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other locality ; also Ephestia cinerosella and Phycis suhornasella, recently 

 received from Pembroke. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Monthly 

 meeting, the president, Mr. S. J. Capper, in the chair. — In the absence 

 of any paper, Mr. B. Cooke exhibited and distributed duplicates of the 

 groups of Ilydradephaga and Brachelytra, from his unrivalled collection 

 of coleoptera : and Mr. A. Cooke exhibited both sexes of C. exulis and E. 

 lutulenta, var. lunehurgerisis, taken near Loch Laggan, also several speci- 

 mens of E. gyandcevana. 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society. — Annual meeting, 17th Dec. — 

 This was made the occasion of a most interesting exhibition of objects 

 illustrating the several departments of cryptogamic botany. The musci 

 were represented by several valuable collections sent by members, such 

 species as were especially interesting being displayed under microscopes. 

 Mr. Peter G. Cunliffe had a splendid assortment of beautifully prepared 

 slides, mounted by himself, amongst which were to be found all the rarer 

 British species. A well-mounted series of pleurocarpous mosses was 

 exhibited by Mr. Holt ; a collection of American seaweeds by the hon. 

 secretary (Mr. Rogers) ; one of dried Selaginellas and Lycopods — a magni- 

 ficent series — by Mr. Entwistle ; British lichens by Mr. John Leigh, 

 M.R.C.S. ; hepaticse by Dr. Carrington and Mr. W. H. Pearson ; micro- 

 fungi by Mr. T. Brittain ; drawings of ferns, mosses, and other crypto- 

 gamia by Mr. Hardy ; and a series of nature-printed ferns by Mr. 

 Forster. Amongst other things kindly lent for exhibition were the 

 original MS. of Wilson's " Bryologia Britannica," and the author's private 

 copy of that work, containing his sketches and memoranda as to different 

 species. The greater part of the evening was occupied in the exhibition 

 and private discussion of the objects above enumerated. Amongst those 

 present were Dr. Carrington, of Eccles, distinguished for his labours on 

 the hepaticse. Dr. J. B. Wood, and other well-known students of crypto- 

 gamic botany. In the course of the evening Mr. W. H. Pearson, vice- 

 president, took the chair, and after briefly indicating the more important 

 objects in the room, called upon the hon. secretary, who read a report of 

 the work done by the Society since it came into existence twelve months 

 ago. The report specified in its general features what had been the 

 Society's work during the year, and expressed indebtedness to the presi- 

 dent (Mr. Whitehead) for the numerous facts which he had placed on 

 record, and the exhibition of rare species of mosses which have come 

 under his observation from time to time. 



Wakefield Field Naturalists' Society. — Annual meeting, Jan. 7th, 

 the president in the chair. — The report for the past year was read and 

 adopted. The following officers were elected : — Mr. J. Wainwright, 

 F.L.S., president; Mr. H. Sims, financial secretary; and Mr. J. W. 

 Shaw, corresponding secretary. 



