Reports of Societies. 



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Wakefield Field Natttralists' Society. — Monthly meeting, Sept, 

 3rd, Mr. J. Wainwright, F.L.S., in the chair. — Mr. Wright showed 

 H. sylvinus, C. fulvata, T. batis, X. citrago, V. urticoe, also larva of 

 D. vinula ; Mr. Sims, T. fimbria, P. cardui, X. citrago, X. scolopacina, 

 and X. polyodon, black variety, a very good specimen. — J. W. Shaw, 

 Corr. Sec. 



York akd District Field Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Sept. 10th, 

 Mr. Wm. Chapman in the chair. — Mr. Smith exhibited a fine variety of 

 Veronica spicata, with variegated leaves, cultivated ; also the following 

 beetles : — P. horticola and P. fasciculus ; Mr. Bacon, the rufi"-and-reeve, 

 with eggs (Machetes pugnax) ; Mr. Whitwell, specimens of Drosera 

 anglica and D. obovata, from Leckby Carr, the latter of which has not 

 been, as far as we know, recorded in Yorkshire before. Mr. Arnold Lees 

 is of opinion that the specimens of obovata are hybrids between anglica 

 and rotundifolia, both of which occur at the same spot ; also specimens of 

 the rare Vicia bithynica, lately collected by him at Upgang, near Whitby. 

 Mr. Whitwell also showed specimens of fossil plants obtained by him from 

 the fern bed at Whitby, lying upon the Dogger sandstone at the base of 

 the oolitic series. The following genera of ferns were represented : — 

 Pecopteris, Sphcenopteris, Tceniopteris, and also specimens of Calamites 

 and Otozamites. Mr. G. Jackson, fine bred specimens of Coremia uniden- 

 taria, bred from the eggs ; Larentia ulivata and coesiata, and Cidaria 

 populata, taken at the Pateley Bridge excursion : also Leucanea obsoleta, 

 Nonagria cannce, Agrotis cinerea, and various others. — W. Prest, Sec. 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. — The excursion season of 1879 was 

 brought to a close on Saturday, the 6th of September, by an excursion 

 to Piccall Common (over which there is still hanging the threatened 

 doom of enclosure), followed by a meeting at Selby. There was a fair 

 average attendance, principally from Goole. A few members investigated 

 various other localities about Selby, including the never-failing Bishop's 

 Wood. At the general meeting held at the Londesbro' Arms Hotel, 

 Selby, the business was commenced by Mr. J. T. Atkinson, F.G.S., 

 President of the Selby Naturalists' Society, who ofiered in their name a 

 hearty welcome. The Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., in the absence of the 

 president, took the chair. Time being limited, some of the business was 

 shortened. On calling the roll it was found that 14 societies were 

 represented, and 13 absent, the individual attendance being about 70 or 

 80. On the motion of Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., Huddersfield, seconded 

 by Mr. William Prest, York, a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. W. N. 

 Cheesman, the secretary of the Selby Naturalists' Society, for his eflScient 

 services as local secretary. On behalf of the Conchological Section, Mr. 

 Joseph Wilcock, Wakefield, secretary, reported. For the Entomological 

 Section, Mr. S. D. Bairstow, Huddersfield, secretary, reported a great 

 paucity of lepidopterous insects as compared with the meeting at Doncaster 

 the previous month. The best noticed were Liparis monacha, larva of 

 Acronycta menyanthidis, and pupse of Gortyna flavago in thistle stems. 



