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not, and had it been, would have been an acquisition to the fauna of the 

 district. The grayling " butterfly {Satyrus Semele) from the Isle of 

 Man, was also shown. Mr, H. Pollard showed a locust (see p. 59 of this 

 number) and a quantity of shells of Eelix nemoralis, IT. ho7-tensis, and ff. 

 hyhrida, from Masham, Scarborough, Woodlesford, Stoke Bishop, and 

 Whitby. Mr. John Grassham also showed shells — Helix cantiana and 

 Succinea putris from Bishop's Wood ; Helix aspersa and H. arhustorum 

 from Knaresborough ; H. ericetorum and H. virgata from Scarborough ; 

 H. nemoralis from Pontefract ; H. hortensis from Topcliffe ; H. lapicida 

 from Wentbridge ; Pkmorbis corneus from Leeds ; Clausilia laminata 

 from Grange ; C. rugosa from Barwick ; and Zonites cellarius from 

 Gledhow. He also showed eggs of most of the British terns. 



400th Meeting, Oct. 5th, Mr. B. Holgate, F.G S., president, in the 

 chair. — Mr. F. Emsley showed mounted hymenoptera ; Mr. W. Barwell 

 Turner, F.C.S., F.R.M.S., slides of stellate hairs, of leaf and cuticle of 

 Vihurmim lantana, and two micro-fungi — Uncimda hicornis from maple, 

 and Triphragmium ulmarice from meadow-sweet — the latter of which is 

 distinguished from other brands by being three-spored. Mr. W. L. 

 Teasdale showed larvse : Mr. Turner a Somersetshire Acherontia Atropos ; 

 and Mr. C. Smethurst a very dark variety of Polia Chi from Stanley, 

 near Methley ; Hydrcecea petasitis from Thorne, Wakefield ; Enbolia 

 cervinaiia from Linton Spring, Wetherby. Mr. Grassham reported 

 another locust. Mr. Smethurst showed a lot of shells : H. nemoralis, H. 

 cantiana, H. hyhrida, H. hortensis, and H. arhustorum from Thorp Arch ; 

 H. riifescens, H. hispida, Zonites nitididus, Z. alliarius, Clausilia rugosa, 

 Cochlicopa luhrica and its variety luhricoides from Linton Spring; and 

 Sphmrium corneum from Bramham. The specimens of Helix hortensis 

 were of the translucently banded variety. Mr. Wm. Nelson showed 

 Anodonta cygnea and J., anatinaivom. Burton-on-Trent, Pisidium fontinale 

 var. cinerea from a pond at Hartington-in-Dovedale, and a very depressed 

 Helix arhustorum from the same place. Mr. H. Pollard had Limnoea 

 stagnalis and L. palustris from Masham, and Helix arhustorum var. 

 Jlavescens from Scarborough. He showed various eggs, amongst them 

 being two of the song-thrush from Ewe Cote, near Whitby, which are 

 much smaller and more globular than the type. Mr. Thomas W. Bell 

 showed fossils Voluta Lamherti, Pectunculus, Cyprina Islandica, Natica 

 mnltipunctata, Cyproea Europea, Pecien maximus, and Polyzoa, from the 

 Coralline Crag ; Fusus contrarius, Terehratida grandis, barnacles, &c. , 

 from the Red Crag — with the view of showing the change of climate 

 which took place between the deposition of the red and coralline crags. 



401sT Meeting, Oct. 12th, chair occupied successively by Mr. Henry 

 Pocklington, F.R.M.S., vice-president, and the president. — Microscopic 

 exhibits were made by Messrs. F. Emsley and W. B. Turner, F.C.S. 

 Mr. William Nelson showed Helix rufescens var. minor fromStanley, near 

 Methley ; this variety is not by any means common about Leeds. Mr. 



