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V. 22, this being the only passage in Scripture which contains the word 

 '^beetle." Some writers inclined (said the essayist) to the opinion that 

 the word was wrongly used, and that some kind of locust was indicated by 

 it : while the late Mr. Molyneux suggested that it was " that very kind of 

 Scarahceus which the idolatrous Egyptians of old held in such high 

 veneration as to pay it divine worship, and engrave its image on their 

 obelisks." Mr. Sims formally announced that by subscription of a few 

 members a handsome cabinet had been purchased and presented to the 

 Society. 



YoE-KSHinE Naturalists' Union. — The excursion season of 1879 was 

 opened by a field-day among the mountains, with Ingleton for rendezvous, 

 on Easter Monday, the 14th April. For some days before, the ground 

 was worked over in advance by various parties of members, while on the 

 day itself the attendance was quite up to the average, there being on the 

 ground between 60 and 70 members, representing in all 14 Societies, 

 while 13 were entirely unrepresented. Various parties were organised. 

 One was led by Mr. Isaac Hindson, of Kirkby Lonsdale, who as a 

 botanist and geologist was well known to, and a frequent companion of. 

 Prof. Hughes and Mr. R. H. Tiddeman, when engaged on the geological 

 survey of the district. Another which was headed by the Rev. William 

 Fowler, M.A., was accompanied by Mr. Joseph CaiT, of Ingleton. A 

 third detachment made for the summit of Ingleborough, while various 

 members took isolated directions. After tea at the Wheatsheaf, and 

 sections at the National School, the general meeting was opened in the 

 school at 5-30 p.m., the chair being occupied by the Rev. W. Fowler, 

 M.A., ex-president. A long hst of 48 new subscribers to the funds 

 (mainly the result of the recent exhibition at Leeds) was read, and thanks 

 voted. The Hst included Mr. John Barran, M.P., Prof. A. H. Green, 

 Mr. Isaac Hindson, and several Lancashire naturalists. Mr. J. W. 

 Davies, F.L.S., of Halifax, moved a vote of thanks to the Rev. T. D. 

 Sherlock, M.A., vicar of Ingleton, for the use of the schools, and to 

 Messrs. I. Hindson and J. Carr for conducting parties, which was passed. 

 Mr. Carr replied. A vote of thanks to the local secretary was afterwards 

 passed. Mr. W. E. Clarke, of Leeds, secretary of the Vertebrate 

 Section, reported that ornithology was the only branch which had been 

 attended to, that birds and observers had both been scarce, and that this, 

 with the lateness of the season, would account for the shortness of the 

 list. The birds observed were : — Residents 26, including the dipper, 

 cole and marsh tits, carrion crow, and curlew ; summer migrants, only 2, 

 the ring ouzel and tree pipit. Birds observed breeding : — dipper, two 

 nests observed, one of which contained four eggs ; carrion crow, a nest 

 with three eggs. Mr. E. B. Wrigglesworth stated, in the absence of the 

 officers of the Conchological Section, that the shells found would be 

 submitted to competent authorities, and in the absence of the officers of 

 the Entomological Section that the earliness and backwardness of the 



