Diary. —Meetings of Societies. 



July 2. Leeds Naturalists' Club, «&;c. Bishop Auckland Naturalists' Club. 

 Liversedge Naturalists'. 

 ,, 6. Huddersfield Naturalists'. 



,, 9, Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association. — Lecture on 

 " The British Warblers, (Family Sylviadae,)"— Thomas Lister, 

 of Barnsley. 



„ 10. York and District Naturalists' Field Club. 



„ 12. Huddersfield Scientific Club.— Paper on " Bees,"— Rev. G. C. B. 

 Madden, B.A. 



„ 13. Cambridge Entomological Society^Excilrsion to Ipswich. 



,, 16. Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association. 



„ 20. North Staifordshire Naturalists' Field Club — Excursion to Alrewas 

 and Wychnor, in conjunction with the Burton Club. Cam- 

 bridge Entomological Society — Excursion to Monk's Wood. 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union — Excursion to Settle, for the 

 Yictoria Cave : Meeting at Town Hall. 



,, 22. Huddersfield Naturalists'. 



1, 23. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c. — Paper " On the construction of Maps 

 in Relief,"— J. Holmes Walker, C.E., of Pudsey. 

 27. Cambridge Entomological Society. — Fxcursion to Yarmouth. 

 ,, 29. Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 

 ,, 30. Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association. 



Books, &c., Received. ^ — Midland Ndturalist (June), AmeHcan Journal of 

 Microscopy (May), Science Gossip (June). 



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