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Glasgow. In lepidoptera, the pre- 

 sident exhibited larvse of Epunda 

 lutulenta he had reared from eggs 

 sent him hj the Rev. P. H. 

 Jennings, M.A., of Gravesend. 

 Mr. Samuel Bairstow exhibited 

 larvse of Scodiona helgiaria from 

 Norland moors. Mr. S. L. Mosley 

 shewed beautifully-preserved larvse 

 of Cossus ligniperda, Callimorpha 

 dominida, Xylopliasia rurea, &c. 

 Other general business having been 

 transacted, Mr. C. H. Bould read a 

 paper on "Mountain Limestone," 

 in which he gave the result of his 

 observations on this formation, 

 made during excursions to Buxton, 

 Lofthouse, Skipton, Malham, the 

 High Peak, Pool's Cavern, Gowden 

 Pot Hole, the A'^ictoria Cave, at 

 Settle, and other places in Derby- 

 shire ; illustrating his lecture with 

 specimens of Lithostrotion, Encri- 

 nites, Spirifera, Chert, Galena, Stal- 

 actite, Stalagmite, Producta gigantea, 

 &c. At its close a discussion ensued. 

 — George Brook, Hon. Sec. 



The Leeds Naturalists' Club 

 AND Scientific Association. — 

 207th Meeting, April 25th, 1876, 

 S. Jefferson, F.C.S., president, in 

 the chair. Mr. Edward Thompson 

 read a paper entitled " A Year's 

 Science," being a critical resume of 

 the Report of the Belfast meeting 

 of the British Association. 



208th Meeting, May 2nd, 1876. 

 — Mr. Fred. Coates, vice-president, 

 in the chair. Mr. William exhibited 

 a very numerous and fine series of 

 fossil Brachiopoda from the Silurian 

 formations near Dudley and Walsall, 

 and other fossils from the tertiaries 



of the Isle of Wight, and the post" 

 tertiaries at Askern. Fossils and 

 rock-specimens were exhibited by 

 Messrs. S. A. Kennedy, James 

 Malt, F. Coates, and B. Holgate. 

 Microscopic specimens, including 

 diatoms and insect-eggs, were shown 

 by Messrs. Edward Thompson, S. 

 Scholefield, and F. Emsley. Mr. 

 W. E. Clark showed Bomhylius 

 major, taken on the 14th April, 

 near Ingleton, hovering over a 

 primrose. Notes on the birds of 

 South !^orkshire by Mr. Thomas 

 Lister, of Barnsley, on the birds of 

 the Halifax district by Mr. F. G. S. 

 Pawson, and some by Mr. W. H. 

 Hay, of Leeds, were communicated. 



209th Meeting, May 9th, 1876. 

 — The president, Mr. S. Jefierson, 

 F.C.S., in the chair. Mr. James 

 Irwin Coates, F.P.A.S., read a 

 paper upon ''The Roman Wall," of 

 which the remains still exist in 

 Cumberland and Northumberland ; 

 the paper was illustrated by a large 

 series of carefully executed dia- 

 grams and by various objects of 

 antiquity from the site. One vessel 

 of great interest was sent for ex- 

 hibition by Mr. John Holmes, of 

 Methley. After which a discussion, 

 ensued. 



210th Meeting, May 16th, 1876. 

 — The president in the chair. Mr. 

 J ohn Grassham exhibited a living 

 Dormouse {Myoxus avellanarius), 

 which he had recently captured in 

 the Meanwood Valley. Mr. Edw. 

 E. Prince showed three specimens 

 alive of Lopliinus palmatus, the 

 palmated smooth newt, which differs 

 from the common species in respect 

 of the hinder feet being webbed ; 



