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JOUENAL OF THE YOEKSHIEE NATURALISTS' UNION, 



GSITSR^IL MBLD CLUB RECOSD. 



NEW SERIES 



Edited by Chas. P. HobkirKj F.L.S., and G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. 



No. LXXXII. 



MAY, 1882. 



VOL. VII. 



CONTENTS 



Page. 



Obtginal Articles, &c. : — 



Eepoi't of the Entomological Section, Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. — E. B. 



Wriogle&ivorth ... ... , ... 158 



On Scarcity and Abundance in Insect Liie.—Be'nj. Cooke 163 



Notes, &c. :— 



Correction ... ... ... ... ... ... 166 



The Lesser Horse-Shoe Eat near Eii^on, an addition to the Yorkshire Fauna. 



W. Denison Roebuck ... 167 



Arrival of Wheatear, 1881-2.—^. P. P. Butterficld ... 168 



Occurrence of the Torpedo (T. hehetans) on the Yorkshire Coast. — William 



Eagle Clarke 167 



Arrival of Migrants in Ryburn Valley.— J'. G. S. Bmoson 168 



Reviews. — 



Topography and Natural History of Lofthouse and its neighbourhood." ... 168 



The " Natural History" Chair at Edinburgh ... 168 



Obituary.— Chas. Darwin, F.R.S., &c 168 



Rainfall foe February ... ... 169 



REPOiRTS OF Societies : — 



Bamslsy Naturalists' Society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 170 



" Beverley Field Naturalists' and Scientific Society 170 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 171 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society ... .. 171 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society ... ... ... ... ... ... 172 



Scarborough Scientific Society and Field Naturalists' Club ... 172 



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