Reports of Societies. 



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Nottingham Working Men's Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Aug. 

 6th. — Mr. W. Watchorn exhibited one larva of the rare Acronycta alni, 

 which he had found at Cotgrave on August 3rd. This is, so far as I 

 know, the first instance of its occurrence in this neighbourhood. — W. T. 

 Wright, Hon. Sec. 



OvENDEN Naturalists' Society, — Monthly meeting, Sept. 7th, Mr. 

 C. Sheard, V.P., in the chair. — Mr. T. Hirst exhibited the following birds 

 and animals : — silver plover (a rare species), snowy owl, pair of albino 

 rats, and tiger cat from Africa. Mr. J. Ogden exhibited a number of 

 lepidoptera caught at Scarborough. 



Stainland Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, Sept. 2nd, at 

 Burwood, Mr. Smith in the chair. — Mr. B. Garside showed eggs of quail, 

 found on Greetland Moor by Mr. R. W. Calvert. — W. H. Stott, Sec. 



Wakefield Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, Sept. 5th, Mr. 

 J. Wilcock, V.P., in the chair. — Master E. E. Talbot exhibited Acronycta 

 leporina, larvse found feeding on willows. Mr. J. W. Shaw, several species 

 of bees, including Bomhus Harrisellus, taken at Bishop's Wood. Mr. 

 Sims, P. chrysitis, X. citrago, A. nebnlosa (bred), M. hastata, N. pulver- 

 aria, taken in the district, and others. Mr. Spurling reported A. Atropos, 

 taken near Wakefield, and spotted crake (Crex porzana), captured at 

 Lofthouse. — J. W. Shaw, Corr. Sec. 



York and District Field Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, 

 August 14th, Mr. Wm. Chapman, v. p., in the chair. — The chairman 

 exhibited a species of Pholadomya, taken in the middle shale and sand- 

 stone of inferior oolite, and gave a very interesting account of his visit to 

 the Cleveland district. Mr. Sharpe, a fine pale-bufi" specimen of the 

 common yellow-hammer {Emheriza citrinella), shot in the Isle of Wight. 

 Mr. Bacon, nest and eggs of the lesser redpole {Fringilla linaria), also 

 some remarkable varieties of the tree pipit (Anthus arboreus). Mr. A, 

 Turner, specimens of Cidaria immanata, taken at Bishop's Wood on Bank 

 Holiday. The hon. secretary, Mr. Brest, a very remarkable variety of 

 Epione vespertaria, a species only taken near York, the right superior 

 wing being like the female, the left lower part female, and about a third 

 of it on the costa male, the under wings male, antennae, one side male, the 

 other half male and female, and the body all male. It was taken at 

 Sandburn by Mr. Brest, on the 20th of last month. 



Meeting Sept. 11th, Mr. M. Smith in the chair.— Mr. C. H. Sharpe 

 exhibited a case of albino and pied examples of the common sparrow 

 {Eringilla domestica), the pied and albino ones shot at the Briory Farm, 

 Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, and the smoky one at Chester. Mr. Helstrip, 

 a large box of an Indian silk-moth, all bred from cocoons sent to him from 

 India, Mr. Bostill, a specimen of Cidaria immanata. The secretary, 

 Mr. Brest, a large box of insects taken by himself during a visit to Edwin- 

 stowe, on the borders of Sherwood Forest, among them were a long series 

 of Euperia fulvago, Noctua glareosa, and Cidaria immanata, also a few 



