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V. E. OMissA, Des^g. exsic. herb, ros. No. 57. June, mountains, Savoy. 



VI. E. ANNESiENSis, DesGg. exsic. herb. ros. ISTo. 74. June, July, thickets 

 in the mountainous regions of Savoy. 



YII. E. DiMORPHA, Besser, June, July, mountainous regions, France, 

 Belgium. 



(To he continued.) 



Quarterly Magazine of the High "Wycombe 

 ITatural History Society. No. 3. 



This local natural history journal, of 

 which the third number is before us, has 

 decidedly improved since its commence- 

 ment. The present number contains one 

 or two useful papers, chief amongst which 

 is that by Mr. James Britten on the 

 ' ' Additions to the Wycombe Flora in 

 1866." These plants are seven in number, 

 viz : — Cerastium arvense, near Oakridge, 

 Erica cinerea, Wooburn Common, Myoso- 

 tis cmspitosa, near Whittington Park, 

 Vicia gracilis, bottom of White Hill, 

 Lactuca virosa, near the same place, 

 Onopordum Acanthium, two plants only 

 in a hedge near West Wycombe, Cuscuta 

 Epithymum, on Wooburn Common. In 

 addition to the above a number of fresh 

 localities have been observed for some of 

 the rarer species. — Mr. M. C. Cooke has a 

 paper entitled " Amongst the Grasses," 

 which contains a short account of our un- 

 branched British Clavarice. The number 

 also contains the first part of a list of 

 Wycombe Birds by Mr. H. UUyett, the 

 proceedings of the Society, and three pages 

 devoted to correspondence. 



This young society is setting an example 

 which may well put older societies to the 

 blush, and we heartily wish them every 

 success. 



High Wycombe Natural History Society. 

 -Second Winter Session, 1866-67.— The 



third conversazione was held on the 15th 

 ult., at the house of John Parker, Esq., 

 and was numerously attended. Three 

 papers were read ; the first, " On the Cave 

 at Brixham, Devon," kindly forwarded by 

 the Eev. W. Hunt Painter ; the second, 

 on "The Mammalia of High Wycombe," 

 by Mr. Ullyett ; and the third by the 

 President, on "Diatoms and Desmids," 

 being a continuation of that read at the 

 last meeting. Specimens and coloured 

 diagrams illustrated the various subjects. 

 Among the objects exhibited may be 

 mentioned a collection of Madeira Ferns, 

 British Spiders, Land and Fresh-water 

 Shells, Dried Plants (chiefly local), Chinese 

 Insects, and many more. Several illustra- 

 ted works on Natural History were also 

 on the table. The President's Microscope 

 was, as usual, in great requisition, various 

 Diatoms and Desmids being examined by 

 its aid. 



MANCHESTEK LITEKAEY AND PHILOSOPHI- 

 CAL SOCIETY. 



Ordinary Meeting, January 8th, 1867. 



Mr. Binney, F.E.S., F.G.S., exhibited 

 two remarkable fossils discovered by Mr. 

 Joseph Tindall, of Thomas-street, Hudders- 

 field, in the lower coal measures near that 

 town. One was an insect, and, according 

 to Mr, Tindall, belonged to Dr. Dawson's 

 genus Xylohius and probably to his species 

 Sigillarice. It was found in an old deep 

 mine at Cooper Bridge, and is the first 

 instance of a specimen of that genus having 

 been met with in England. The other 

 bore some resemblance to the pupa state of 

 a coleopterous insect, not much unlike the 



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