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The Rainfall of May. May is usually the driest month in the 



year, the ten years' average fall being 1.91 in. ; but the amount this year 

 is only 1.05 in., making the total so far for 1876 11.28 in., against an 

 average of 12.02 in. The rainy days have only been 8 instead of 12. 

 Daring 24 days the winds have been N W, 'N, N E, and E, and the 

 month has been in consequence cold and ungenial. — J. W. E-obson. 



Dalton, 7th June, 1876. 



Discovery of the Larva of Nola alhulalis. — Mr. J. P. Barrett, of 

 Peckham, was fortunate enough to find the larva of this interesting 

 species, on Wednesday last, the 7th inst., on the spot in Kent where I 

 and others took so many of the images two years ago. Through the 

 kindness of Mr. Barrett, I have received a supply to-day, and find three 

 varieties, the first delicate pale yellowish green, marked with black ; the 

 next bright orange, marked with black ; and the other somewhat inter- 

 mediate between the two. Full descriptions will appear in the Entomo- 

 logical journals, so soon as the images are bred from them. Bramble is 

 the food plant. — Geo. T. Porritt. 



Huddersjieldf June 13th, 1876. 



We are glad to learn that our friend and correspondent, Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney, Jun., has in the press a work which is nearly ready, entitled 



Rambles of a Naturalist in Egypt and other Countries." Of course we 

 cannot speak of its merits before having seen it : but from the well- 

 known labours of its author, we feel conlident it will be an interestino- 

 one to naturalists generally. The rambles are not confined to foreign 

 shores, but will include several chapters in British Ornithology, and also 

 on the claims of the spotted sandpiper as a British (and Yorkshire) bird. 

 The book will be published by Messrs. Jarrold & Sons, of London, and 

 is promised for early in August. — [Eels. Nat.'\ 



Crat^gus LACiisriATUS Ster. — Mr. Isaac Picton has forwarded a speci- 

 men of CratcEgus from near Warrington, which is clearly the form 

 described in my paper on this genus in 1886, as C. laciniatus. It differs 

 from the ordinary forms oxyacanthoides and monogyna, the latter of 

 which it most nearly res^nubles in having the lobes of the leaves cut down 

 quite to the midrib, indeed almost pinnate, and glabrous on both sides 

 except occasionally somewhat ciliate on the edges near the base. — 



C. P. HoBKIRK. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society 

 — The president, Mr. E. Margeri- 

 son, in the chair, — The meeting 



was devoted to conversation and 

 exhibition of specimens, of which 

 there was a large number on the 

 tables. Amongst them were Myos- 

 otis syluatica, Viola pahistris, Car- 

 damine amara and Arctia Mendica^ 



