EEroETs OF Societies. 



oreades, Agaricus trichisporus, A. velutinus, A. Foenisecii, A. rubi, 

 Hirneola auricula- judea, and Thelephora mollisitna ; Mr. J. Tindall, some 

 casts of fossils from Marsden ; Mr. J. Whitwam specimens of Rhijncho- 

 nella from the chalk, and Paludina orbicula/ris from the upper eocene. 

 Mr. Nettleton read a paper on " Physiography," being chiefly a criticism 

 on the Government system of science classes, after which there was a short 

 discussion. — C. H. Bould, Hon. Sec. 



HuDDEESFiELD SCIENTIFIC Cltjb. — Meeting Sept. 13th, the president, 

 Mr, G. T. Porritt, in the chair. — Mr. 0. P. Hobkirk showed a specimen 

 of the " seven-foot coal " from the grey bed at Newcastle, also of the trap 

 rock that strikes through it. The chairman, the following lepidoptera : — 

 Cramhus contaminellus, Agdistes BenneUii, and Pteroplionis spilodactylus, 

 from the Isle of Sheppey ; Eupithecia siiccentwiata and Orthotcelia spar- 

 ganella, from Wicken Fen ; a dark and interesting variety of Cidaria 

 russata taken at Berry Brow on the 6th inst. ; Fhycis adornatella and 

 RJiodophoea suavella, sent from Bristol ; also the larvae of Hyhernia leuco- 

 pJiearia, preserved and sent to him by Lord Walsingham. Mr. George 

 Brook, ter. , showed a small, but very good and useful new microscope, 

 by Browning : it had the regulation screw, and was only thirty shillings 

 complete. With it he exhibited the following micro-fungi : — Sphceria 

 herharum, Peziza trechispora, Achlya prolifera, and Tiiher cestivum. He 

 also laid upon the table specimens of Aster Tripolium and Statice Bahusi- 

 ensis, gathered by himseK at Howth Bailey Lighthouse, on the occasion 

 of the recent exciirsion of the British Association there. The president 

 stated that one of his correspondents had taken over seventy specimens 

 of the rare Nonagria hremlinea at Ranworth Fen this season ; also that 

 Mr. Hodgkinson had bred ten Cidaria reticidata. Messrs. Hobkirk and 

 Brook then read papers entitled " Notes on the British Association 

 Meetings," givings details of the various natural history papers read, of 

 the excursions, and of their reception as delegates of the Union to invite 

 the Association to Sheffield next year. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 August 26th, Mr. S. J. Capper, president, in the chair. — Mr. W. W. 

 Keyworth, of Alderley Edge, read a paper on the Macro-Lepidoptera of 

 Mid-Cheshire, mentioning, amongst the numerous captures during the 

 past year by himself, the very rare hawk-moth CJicerocampa celerio. The 

 president invited the inspection of the members to the 3rd to 6th numbers, 

 just published, of the " Larvae of the British Lepidoptera, and their Food 

 Plants," by Owen S. Wilson, Esq. Mr. Mosley, of Huddersfield, sent 

 several specimens of Scoparia cemhrce, for distribution amongst the mem- 

 bers. Several interesting insects were then exhibited by the following 

 gentlemen : — Mr. W. W. Keyworth, G. celerio ; Mr. West, a fine specimen 

 of A. Atropos, taken on the Ist of July in the vicinity of Liverpool ; Mr. 

 Sharp, plates of foreign lepidoptera; Mr. Johnson, several C. filigram- 

 mari<i. 



