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The Naturalist. 



fossor being pitch-black, with ferruginous legs, antennse, and palpi, in 

 length about three lines. C. collaris is thought by some coleopterists to 

 be merely a variety. Being interested in its Yorkshire distribution, I 

 should be glad to receive any notes in furtherance of this object by any- 

 one who has collected it in the county. — Hy. Ceowther, Leeds. 



Goody era repens m Cumberland. — On the 30th of July last, I found 

 Goodyera repens growing in plenty in a large fir wood near Armathwaite, 

 on the Eden. This Scotch plant seems to be gradually extending its 

 distribution to the northern counties where a suitable habitat is to be 

 found. — Geo. Brook, ter, Huddersfield, August 9th. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society.^ — Meeting July 24th, the president 

 in the chair. — The following plants were exhibited by Mr. Carter : — 

 Apium graveolens, Comarum palustre, Hahenaria viridis, Listera ovata, 

 Genista tinctoria; Campanula latifolia, Ophioglossum vidgatum, &c. Mr. 

 Firth exhibited the following insects : — Mania typica, Triphmia Jimhria, 

 Metrocampa margaritata, Gidaria populata, Sesia tipidiformis ; the larvse 

 of Vanessa cardui, Atalanta, lo, and urticce were also exhibited. 



Meeting August 1st, the president in the chair. — Mr. William Jagger 

 gave an interesting account of a four days' entomological ramble in 

 Huntingdonshire, and Mr. lUingworth a descriptive account of the Goole 

 ramble. The following insects, taken at Saltaire, were exhibited by 

 Messrs. Carter and Firth : — Geometra papilionaria, Uropteryx samhucata, 

 Melanthia ruhiginata, M. ocellata, Eupithecia suhnotata, E. nanata, 

 Larentia olivata, Acidalia incanaria, Asthena luteata, Bryophila perla^ 

 Notodo7ita camelina, Agrotis porphyrea. — H. T. S. 



Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society. — Meeting June 

 15th, the president in the chair. — Mr. H. Goss, F.L.S., supplemented 

 his previous paper by another equally exhaustive one, on " The Insect 

 Fauna of the Secondary Period." He treated the subject in the same 

 masterly manner as in his paper on the " Tertiary Period." In the upper 

 oolite, the coleoptera prevail to the largest extent ; 45 species in Britain, 

 whereas, in its Continental equivalent, the hymenoptera are the most 

 largely represented, whilst in the Continental lias the coleoptera are 

 represented by 116 species out of 143 tabulated. — We hope to publish one 

 or both of these useful papers shortly. — Eds. Nat. 



Huddersfield Scientific Club. — Meeting August 10th, in the 

 Museum, South Street, Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, president, in the chair. — 

 The chairman exhibited a few botanical specimens, sent to him from the 

 New Forest the previous week, by Mr. Porritt, amongst them were Ana- 



