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each of Nodua mgleda and DaJilii, Agrotis suffusa and agathina, Apamia 

 Jihrosa, Stilhia anotiuda, C ramhus pinetellus and inquinatellus, &c. 



Y0E.KSHIEE !N"aturaxists' UmoN. — The sixth and closing meeting for 

 1878 was held on Saturday, the 14th September, at Wortley for Wharn- 

 cliffe Woods. By kind permission of the Earl of Wharncliffe the members 

 were allowed to search for insects, &c. , and to traverse the private roads 

 dming the day. The day was fine and very enjoyable. The attention of 

 members, of whom there was a large gathering (including at one time the 

 Earl of Wharncliffe), especially from Sheffield, was chiefiy confined to the 

 woods and craggs of Wharncliffe Chase, one of the remains of the forest 

 country which was once co-extensive with Sherwood Forest, and was in 

 ancient tunes the haunt of Robin Hood and his outlaws, as well as of such 

 fabulous monsters as the ^'Dragon of Wantley. " Tea was served at 4, 

 sections met at 4-45, and the general meeting opened at 5-30 p.m., 

 under the presidency of Mr. Henry Clifton Sorby, F.R.S., of Sheffield. 

 The roll-call showed that 16 of the 28 societies were represented. The 

 total attendance would be about 80 or more. The list of additional 

 subscribers included the Earl of Wliarncliffe, Rev. Wm. Jessop, Governor 

 of Wesley College, Sheffield, Messrs. Geo. Tiadall (Doncaster), Matthew 

 B. Slater (Malton), George Jackson (York), Wm. Standering (Selby), 

 F. Is'orthrop (Skipton), H. Stowe Bell, A.R.S.M. (Sheffield), G. R. Vine 

 (Attercliffe), Thos. Andrews, F.C.S. (Wortley), E. B. Jenkinson, F.G.S. 

 (Swinton), Jno. Guest, F.S.A. (Rotherham), Jno. Hutchinson (Barnsley), 

 A. H. Allen, F.C.S. (Borough Analyst, Sheffield), and Samuel Drew, 

 D. Sc. Ed., F.R.S.E. (Chapeltown, near Sheffield). On the motion of 

 the Rev. William Jessop, seconded by Mr. Alfred H. Allen, F.C.S., a 

 vot3 of thanks to the Earl of Wharncliffe for the permission to explore 

 the woods and to traverse the private roads, was passed ; and also, on the 

 motion of Mr. C. C. Hanson, of Stainland, seconded by Dr. Parsons, one 

 to Mr. W. R. Carter, of Sheffield, for his services as local secretary. Dr. 

 Parsons stated on behalf of the JMap Committee that in the tracing of the 

 contour lines from the 6-inch ordnance sheets, they would be glad to be 

 assisted by such of the members as would undertake a portion of the 

 work. The secretary (W. D. R.) then read a statement concerning the 

 proposed exhibition at Leeds in connection with the annual meeting, 

 urging the members to let the committee know early what they intended 

 to exhibit, and reminding them that it being a county and not merely a 

 local exhibition, it would rest with the members to render it worthy of 

 the Union and of Yorkshire. He announced that the guarantee fund had 

 reached the amount of £201 . The reports of sections were then given, 

 as follows : — Mr. James Spencer, of Halifax, secretary of the Geological 

 Section, reported : The Section had met in the large room at the Wortley 

 Arms Hotel, at 5 o'clock, Mr. Sorby, F.R.S., P.G. S., &c., president of 

 the Union, in the chair. The chairman read a short paper on ''The 

 Geology of the District," of which the following is a sketch. The strata 

 at Wharncliffe and Wortley consist of the lower coal measures ; to the west 



