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gallis tenella, Hypericum elodes, Scutellaria minor, Wahlenhergia hederacea, 

 &c. Mr. S. L. Mosley showed pupa cases of Colias Edusa, sent to him by- 

 Mr. E. A. Fitcli, also the following imagos : — Vanessa G. album (bred), 

 Tortrix icterana, Goremia ferrugata (bred), and others ; also a box of 

 diptera, all (with the exception of two or three species from Sherwood 

 Forest) taken in the district : Leptis scolopacea, Dolichopus oeneus, Dryomyza 

 fiaveola, Acydromia glabicula, Eristalis tenax, Helophilus frorens, Gonops 

 Jlavipes, Syritta pipiens, Platychium clypeatus, Melanosterna mellina, Syr- 

 phus hallealus, Trixa astroidea, Sarcophaga carnaria, Musca corvina, 

 Hoematapota pluvialis, Ghrysomyiaformosa, Sargus cuprarius, Empislurida, 

 Anthomyia cunicularis, Syrphus Bibesii. Mr. G. T. Porritt exhibited a 

 j&ne specimen of Garadrina morpheus he had taken several weeks previously 

 at sugar in his garden at Highroyd ; the species was quite new to the 

 district. He had since seen several others taken in the same neighbour- 

 hood. The president added to the library a copy of his and Mr. Boswell's 

 " Catalogue of British Mosses." 



Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association. — 256th 

 meeting, July 24th, president, Mr. James Abbott, in the chair. — Mr. 

 Henry Pocklington, F.R.M.S., delivered the second part of his lecture 

 on " Flame," illustrated by diagrams and experiments. 



257th Meeting, July 31st, the president in the chair. — The chairman 

 exhibited a beautifully mounted slide of Volvox globator, showing the 

 cilia. Mr. J. W. Westmoreland, A.R.S.M., a small piece of dynamite, 

 and gave an account of the substance. Mr. S. Schofield, a specimen of 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum, from near Stanningley. Mr. H. Crowther, 

 Smerinthus populi, from Thwaite Gate, Hunslet. The secretary, a 

 number of insects collected in Wales. Mr. John Grassham, various larvae, 

 specimens of Helix aspersa from Ingleton, and specimens of Colorado 

 beetles from Canada. He also showed specimens of insects which have 

 been mistaken for that beetle, and an interesting discussion on the subject 

 took place. 



258th Meeting, August 7th, the president in the chair. — A specimen 

 of Sirex gigas, from Thorpe Arch, was exhibited on behalf of Mr. J ohn 

 Emmet. A batch of larvae of Orgyia antiqua, from Horsforth, on behalf 

 of Mr. James Fox, C.E. On behalf of Mr. Edwin Yewdall, a number of 

 small and lively cockroaches (? Blatta Germanica), from a greengrocer's 

 shop in Wade Lane, Leeds, where they are abundant. They also occur 

 in other parts of Leeds. They are less than half the size of the common 

 " black-clock," and are probably of recent importation. Mr. Charles 

 Rider, a living female glow-worm, from North Rigton. Mr. Henry 

 Pollard, Helix nemoralis, H. hortensis, and 3. hybrida, from Whitley. 

 The secretary showed some insects and shells collected at the Union 

 meeting at Goole the preceding day. Lepidoptera from Goole Moor were 

 also exhibited by Mr. Charles Smethurst and Mr. Henry Marsh. Mr. 



