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The Na.tuealist. 



La^^cashiee a^td Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 July 28tli, the Tice-president, Mr. B. Cooke, in the chair. A paper, 

 communicated by ]\Ir. E. Birchall, F.L.S., of Douglas, was read, on 

 " The Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Isle of Man." The usual conversazione 

 temiinated the meeting. 



The Leeds ]S"atue 4 lists' Club ai«"d Scientific As-sociation. —344th 

 meeting, July 29th, Mr. W. B. Turner, F.C.S., in the chair.— Mr. Jas. 

 Abbott exhibited the following slides : — algae from Bramhope, desmids, 

 Staurastrum, Cosmarium, Hyalotheca, Zygnema cruciata (in conjugation) 

 and UUjlhrix mucosa. ]Mr. Abbott also reported the names of the 

 organisms present in his Bramhope gathering (see note at p. 24). ]\Ir. 

 Turner exhibited Scgtomma mychrous, Oscillaturia nigra, TJlva crispa, 

 Micrasterias rotata, M. denticulata, Tetmemorus gramdatus, Frotococcus 

 viridis, Cladophora crispata, Monostroma huUosum, Vaucheria Ungeri, 

 BatracTtospennum monilifornie (stained), Drapanialdia plumosa, and 

 germination of spores of Cladophora. ]Mr. F. Emsley, alg^ and desmids 

 from Meanwood {Tahellaria, &c.), Vesper Gate, Askham Bog {Drapar- 

 naldm), Moortown, and Adel {Meridion circulare). All the above were 

 shown «ith the desire of illustrating the pre-determined subject of fresh- 

 water &lga&. A manuscript catalogue of the confer void algse of the Leeds 

 district, prepared by Mr. Turner, with the assistance of Messrs. Abbott 

 and Emsley, and containing 138 species, was presented to the Society. 

 Among objects of general interest, Mr. Washington Teasdale exhibited 

 Abbe ''Difeaction Platte," by Zeiss of Jena ; also four interesting slides 

 of Actitiocyclus subtilis, and Aidaoodiscus Africanus and A. Berkeleyi, 

 mounted by 3Ir. Xicholson of Fareham, at the great age of 92. Mr. F. 

 Emsley showed a very fine slide of the fish-louse, Argulus foliaceus. 



346th Meeting, August 12th, ]\Ir. W, B. Turner, F.C.S., in the chair, 

 showed a section of Marchantia, the advanced stage of Cladopliora, leaves 

 of mosses, also a large book of microscopic drawings. Mr. James Abbott, 

 slides of Nosioc commune and of Collema. ]\Ir. F. Emsley, Lynghya 

 muralis and eggs of moth. — W. D. E,. 



AIaN'.hestePv CKYPTOGA^ync Society. — Ordinary meeting, July 14th, 

 Mr. John Whitehead, the president, in the chair. — The president exhibited 

 various interesting mosses gathered by himself and a party of friends in 

 littondale, West Biding of Yorkshire, during Whit-week. Foremost 

 amongst these was Zygodon Nov:ellii — a very rare moss in any state, but 

 particularly so with fruit. Several capsules were found. The moss was 

 first discovered in 1856 by the late J ohn IS'owell, and its place in the 

 muscal family was for some years the subject of much controversy. 

 Wilson gave it the name of Zygodon gracilis. Schmiper, on the other 

 hand, considered it to be a species of Didymodoii. In 1866 the point was 

 settled by the discovery of fruit by Nowell himseM, and Schimper 

 bestowed upon the plant the name of Z. Nov:ellii (in honour of the Lan- 

 cashire muscologist), which is now generally adopted. The president said 



