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Richmond and North Biding Naturalists' 

 Field Cluh.—Mont\i\y meeting, Tuesday 

 August 8th. The president, Mr. E. "Wood, 



F. G.S. in the chair. The president exhibited 

 some very interesting geological specimens 

 collected during a recent tour in the High- 

 lands, including Graptolites, Albertite, 

 and some fine specimens of Mica ; he also 

 exhibited specimens of Granite, containing 

 Mica in very large quantities, and some 

 fine specimens of elastic Sandstone from 

 the coal measures, an ancient millstone 

 from the neighbourhood of Inverness, sup- 

 posed to be 2000 years old, and a flint 

 axe picked up on a moor near Eichmond. 

 Mr. J. Aspdin exhibited several larvje of 

 the Death's Head Moth, A. atrojjos, and 

 also a series of the Scarlet Tiger Moth, C. 

 Domimda. Mr. "VV. P. Horne exhibited 

 some tokens formerly used by tradesmen, 

 in Eichmond, coined in the year 1667 ; 

 which he presented to the Museum of the 

 Club, together with a mahogany case, for 

 which a vote of thanks was unanimously 

 accorded. The following new members 

 were elected : — Eev. — Pybus of Hudswell, 



\ Mr. E. Watson. Mr. T. Blades, and Mr. 



G. Mattison of Eichmond. After a vote 

 of thanks to the chairman, the meeting 

 adjourned to the second Tuesday in Sep- 

 tember. 



The Zoological Society of London have 

 just added to their collection a very fine 

 male Chimpanzee. The meeting between 

 the stranger and the one already in the 

 Society's possession was very cordial ; em- 

 bracing each other in the most loving man- 

 ner, they became at once firm friends, 

 the Orang looking on at this meeting with, 

 apparently, stolid indifference. 

 \ Large Pearl in Unio margaritiferus. — 

 I have had three specimens of Unio mar- 

 garitiferus brought to me from the river 

 Tay, near Kirkcudbright, where it is 

 found in abundance. On cleaning them I 

 found in one a fine clear pearl about the 



size of a large pea ; clear jjearls of this 

 size are comparatively rare, the majority 

 being of a brownish colour. — Sidney 

 Smith, Church, near Accrington. 



The Death's Head Haiok Moth, &c. — This 

 year will I think be noted as a good year 

 for Lepidoptera by most collectors, accounts 

 from all quarters being satisfactory. I 

 have noticed several species in this neigh- 

 bourhood that have not been seen for several 

 years before. The Humming-bird Hawk 

 Moth has been plentiful, and a few days 

 ago a caterpillar of the Death's HeadHawk 

 Moth, Acherontia atropos, was brought 

 amongst some potatoe tops to a green-gro- 

 cer's shop in this neighbourhood. I 

 enquired from what locality they had been 

 brought, and was told from Eufford, near 

 Southport ; and on going to that neighbour* 

 hood I found a person who had taken 

 eight caterpillars, all of which had taken 

 to the earth except one which I brought 

 with me, and which has since gone down. 

 I think the present would be a good oppor- 

 tunity for any person wanting this fine 

 moth, to fill up the vacancy ; as it will no 

 doubt be tolerably plentiful in the early 

 part of October, at which time it is on the 

 wing.— Sidney Smith, Church, near Ac- 

 crington. 



Occurrence of Acherontia atropos in 

 Leeds. — I have in my possession, a very 

 fine specimen of the Death's Head Moth, 

 taken in the garden of Mr. Pepper, ISTorth- 

 street, Leeds ; the insect is of rare 

 occurrence in or near this town. — Egbert 

 CuNDALL, Victoria Museum, Beckett street, 

 Leeds. 



Discovery of the Larva of Eupithecia 

 hegrandaria, Bodv. In June this j^ear, 

 Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson and I took this 

 insect on the wing from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. 

 on Pilling Moss, North Lancashire, near a 

 clump of scrub birches, among which grew 

 a few clumps of sweet gale, about two miles 

 from the edge of the moss, on the "Whin- 

 marley side ; the said locality being once 

 fiimous for hegrandaria, but no one had 

 visited it for many years. Here then its food 



