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reported that a number of species had been taken and observed, but the 

 only one of any note was Eupithecia trisignata, taken by Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., in the wood adjoining the pool at Sharlston, new to the 

 district. A number of specimens of Colias Edusa were recorded. All 

 were taken or noticed in the early part of June, of the whole of which and 

 some others, a lengthened notice by Mr. Porritt will be given in our next 

 issue. These bring the list up to about fourteen specimens. Mr. Joseph 

 Wainwright, F.L. S. , exhibited a number of various entomological speci- 

 mens he had collected when on an excursion to Cairo, Egypt, and the 

 Holy Land, and distributed amongst the members a large number of 

 examples of the brilliant diamond beetle, from the above localites. Mr. 

 Prest corrected an error which had crept into the report of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, in the June number of the Naturalist. The large 

 web exhibited by himself and Mr. Dennis^ was not formed by " T. alhi- 

 punctella,^^ nor from a "chocolate store," but by Ephestia elutella, and 

 from a chicory warehouse. Beetles (Mr. H. Crowther) : Pterostichus 

 madidus, P. strenuus. Telephorus thoracicus, Phytonomus nigrirostris, 

 Phyllobius alneti, Tachyerges salicis, Anchomenus prasinus, Donacia 

 sericea, Gyrinus natator and Clivina fassor. Dr. Parsons, of Goole, sec. of 

 Botanical section, reported 146 flowering plants, none however, of special 

 rarity, the following being the least frequent — Cardamine amara, Heath 

 Common ; Genista anglica, Viola palustris. Orchis morio. Cold Hiendley ; 

 Anthyllis vulneraria, Crofton, not commonly found except on limestone ; 

 Veronica montana, Nostell ; Milium effusum, Aira prsecox, Helosciadium 

 inundatum, Sharlston Common ; of mosses about 18 kinds were found on 

 Sharlston Common, among them being Dicranum palustre, Aulacomnium 

 palustre, Hypnum cordifolium. The following fungi were met with : — 

 Agaricus tener and A. f ascicularis, Marasmius Rotula, Phallus impudicus, 

 and Reticularia umbrina. Mr. Emmett exhibited three interesting orchids 

 from Thorparch, viz., Habenaria chlorantha, Ophrys muscifera, and 

 Neottia Nidus-avis. In the absence of the officers of the Geological 

 section, Mr. Thomas Tate, of Bradford, who had been chosen chairman 

 of the meeting, reported that the excursion had been confined to the 

 middle coal measures, the " Sharlston," "Nostell Top Coal," and the 

 " Stanley Main" being the principal seams won by the numerous shafts 

 passed. No fossils were obtained. Eastward, these measures dip under 

 the Permian beds, the proximity of the limestone being indicated by the 

 presence of plants characteristic of a calcareous soil. Mr. Thomas Lister, 

 secretary of the vertebrate section, gave his report (not received). Mr. 

 Wm. Nelson, president of the conchological section, said that 21 species 

 and 5 varieties of molluscs had been taken, which were principally from 

 fresh water, the hot weather necessitating this kind of collecting. The 

 most noticeable of these were Bythinia Leachii and Anodonta cygnea var. 

 incrassata. The proceedings closed with votes of thanks to P. Winn, Esq., 

 M.P., for permission to visit Nostell Priory ; to Mr. Wm. Talbot, of 

 Wakefield, local secretary for the meeting, and to the Chairman. 



