The Natuealist. 



beautiful American species, and made remarks upon the same. Mr. 

 Teny exhibited a box of local insects amongst -vrliich were C. elinguaria 

 and X umhrosa; also a line series of E. Blandina fi^om Scotland. 



^MeetevG, Sep. 13th, ]\Ir. B. Spencer (vice-president) in the chair. — 

 The meeting was devoted to the exhibition of microscopical objects, 

 chieuy illustrating entomology, fungi, algee, mosses, &c. — H. T. Soppitt, 

 Hon. Sec. 



HrrDzs^riELD Xatusaxist^" Society. — Fortnightly meeting, Mr. S. 

 L. Mosley in ihe chair. — 'Mr. John Shaw laid on the table and named 

 the following botanical specimens, viz : — EpUohiwn hirsutum, Senebiera 

 <:•: r ' , Holms Janafus, F,<' ■ . Phleum 



f ' - . ^V:. T\ : , . number of other s^jl-... . : -a Askern 

 which could noi ' r .::_ d because they were so much faded and crushed. 



]\Ieztix&, ]Mr. Jas. Yarley in the chair. — Mr. Yarley laid on the table 

 a number of ferns from Wales, and mosses from Mansfield. Mr. J. Mac- 

 kenzie exhibited the following botanical and geological specimens : — Erica 

 ■jiiediterranea, Erica caniea, from County Mayo, Ireland ; Occident 

 amethyst and common silica colored with manganese from Isle of Achil. 

 ]\Ir. Ellis laid on the table a number of entomological specimens. Mr. J. 

 B. Crossley gave a lecture on ^'Snowfields and Glaciers," in which he 

 showed the similarity oi glaciers to rivers. 



La^tcashzre a2\D Cheshire Extomological Society. — Monthly 

 meeting. Aug-ust 29Th, the president, Mr. S. J. Capper, in the chair. — 

 In the absence of the author, the Secretary read a paper on " The 

 Anatomy of the Wasp," by ]Mr. J. R. L. Dixon, in which he minutely 

 described the external and internal anatomy of this insect, illustrating 

 the paper by beautiful water-colour drawings of his own dissections. 

 During the conversazione the following were among the exliibits : — By 

 ]Mr. IST.'' Cooke : specimens of Crymodes exidis, E. Intulerda and C. 

 ?if?ie&er^e?isi^, from Scotland ; a fine series of Eupiiliecia irriguata, from 

 the !N"ew Forest. By ]\Ir. C. H. H. Walker : Exotic specimens of 

 Argynnis Bia and A. Xiohe. The president distributed among the 

 members a number of exotic insects of various orders. 



Leeds Xaturaiists' Club axd Sciextieic As^ociatiox. —Meeting, 

 Tuesday, September 6th, the president. 3Ir. W. Baru ell Turner, F.C.S., 

 r.R.M.S., in the chair. — Mr. H. Pollard shewed Suecinea putvis, 

 S. eUgans, and Helix ericetorum from Whitby; Suecinea putris from 

 Tadcaster ; and Helix nemoralis, and E. arbustorum from Ulleskelf. 

 Mr. W. B. Turner exhibited a number of sections of bones of the 

 albatross, pterodactyl, and dinornis ; whilst ]\Ii\ F. Emsley shewed hairs 

 of the caterpillar of Orgyia antiqua, and portions of human skin. * 



]Meetixg, Tuesday, Se^Dtember 13th, Mr. Washington Teasdale, 

 F.R.M.S., in the chair.— IMr. J. E. Clark, B.A., B.Sc, of York, delivered 

 a lecture entitled ''A Ramble in Sutherland," which he illustrated by 

 diagrams, fossils, rock specimens, and dried plants. — H. Pollard, Sec. 



