Diary.— Meetings of Societies. 



February 1. Liversedgfi Naturalists' Society. 



,, 1. Bishop Auckland Naturalists' Field Clul). 



,, 1. Bradford N'tturalists' Society. — •■A^iditioa to Local List ot 



Lepidoptera," Mr. J. W. Carter. 

 ,, 1. Barnsley Naturalists' Society. 



„ 2. Wakefield Naturalists' Society. — " Walton Hall, past and 



present," Mr. Thomas Lister, of Barn^ley, 7-45 p.m. 

 ,, 2. Entomological Society of London, 8 p.m. 

 „ 3. Linnean Society of London, 8 p.m. 

 „ 9. York and District Naturalists' Field Cluh. 

 ,, 11. Dewshury Naturalists' Society. 



„ 15. Bradford Naturalists' Society.— Paper by Mr. 1. N. Lee 



15. Barnsley Naturalists' Society. 



16. Wakefield Naturalists' Society. — ^'Fertilization of the Orchids," 



■ Mr J. Spurling. 



„ 17. North Stafibrdshire Naturalists' Field Club.— Meeting at 

 Leek, Local Secretary, Wm. Brough. 



17. Linnean Society of London. 



„ 21. Manchester Cryptogamic Society. 



28. Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



LIVING Pup.E for sale. Podalirius, Euphorbiw, 5d. each; Machaon, TiHce, 

 Ligustri, Elpenor, Carpini, Polyexena, JDerasa, Urtirce, Scrophuhirke, 

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

 Aaachoreta 6d. each ; S. Pinastri, Convolvuli, Gain, Satur7iia, Pyri, 9d. each ; 

 Aritropos, Flamea, Is. each ; Populi, Ocdlntus, Megacepliala. Ptumich, Capsinrohj^ 

 Vershasci, Batis, Virgaureata, 3d. each ; Vanessa Levana, Bucepthala, 2d. eacli ; 

 Mentkastri, Jacobce, Pisi, Is. per dozen. Fertile ova " Clifden Nonpariel," 2s. per 

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

 Falcons, Harriers, Owls, Storks, Cranes, Herons, Egrets, Ibis, Caspian Tein, and 

 other species. Lists on apj)lication. 



Naturalists, Hythe Street, Dartford, Kent. 



Duplicates — Immanata, Sylvata. Emina, Vespertaria, Fasciata, Ltiurata 

 Variata, Piniaria,, Atoma^-ia, Biundularia, Absinthiata, Herbida, Suspecta 

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



TRANSACTIONS oftheYORKSHI RE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



PART I. FOB 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 Roebuck ; a paper on " Yorkshire Macro-lepidoptei'a 

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

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

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

 j-eport on Yorkshire Botany in 1877, by Dr. H. F. Parsons, F.G.S. 



PARTS 11. 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.4 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 Ichneumonidm, by Mr. S. D. Bairstow, F.L.S. ; and on Yorkshire 

 Hyr][ienoptera, observed in 1878, by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck. 



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 Transactions are supplied to subscribers of 5/- and upwards annually 

 to the funds of the Unions Intending su.bscribers are invited to send their names 

 to either of the Secretaries. 



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



Edgerton, Huddersfield, [ ^ 

 W. Denison Roebuck, Sunny Bank, j 

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