Diary.— Meetings of Societies. 



January 4. Liversedge Naturalists' Society.- ' 



„ ,, Bishop Auckland Naturalists' Field Club. 



5. Wakefield Naturalists' Society. 

 „ 8. Huddersfield Scientific Club. — Annual Meeting, 8 p.m. 

 „ 12. York and District Naturalists' Field Club. 

 ,, 14. Dewsbury Naturalists' Society. 



„ 15. Yorkshire Naturalists' Uuion.— Annual Meeting at York. (See 



special Notice). 

 17. Manchester Cr^^ptogamic Society. 

 „ 18. Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Opening Address by President, 



Mr. William West. 7-30 p.m. 

 „ 20. North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club. —Meeting at 



Burslem, Local Secretary, M. A. Ellis. 

 „ Linnean Society of London, 8 p.m. 



„ 25. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c. — Inaugural Address by President, 

 Mr. W. Barwell Turner, F.O.S. 

 31. Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



LIVING Pup.E for sale. Podalirius, EuphorMw, 5d. each ; Machaon, Tilice, 

 Ligustri, Elpenor, Carpini, Polyexena, Derasa^ Urticce, Scrophularice, 

 Reclusa, 4d. each, or 3s. 6d. per dozen ; Porcellus, Amphidamus, Jolas, Asteris, 

 Anachoreta 6d. each ; S. Pinastri, Convolvuli, Galii, Saturnia, Pyri, 9d. each ; 

 Antropos, Flamea, Is. each ; Populi, Ocellatus, Megacephala, Rumicis, Capsincola, 

 Versbasci, Batis, Virgaureata, 3d. each ; Vanessa Levana, Bucephala,, 2d. each ; 

 Menthastri, Jacohm, Pisi, Is. per doaen. Fertile ova "Clifden Nonpariel," 2s. per 

 dozen ; C. Nupta, 20 for Is. Birds' Eggs, Vultures, Eagles, Kites, Buzzards, 

 Falcons, Harriers, Owls, Storks, Cranes, Eierons, Egrets, Ibis, Caspian Tern, and 

 other species. Lists on application. 



Naturalists, Hythe Street, Dart ford, Kent. 



Duplicates — Immanata, Sylvata, Emina, Vespertaria, Fasciata, Liturata, 

 Variata, Piniaria, Atomaria, Biundularia, Absinthiata, Herbida, Suspecta. 

 Desiderata, many. Send Lists. — Wm. Pkest, Holgate, Road, York. 



TRA NSA C TIONS of the YORKSHIRE NA JURA LIS TS' UNION. 



PART 1. FOR 1877, contains the commencement of "The Birds of Yorkshire," 

 by Mr. W. E. Clarke, M.B.O U. ; of an " Annotated List of the Land and Fresh- 

 water Mollusca of Yorkshire," by Messrs. Wm. Nelson and J. W. Taylor ; a 

 complete list of Yorkshire Hymenoptera, with references to literature of that 

 order, by Mr. W, Denison Eoebuck ; a paper on " Yorkshire Macro-lepidoptera 

 in 1877," by Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. ; one on "Yorkshire Micro-lepidoptera 

 in 1877," by Mr. Wm. Prest ; papers by Mr. S. L. Mosley, on "Yorkshire Diptera," 

 and on the Yorkshire species of Hemiptera of the Family Psyllidce ; and a 

 report on Yorkshire Botany in 1877, by Dr. H. F. Parsons, F.G.S. 



PARTS IT. AND III. FOR 1878 contain the continuations of Mr. Clarke's 

 Birds of Yorkshire, and of Messrs. Nelson and Taylor's Land and Fresh-water 

 Mollusca of Yorkshire ; an elaborate report on Yorkshire Botany in 1878, by 

 Dr. Parsons; the commencement of Dr. Parsons' "Moss-Flora of the East- 

 Riding " ; papers on Yorkshire Lepidoptera in 1878, by Mr. Porritt, F.L.S. ; on 

 Yorkshire Ichneumonidce, by Mr. S. D. Bairstow, F.L.S. ; and on Yorkshire 

 Hymenoptera, observed in 1878, by Mr. W. Denison Poebuck. 



PART IV. FOR 1879, in preparation. — Amongst papers in preparation for 

 future parts is a Catalogue of Yorkshire- Lepidoptera, to be written by Messrs. 

 G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., and W. Prest. 



The Tkansactions are supplied to subscribers of 5/- and upwards annually 

 to the funds of th; Union. Intending subscribers are invited to send their names 

 to either of the Secretaries, 



Geo. Brook, ter, F.L.S., Fernbrook, 



Edgerton, Huddersfield, 



W. Denison Roebuck, Sunny Bank, 

 Leeds, 



