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The Naturalist. 



W. H. Broadhead exhibited a ca,se of lepidoptera from Lytham ; Mr. B. 

 Saynor Daphnia pulex, showing circulation and the beating of the heart ; 

 and eyes of dragon-fly ; Mr. G. R. Cull, a living long-eared bat {Plecotus 

 auritus, from near Harrogate. The secretary stated that he formerly met 

 with it at Pannal, near Harrogate, but it was not so common as Vesper- 

 tilio pipistrellus w&B. Mr. Edward Thompson exhibited eggs of razorbill 

 and lesser black-backed gull, from Bridlington ; Mr, H. Pollard 

 exhibited distorted specimens of Helix nemoratis from Hunslet and 

 Whitby ; and Mr. J. R. Murdoch showed the same species from Port 

 Soderic, Isle of Man. 



261sT Meeting, August 28th — Mr. James Abbott, president, gave his 

 inaugural address, postponed from last April, from unavoidable causes. 

 Commencing with criticisms on the Society's methods of operation, and 

 suggestions for its improvement, the latter part of the address dealt with 

 the latest researches and views with regard to the classification of the 

 lower forms of life. 



262nd Meeting, Sept. 5th. — A very successful conversazione, nearly 

 300 persons being present, and about 60 members taking part in the 

 entertainment. 



263rd Meeting, Sept. 11th, vice-president Mr. William Nelson in the 

 chair. — Donations of books were acknowledged by vote of thanks ; the like 

 was accorded to a donation from Mr. A. Peckett Taylor, of Mapplewell, of 

 boulders found in some fallow-fields about one mile east of the Carlton 

 railway cutting, near Barnsley ; the stones were water-worn, and some 

 appeared foreign to the district. Mr. Washington Teasdale showed a 

 series of slides of carboniferous Polyzoa and of Yorkshire coal-fossils, 

 prepared by Mr. G. P. Vine, of AtterclifFe, and various fossil slides 

 prepared by Butterworth, Binns, and other microscopists. Mr. Henry 

 Pollard showed two examples of Helix hyhrida, and distorted ones of B. 

 hortensis and H. arhustorum, all from Settrington, near York, Mr. John 

 W. Taylor brought H. candidissima, H. setubalends, H. boetica, and H. 

 cariosida, to show the character of Helices inhabiting desert regions. 

 Mr. W. Denison Roebuck showed Folistes biglumis and nest, brought by 

 Dr. Parsons, from Zermatt, Switzerland, where it was very frequent on 

 warm granite rocks, and less frequent on bushes. The nest was very 

 characteristic of the genus, and strikingly unlike the allied genus Vespa 

 (true wasps and hornets). Mr. Henry Marsh showed specimens of Colias 

 Edusa, and other members reported its occurrence (see note at p. 39 of 

 this Number). 



Nottingham Working Men's Naturalists' Society. — Meeting July 2nd, 

 Mr. W. Rigby, president, in the chair. — Mr. J, Fox exhibited a number of 

 larvae of the following : — G. Scrophularioe ,B. Enbi, L. Quercus, L. querci- 

 folia, and C. Ligniperda ; Mr. R. Wix a complete collection of British 

 butterflies, also the following moths : — C. nupta, 1). euphorbioe, D. galli, A. 



