Diary.— Meetings of Societies. 



Mar. 4. Leeds Geological Association.—-' Remarks on some Coal-measure 

 Fossils."— W. H. Gill. Hudder^fi eld Naturalists'.— " Exotic 

 Butterflies."— S. L. Mosley. 



,, 5. Bishop Auckland Naturalists' Club. Liversedge Naturalists'. 



„ 7. Bradford Scientific Association. 



,, 8. Huddersfield Scientific Club,. — Paper: '-Legs of Insects." — 

 C. P. Hobkirk. 



,, ^ 13. Goole Scientific Society— Papers by Messrs. Bunker and Birks. 

 York and District Naturalists' Field Club. 



,, 14. Bradford Scientific Association — "Anatomy of tbe Cuttlefish." — 

 W. Cash, F.G.S. 



,, 16. Huddersfield Naturalists' . 



,, 18. Leeds Geological Association. 



21. North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club — Annual Meeting at 

 Stoke.. Bradford Scientific Association — "Qualitative 

 Analysis."— J. A. Douglas, F.M.S. 



,, 27. Goole Scientific Club — Paper : " Flowerless Plants, and their 

 Habitats."— H. Franklin Parsons, M.D. 



,, 28. Bradford Scientific Association — " Physical forces which have caused 

 the present configuration of the Aire valley." — J. W. Davis, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Books, &c., 'R-e.ceivb'd.— Science Gossip (Feb.), Midlmid Naturalist (Feb.}, 

 American Journal of Microscopy (Feb.), Natural History Journal (Feb.). 



Communications Received, but deferred for want of space, from W. E. 

 Sharpe, B. B. Le Tall, S. D. Bairstow, Herbert Goss, F.L.S., &c. 



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