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principal finds : — Mollusca : Helix virgata, H. cantiana, Zonites alliarius. 

 Flowering plants : Cerastium arvense, Ornithopus perpusillus. Mosses : 

 Sphagnum cymbifolium, S. acutifolium, Tortula unguiculata, y. fr., 

 Orthotrichum affine, 0. diaphanum, fr., Zygodon viridissimus, Atrichum, 

 undidatum, fr., Polytrichum juniperum, fr., Aulacomnion palustrCf 

 Bryum capillare, fr., B. nutans, fr., Mnium punctatum, M. rostratum, 

 M. undidatum, Bartramia fontana, Leskea sericea, Climacium dendroides, 

 Hypnum mispidatum, H. purum, S. serpens, H. prodongum, H. cupres- 

 siforme, S. elegans, H. squarrosum, H. rutabulum, H. Schreheri, H. 

 velutinum, H. albicans, H. jiuitans, H. confertum, f., Neckera com'planata. 

 Hepaticse : Lophocolea hidentata. fr., Radida complanata, Fegatella conica. 

 Lichens : Ramalina fraxinea, Evernia prunastri, Physcia tenella, P. 

 parietina, Parmelia saxatilis, P. physodes, Peltigera cdnina, Cladonia pyxi- 

 data, Lecidea canescens. Fungi : Agaricus velntipes, A. separatus, A. 

 fiirfuracens, A. semiglobatus, Polyporus versicolor, Stereum spadiceum, 

 u^cidium ranunculacearum, Peziza calycina. — In the evening the annual 

 meeting was held. The report of the committee for the past year was 

 received and adopted. 



HuDDEUSFiELD SCIENTIFIC Club. — Ordinary meeting, April 20th, the 

 president in the chair. In lepidoptera Mr. S. L. Mosley exhibited 

 Smerinthus ocellatus, a hybrid between S. ocellatus and S. populi, including 

 a fawn-coloured one bred at Bradford, and similar to the Irish variety. 

 Mr. C. P. Hobkirk exhibited the following six mosses, which are all new 

 to the district. They were all collected in Grimescar-road on the 14th 

 instant : — Tortula insulana, T. aloides, Encalypta streptocarpa, Hypnum 

 cupressiforme, var. , nigro-viride, Homalothecium sericeum, and Didymodon 

 rubellus ; Mr. Geo. T. Porritt exhibited the following Crambidoi : — 

 Crambus dumetellus, C. Jiamellus, G. uliginosellus, C. paludellus, Homceo- 

 soma sinuella, H. nimbella, Phodophcea marmorella, P. suavella. The 

 secretary read a paper by Mr. G. S. Woodhead, on An improved form 

 of freezing Microtome," together with several formulae for imbedding 

 media and staining solutions. Mr. Ed. Brooke, F.G. S-, then called 

 attention to two old river gravel beds in this neighbourhood — one at Hill- 

 house and one at Deighton — and compared them with two found in the 

 valley of the Calder. This is the first time old river gravels have been 

 noticed in the Colne valley.— G. B. ter. 



HuDDERSFiELD Naturalists' Society. — Meeting March 26th, the 

 president in the chair. — Mr. Allen Godward showed a fine specimen of 

 Draba verna. In conchology, Mr. L. Peace exhibited Helix arbustorum, 

 H. arbustorum, var. Jlavescens, and var. alba. — A long discussion then 

 took place upon the desirability of having a ramble every Saturday after- 

 noon during the coming season, and resulted in the following resolution : 

 * ' That there be a ramble every Saturday afternoon, from the 1st of April to 

 the end of October." 



