Diary.— Meetings of Societies. 



May 1. Bishop Auckland Naturalists'. Liversedge Naturalists'. 

 Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c., 8 p.m. 



5. Mirfield Naturalists'. Huddersfield Naturalists'. 8 p.m. 

 Goole Scientific— Excursion to Welton Dale. 



8. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c.— Paper by Henry Pocklington, 



" ■ F.R.M.S. ; ; 



„ 9. York and District Naturalists' Field Club. Selby Natu- 

 ralists' — Excursion to Riccall Common. 



11. Huddersfield Scientific Club. 8 p.m. 



12, Huddersfield Scientific Club— Excursion to Hillhouse to 



examine Gravel Bed : Leader, Mr. Ed. Brooke, F.G.S. 



15. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c. 



19. North Stafibrdshire Naturalists', &c. — Excursion to Lyme 

 Park : Leader, Mr. Sainter. 



,, 21. Yorkshire Naturalists' Union — Excursion to Wetherby for 

 the Cowthorpe Oak: Leader, Mr. J. S. Wesley, M.B, 

 Huddersfield Naturalists'. 



,, 22. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c. 



,, 29. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c.— Paper : '^Evolution, and 

 the Vegetable Kingdom. "—Thomas Hick, B. A. , B. Sc. 



,, 30. Selby Naturalists' — Excursion to Holme, on Spalding Moss. 



Exchange. — I will endeavour to make a return for any of the following 

 micro-larvse : — From shoots of raspberry ; heads of cotton-grass ; 

 stems of thistle and knapweed ; heads of teazle ; shoots of yarrow ; 

 seeds of rush, &c.— S. L. Moslby, Primrose Hill, Huddersfield. 



By the Bev. JOSEBH GBEENE, M.A. 



Being instructions for collecting and preserving: Butterflies and Moths, and com- 

 prising an Essay on Pui)a-digging, With a chapter on Coleoptera by Edwakd 

 Newman, F.L.8., F.Z.S., &c. The Second Edition, ilhistrated. Containing 

 sound and simple practical advice where to find Butterflies and Moths —how to 

 kill them— how to set them ; how to find the Caterpillars — how to manage them ; 

 where to find the Ohrysalids — what to do with them ; how to keep mites and 

 mould out of cabinets ; how to cure grease ; how to relax Insects when they have 

 becorae stiff ; how to arrange them in cabinets ; what wood to use for 'cabinets ; 

 and all useful information. Beetles. — A separate chapter contains instructions 

 where to find, how to collect, how to kill, and how to set specimens of Coleoptera 

 or P>eetles, by Edward Newman. 



PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE 



LONDON : JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



