in which 

 it was called Vesta." Perhaps 

 our correspondent, on seeing this 

 note, will be able to read the riddle. 



Orchid ACE at Wetherby. — 

 Mr. J. S. Wesley requests us to 

 state that after the words "but 

 not" (p. 57, line 23), the word 

 "amm/e?"a" should be inserted. 

 It was missed out in the MS. , and 

 we were somewhat puzzled as to 

 the meaning : this clears up the 

 obscurity. 



