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certain larvse and the plants from which they feed, and to a power, 

 obscure in its origin, apparently equal to a " sixth sense," observable in 

 certain moths. There was afterwards a discussion, taken up by Messrs. 

 John Grassham, B. Saynor, S. Schofield, W. Howgate, A. A. Pearson, 

 and the president. -W. D. R. — [We shall shortly publish this paper in 

 extenso. — Eds. Nat.] 



MiRFiELD Naturalists' Society. — At the monthly meeting of this 

 Society, held on the 4th November, Mr. Edwin Stoks was elected as 

 delegate to the West Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society. 



Nottingham Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Nov. 13th, Mr. W. 

 Rigbey, the president, in the chair, who exhibited some fossils collected 

 in Derbyshire from lime and lead quarries ; Mr. W. Thompson; a fine 

 specimen of the cormorant, also a buff variety of the common sparrow ; 

 Mr. T. B. White, the curator, a good specimen of the red-throated diver ; 

 and Mr. Fox, three splendid specimens of Acherontia Atropos, which he 

 had bred from four larvae. The velvet scoter, shot on the Trent, was 

 also shown by Mr. T. B. White, and Chelonia plantaginis (second brood) ; 

 Mr. Atkin, conchological specimens collected in the neighbourhood of 

 Nottiijgham ; Mr. Wright, specimens of Theda pruni, Thecla W-album, 

 Hesperia Actaeon, Colias Edusa, Stauropus fagi ; Mr. Lamb, Dicmthcecia 

 albimacula, Flusia orichalcea, Lyccena Boetica, and Gucullia chamomillcE. 

 Mr. Lamb also gave a very interesting and practical lecture on bird 

 preserving, which was listened to with much interest. — R. Lamb, 

 Hon. Sec. 



OvEJSTDEN Naturalists' Society. — The annual meeting of this Society 

 was held on Saturday, November 4th, Mr. T. Scott in the chair. 

 — An excellent series of geological specimens was laid on the table. 

 Mr. James Spencer exhibited a collection of Miocene fossils from near 

 Lisbon, sent to him by Mr. Geo. Robinson, of Portalagre. The specimens 

 were in an excellent state of preservation, and were valuable illustrations, 

 not only in themselves, but as illustrating a formation which is almost 

 absent in our English strata. Among the specimens were a very large 

 oyster, about twelve inches in length ; Myra turritella, &c. He also named 

 the following specimens, collected by Messrs. Scott and Cockcroft : — A 

 very fine slab from Windy-bank, containing Goniatites Listeri, Sternbergia, 

 from the new railway cutting ; and the following fossils from the 

 Ringby quarries : Lepidodendron, Halonia regularia,- Ulodendron and 

 Cardiocarpon. Mr. T. Hirst exhibited and named a number of birds, 

 including pair of bitterns, pair of chintz owls from America, and also a 

 very small pair from the same place ; barn owl, and the screech owl ; a 

 squirrel from Craven ; and a pheasant from Lady Irwin's park, Leeds. 

 The ofiicers were elected for the coming year, viz., president, Mr. T. 

 Scott ; treasurer, Mr. S. Hirst ; general secretary, Mr. J. Ogden. The 

 affairs of the Society are in an excellent condition. 



