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The Naturalist. 



386th Meeting, June 29th, Mr. Henry Lupton, M.E.S,, in chair.— 

 He showed a small collection of preserved larvae. Mr. Chas. Smethurst. 

 Tephrosia cre'puscularia from Scholes, and Melanthia albicillata, Melanippe 

 hastata, M. tristata, Cidaria corylata, Lomaspilis marginata, Venusia 

 camhricarm, hoA'entia pectinitaria, Coremia munitata, and Cymatophora 

 Jluctuosa, all from Wharncliffe Wood. Mr. Henry Marsh, Meanwood 

 specimens of Noctua hrunnea, N. augur, N. f estiva, Aplecta nebulosa, and 

 Odontopera hidentata ; also Euplexia lucipara from Adel, and Zygcena 

 Jilipenduloe from Grange ; also Anodonta cygnea from Roundhay. Mr. H. 

 Pocklington, F.R.M.S., an egg of the siskin, laid in captivity. Mr. W. 

 JRaine, a living specimen of the kestrel, about six weeks old, from Ryther. 



387th Meeting, July 6th, the president in the chair. — Mr. Pocklington 

 showed strobic circles " illustrative of the theory and persistence of 

 vision ; also sections of part of Cleopatra's Needle, of Eozoon canadens%, 

 diatoms from London clay, larva of Colorado beetle, and numerous other 

 TQicroscopical slides, anatomical and otherwise. Mr. B. Saynor, Actino- 

 ■sphcera ; and other microscopic objects were shown by Messrs. F. Emsley 

 and J. Abbott, and insects by Messrs. J. R. Murdoch and W. Raine. 



388th MEETiJfG, July 13th, the president in the chair. — Mr. John 

 Kirby showed a specimen of Indian shrew known by the name of "musk 

 rat " {ISorex indica) and described its habit and odoriferous properties from 

 personal observation at Kurrachee. Bird-skins collected in Eastern and 

 Central Africa by the late Rev. VV. Dodgshun, a former member, were 

 shown. Mr. W. B. Turner, F.C.S , F.R.M.S., showed slides of the male 

 ^at {Culex pipiens), the marsh fly {Tetanocera aratoria), and the sheep 

 tick {Melophagus ovinus). Common local insects were shown by various 

 members. Mr. W. H. Taylor exhibited a branch of aspen, showing the 

 mode of life of Saperda popidnea ; also a full-grown larva of Bo-yophila 

 perla, which he had found "feeding on the stone wall " of Roundhay 

 Park, and straightway took into custody for damage to Corporation 

 property. 



Leeds Geological Association. — On June 19th an excursion was 

 made in connection with the Society to Guiseley, under the leadership of 

 Mr. W. Cheetham, v. p. On arrival at Guiseley, a heavy thunderstorm 

 prevented immediate action, but when it had somewhat abated the party 

 proceeded to investigate the various geological features of the district. 

 In a sandstone quarry at Esholt Springs the strata were noticed to be 

 very much broken and shattered in consequence of the close proximity of 

 a, fault, a good section of which is exhibited in the railway cutting a few 

 yards beyond, having a down-throw to the north — the rough rock, orj 

 millstone grit, being faulted against the Halifax soft coal bed. Nearj 

 JEsholt J unction another fault is recognised, having a downfall to the 

 -south. The whole line of fault is consequently what is termed a ' ' truugh 

 fault. " At the sandstone quarry before mentioned, near Esholt Springs, 

 large concretionary masses are exhibited in the face of the rock. In place^ 



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