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popiiU, Cymatophora diluta, and Jiavicornis, Tatniocampa populeti and 

 Tethea suhtusa ; also the following bred species, Eupithecia phnpinellata 

 and tenuiata, Tortrix branderiana, and Flodia interpimctclla.—W . Prest, 

 Hon. Sec. 



YoEKSHiRE Naturalists' Union. — The fourth excursion and meeting 

 foi" this year was held on Saturday, the 14th July; the district for 

 investigation being Shipley Glen and Rombalds Moor. Parties started 

 in the morning and afternoon in different directions under the leadership 

 of Messrs. Tate, Illingworth, &c. About 150 members attended. After 

 tea in the Saltaire Dining Hall, the sections met in the various class 

 rooms of the Saltaire Institute. The general meeting was held in the 

 Lecture Theatre of the Institute, the president, the Rev. Wm. Fowler, 

 M.A., in the chair. — The Societies not represented were : — Ripponden, 

 Holmfirth, Rastrick and Brighouse, York and District, and Sheffield, 

 After the minutes of the Nostell Meeting had been passed, the list of 

 additional subscribers to the funds of the Union was read and a vote of 

 thanks adopted on the motion of Mr. Geo. Brook, ter ; seconded by 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., of Huddersfield. The officers of sections then 

 read their reports. Dr. Parsons, Secretary of the Botanical Section, 

 reported that for that section the present had been by far the most 

 successful excursion yet made this season, the number of flowering plants 

 and ferns observed having been 260, as against 146, 136, and 40 at 

 previous meetings. This was to be attributed partly to the floral wealth 

 of the neighbourhood, partly to more species being out at this season than 

 earlier in the year, and partly to the large extent of country explored, 

 diflerent parties having taken difierent routes. The principal finds were, 

 on Rombalds Moor, Vaccinium Vitis-Iclaea, Trientalis europoea, 

 Empetrum nigrum, Eriophorum vaginatum, Scripus setaceus and Carex 

 curta ; at Hawksworth, Genista tinctoria, Habenaria chlorantha and 

 Crepis paludosa ; at Shipley Glen, Hypericum Androsoemum, 

 Euonymus europoeus ; at Gilstead Lock, Geranium pyrenaicum ; at 

 Manningham, Humulus Lupulus ; on Hope Hill, Ophioglossum vulgatum 

 and at various places in the valley between Bingley and Shipley, Stellaria 

 nemorum, Lactuca muralis, Campanula latifolia, Corydalis claviculata, 

 Myrrhis odorata, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Prunus Padus, Salix pentandra, 

 Equisetum sylvaticum, Bromus secalinus, Asplenium Ruta-muraria, 

 Scolopenclrium vulgare, Linaria Cymbalaria, Geranium phoeum, San- 

 guisorba officinalis, Geum rivale, Senecio erucif olius. Polygonum Bistorta, 

 Allium oleraceum, Potamogeton polygonifolius and P. pectinatus. The 

 discovery of Trientalis europoea was particularly interesting and satis- 

 factory, as this beautiful little northern plant has not, we believe, been 

 seen on Rombalds Moor for many years, and was feared to be extinct. 

 One small patch only was found, and it was in flower but very sparingly. 

 A very large number of mosses, hepaticje and other cryptogamia were 

 f o'lnd, but time did not allow them to be examined at the meeting. Mr. T. 



