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possesses a library containing upwards of 100 volumes in the various 

 branches of natural history, together with a number of costly instruments 

 for the use of the members. — Wm. Waite, Sec. 



GooLE Scientific Society. — Meeting Jan. 2nd.— A paper was read by 

 Dr. Blair on "Animal Parasites." A number of microscopic slides were 

 exhibited. — H. Franklin Parsons. [We hope to publish this paper 

 shortly.— Ec^s. Nat.] 



Meeting January 16th. — The following specimens were exhibited : — 

 Terebratula semiglohosa (white chalk), Woolwich, by Mr. Bunker. (Dr. 

 Parsons gave a short sketch of the Brachiopoda) ; Syngnathus, the pipe- 

 fish, from the River Ouse, by Mr, Bunker ; Hydra vulgaris (living) by 

 Mr. Hunter ; Cordylophora lacustris, with parasitic Carchesium polypmum 

 from R. Ouse, Goole, by Dr. Parsons : (both Mr. Hunter and Dr. 

 Parsons made some remarks upon the Hydrozoa) ; Spongilla Jluviatilis, 

 Selby Canal, by Dr. Parsons : Cotyledon Umbilicus, Ceterach offi,cinarumy 

 Thamnium alopecurum (fr.) and Peziza coccinea (in recent state), by Dr. 

 Parsons — all from Somerset, where they are very common, although not 

 found in this part of Yorkshire : microscopic slides by Rev. R. W. 

 Maxwell. — H. F. Parsons, Sec. 



HuDDERSFiELD SCIENTIFIC Club. — Meeting January 11th, Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., president, in the chair. — Mr. S. L. Mosley exhibited a 

 fine collection of lepidoptera recently received from Switzerland ; the 

 box included, amongst many other species, Melitcea merope, Hadena 

 lateritia, Bombyx franconita, Pieris napi var. hryonice, Selenia grammodes, 

 Lithosia aurita, Zygoena carniolica, Melitcea Pales, and its var. Isis, &c. 

 He also showed a magnificent series of coloured plates of exotic Diurni, 

 executed by himself. These, from the masterly manner in which they 

 were finished, created great interest. The president showed the first 

 part of Owen Wilson's " Larvae of British Lepidoptera, and their Food 

 Plants," which had just been issued ; it gave great satisfaction to the 

 members. Mr. George Brook showed the following interesting objects 

 with his microscope : — Enock's new method of mounting insects entire 

 without crushing, and thus shewing the muscular structure clearly : in 

 illustration he showed the spider Cluhiana amarantha ; also Spyrogyra 

 nitida, Pedicillaria of Echinus sphmra, and Rotifera. Mr. C. P. Hobkirk 

 showed the following microscopical fungi : — Peronospora infestans Cresting 

 spores) j^cidium Epilohii, and A. ranunculacearum. He also shewed a 

 postal box just issued by the Postal Microscopical Club, which was 

 admitted by the members to be superior to any box previously out ; it 

 seemed almost impossible the slides could be broken in it when passing 

 through the post. Mr. Geo. Brook called attention to the extraordinary 

 fact that all the gases had now been liquified, and read the account of 

 the recent marvellous results obtained from experiments with oxygen, 

 hydrogen, and nitrogen. 



