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The Naturalist. 



an album of most exquisite drawings by himself. Messrs. Jas. Abbott^ 

 Washington Teasdale, F.R.M.S., and F. Emsley also assisted to illustrate 

 by showing specimens. The genera shown included Caligus, Argulus, 

 Fandarus, Lerneosoma^ and other siphonostoniatous Crustacea. Mr. H. 

 Pollard showed heart urchins from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, various samples 

 of seeds, and an abnormal specimen of Helix nemoralis from Oulton. 

 Mr. E. E. Prince showed neuropterous larvae, unnamed ; and Mr. Henry 

 Marsh a giant cockroach ( ? Blatta gigantea or B. Americana) taken in 

 Leeds. On behalf of Mr. A. Clapham was shown a sparrow-hawk, from 

 Sheriff Button. 



396th Meeting, September 7th, the president in the chair.— 

 Mr. Jno. Stubbins, F.G.S., of Halifax, delivered a lecture on " The 

 General Anatomy of Insects," which he illustrated with a oxyhydrogen 

 lantern and slides. Two locusts were shown, and Sii-ex gigas, taken in 

 New Leeds, by Mr. Percy Alexander. 



397th Meeting, September 14th, the president in the chair;— A 

 Bradford locust was exhibited ; also several dragon flies (JEschna). 

 Mr. W. H. Hay showed leaves of blue gum tree. Mr. H. Pollard 

 brought Chiton cinereus, common in rock pools on the Whitby coast. — 

 W. D. R. 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society. — Meeting, 16th of August.— 

 Dr. Carrington, president, exhibited specimens of Pallivincia Blytti, 

 (Lindb.), and the Morckia Norvegica (Gott) which had been sent to him by 

 Mr. Sadler, of the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. The latter specimen 

 was in a growing state, and had recently been found in Scotland. It was 

 technically described by the president, and compared with its new ally, 

 Jungermannia Hihernica (Hook). The hon. secretary also exhibited 

 growing specimens of male plants of Dumortia irrigua, which had been 

 collected by Mr. Curnow, at Ilfracombe, and a number of the rarer mosses 

 which had been collected during a recent excursion to the Breadalbane 

 mountains. Amongst them it is interesting to record that Leskea 

 rufescens and Mnium spinosum were found in fruiting condition. Bryum 

 demissum, Dissodon splachnoides, and the rare fern Cystopteris montana 

 were amongst the other rarities brought home. The remainder of the 

 mosses were reserved for future examination and discrimination. Mr. 

 W. H. Pearson laid upon the table specimens of Jungerraannia lurida 

 (Dmrt.) collected by himself and Mr. Whitehead, at Woodhead ; also 

 Scapania umhrosa, from the same locality ; and Ciymnomitrium ohtusum, 

 8 new species described by Prof. Lindberg. This has been collected 

 by Messrs. Byrom, Neild, and Pearson on Snowdon, June, 1880. Mr. 

 Thomas Entwistle, of the Botanical Gardens, called attention to four 

 interesting cyptogamic plants which he had recently received. They had 

 been collected in the Kurum Valley, Afghanistan, by Dr. Aitcheson last 

 year, and were as follows : — Eqnisetum elongatum, Bartramia calcareay 

 Botrychium lunaria, and the pretty SelagineUa sanguinoleida. 



