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Boroughbridge last Monday : Mr. Simmons some fine varieties of 



Zygcana jilipenduloe,, Apamea ophiogramma, Eupithoecia siibumhrata ; 

 Mr. Dennis a box of insects taken at Llangollen, and Wallassey sand 

 hills ; Mr. Gillar eggs of the merlin, storm petrel, great skua, Arctic skua, 

 black guillemot, common gull, great black-backed gull, lesser black- 

 backed gull, curlew, and eider duck, all taken by himself in Shetland ; 

 also eggs of the gannet, taken at the Bass Rock ; Mr. Wolstenholme a 

 curious variety of the plant Geum rivale, from the woods of Castle Howard ; 

 a large Cerambyx beetle from South America ; and P. vitellinw, from 

 osier on the banks of the Ure at Boroughbridge : Mr. Helstrip eggs of 

 Pallas' sand grouse, Syr rhaptes paradoxus ; Mr. Jackson Cucidlia ahsinthii, 

 Notodonta trepida, and Dianthcecia conspersa, all bred ; also a specimen 

 of Eupithoicia suhciliata, taken in Copgrove Woods during the excursion 

 on Monday last. The secretary, Mr. Prest, also exhibited a specimen of 

 this local and rare species taken at the same time, and it is perhaps the 

 first time this species has been captured in Yorkshire ; also a box of 

 insects captured at Llangollen and Wallassey ; Gatocala nupta, bred from 

 the egg ; and Agrotis Ashworthii, bred by Mr. Greening, of Warrington. 

 After passing a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting terminated, 



W. Prest, Hon. Sec. 



West Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society. — The fifth of the 

 present year's series of excursions and meetings of this Society took place 

 on the 5th of August. The village of Honley was the centre of the 

 district appointed for investigation . Organised parties, under the leader- 

 ship of members of the Honley and Huddersfield Societies, visited the 

 various woods in the district ; amongst others, those of Spring Wood, 

 Mag Wood, Honley Wood, Hare Wood, Honley Head Wood, Hagg 

 Wood, &c. , and the water sheds of part of the rivers Holme and Colne ; 

 but the principal party started from the Huddersfield Railway Station, 

 taking their route by way of King's Mill Bridge, a little below the 

 confluence of the Holme and Colne tributaries of the river Calder, then 

 by Stile common, New Laithe Hill, Hall Bower, and Castle Hill. Here 

 the party were shown the ancient earthworks situate about 900 feet above 

 the level of the sea, and commanding some fine and extensive views of 

 the surrounding country, more particularly toward the north-east. 

 Amongst the more striking objects was the spire of Ossett-street-side 

 Church, the heights of Stainclifie, and, in the extreme distance, the still 

 elevated ground of Rombolds Moor, &c. The ramble continued by way 

 of Lumb, MolHcar Wood, Farnley Tyas, and Farnley Heights, reaching 

 an elevation of 645 feet above sea level, and including within the range 

 of vision some of the finest moorland scenery of the district, with the 

 land-marks of Tinker's Monument and Cook's Study, &c. The various 

 parties united at the Coach and Horses Hotel, Honley, where refresh- 

 ments were heartily partaken of, after which the meeting was held, and 



