The Matuealist. 



Bingley, P. chrysitis, B. perla, and A. incayiaria ; Messrs. Andrews 

 and Brook, a number of botanical specimens ; Mr. Saville, Nephrodium 

 rigiduin from Ingleboroiigh ; Mr. West, Hippocrejns comosa, Endocarpon 

 miniatum, var. comrjlicatum, Physcia steUaris (ft.), P. tenella, Splachnv/in 

 o: ''.'71, Bypnnm rugos^im, and ^cidium. crassum from Malham, 



1'. cylindrica from Ben Lawers and Ben Macdliui. 



Meeting Aug. IGtli, Mr. B. Spencer in the cliair. — l^Iicroscopical 

 evening. — The chairman exhibited twelve slides of vegetable preparations 

 thoronglily illustrating vegetable morphology ; Mr, West, a large number 

 of slides, amongst which were some fine sections, and a number of algse, 

 including Folysiplionia hyssoides, with tetraspores, it not having been 

 found in that state before in Britain. The specimen was collected 

 by j\Ir. G. Massee, of Scarboro'. Mr. Rogers, some beautiful stained 

 sections of Hrppuris, Clematis, &c. In addition to the above, Mr. Terry 

 exhibited a number of insects, including C. graminis and 0. suspeda, 

 from Shii^ley Glen ; and JMr. H. T. Soppitt, a number of interesting 

 XDlants from Scarboro'. — H. T. S. 



HuDDEESFiELD ]^ATUB,ALisTs' SOCIETY. — Meeting J uly 18th, Mr. James 

 Varley in the chair. — In botany a large number of specimens were laid on 

 the table by Messrs. Bartlam, Yarley, and Beaumont, among which were 

 the following : — Ranunculus Lenormandi, Silene infiata, Atropa Bella- 

 donna, Syoscyamus niger, Stellaria glauca, Plantago media, Eupatoriiim 

 cannahinum, Bypericum androsamum, H. quadrangulum, E. dvhiuin, H. 

 perforatum, H. hirsiitum, H. humifusum, H. pidclirum, Lepjidium ruderale, 

 L. campestre, Lamium album, L. purimreum, L. intermedium, Melilotus 

 officinalis, Epilohium liirsutum, Senehiero coronopus, Lycopus euAvpcens, 

 and Scroplvalaria nodosa. Mr. Mackenzie exhibited the following 

 geological specimens from Tiiton-on-the-HiU, Leicestershire,- where they 

 are making a new railroad. They were, tliree weeks since, cutting 

 through the middle lias, from which strata these specimens were pro- 

 cured : — Ammonites BucMandi, A. communis, A. margaritatus, and 

 PJiynchonelJa placatissima. Messrs. Mosley, Ellis, and Bickerclike showed 

 the following entomological specimens, taken at Wharncliffe recently : — 

 ill. in'-'y^i n-itata, A. nebulosa, A.herhida, T. derasa, T. hatis, C. fiuctuosa, 

 N. C'.il'jrv.m, P. V-aureum, and C. corylata. Mr. Bickerdike also 

 showed a specimen of the American cockroach {Blatta gigantea). 



Meeting August 6th, Mr. J. Yarley in the chair. Mr. J. Mackenzie 

 laid on the table some bones of a Saurian, from the middle lias, Barrow- 

 on-Soar, Leicestershire, also a very fine specimen of fibrous gypsum 

 from the same locality ; Messrs. Fisher, Bartlam, and Yarley, a number 

 of botanical specimens, among which were Veronica agrestis, V. polita, 

 Fedia olitoria, Galium uliginosum, Convolvulus scpium, Solammi dulcamccrdt, 

 Pastinaca vulgaris, ScaUosa arvensis, Scandix pecten, CEgopodium poda- 

 graria, Pimpinella saxifraga, Prenanthes murcdis, Galeopsis tetrahit, 

 Scutellaria galericulata, and Senecio viscosus. 



