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Club and Scientific Association ; Goole Scientific Society ; Huddersfield 

 Literary and Scientific Society ; Huddersfield Scientific Club ; Concho- 

 logical Society ; Sheffield Naturalists' Club ; Bradford Scientific Asso- 

 ciation ; and Batley Field Naturalists' Society. A list of fourteen 

 new subscribers to the funds was read, and thanks voted. The reports 

 of sections were then taken. Mr. J. W. Taylor, secretary of the Con- 

 chological Section, reported that the day's excursion had been a very 

 successful one, thirty-eight species and two well-marked varieties having 

 been found, the most remarkable being Clausilia laminata, which has not 

 previously been recorded for the district, and was found commonly amongst 

 stones near Smeaton ; another interesting form was Clausilia rugosa var. 

 albida, of which several specimens were taken at the same place. A 

 number of examples of Vertigo minutissima were found attached to the 

 face of the rocks at Wentbridge, and according to the observation of Mr. 

 W. Wilson they prefer those parts where Thymus serpyllum grows. Other 

 species found were Helix lapicida, Achatina acicula, Zonites fulmis, &c. 

 Limncea glabra, obtained by some of the members at Bawclifie, was 

 brought to the meeting. Mr. Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, 

 secretary of the Entomological Section, reported that very little had been 

 done in that section, it being too early for the district. A number of 

 species of lepidoptera, coleoptera, and hemiptera-homoptera had been 

 taken by Messrs. John Grassham, E. B. Wrigglesworth, C. W. Richard- 

 son, Brady, Porritt, and others, but, unless amongst species undeter- 

 mined, none of any note. Dr. H. F. Parsons, F.G.S., of Goole, secretary 

 to the Botanical Section, reported that 156 flowering plants had been 

 observed during the day — a number greater than at either of the three 

 first meetings in 1877. This was attributed to the richness in plants of 

 the neighbourhood of Wentbridge, and partly also to its being well known, 

 so that members knew where to look for rarities. Along the sides of 

 Went Vale, between Wentbridge and Smeaton, a characteristic limestone 

 flora was met with, among the species being Potentilla verna, Asperula 

 cynancMca, Hypericum montanum, Lactuca muralis, Astragalus hypo- 

 glottis, Inula Conyza, Galium Mollugo, Geum rivale, Sison Amomum, 

 Cynoglossum officinale, Viola hirta, and Cerastium arvense. The tract of 

 new red sandstone about WPiitley yields a difiorent group of plants — sand- 

 loving species such" as ChcBrophyllum Anthriscus, Teesdalia nudicaulis, and 

 Ornithopus purpusillus. Of denizens, and others of more or less doubtful 

 indigenousness, were noted Helleborus foetidus, Smyrnium Olusatrum, 

 and Sedum reflexum at Smeaton, and Berberis vulgaris and Veronica 

 Buxbaumii near Wentbridge. The oxlip Primida vulgaris, |3 caulescens, 

 was found in two or three places, in one with reddish flowers : in two at 

 least of the stations it was growing with the cowslip and the primrose, — 

 favouring the idea that the oxlip is a hybrid between those two plants. 

 Of mosses, 51 species were found, including JDidymodon rubellus (fr.) 

 D. luridus, Trichostomum tophaceum, and T. mutabile, Tortula aloides (fr.) 

 T. rigidula, T. convoluta (fr.) T. tortuosa, and T. intermedia ; Encalypta 



