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in the West Riding, on Easter Monday, April 18tL Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt represented this Section, and reported " that the prolonged 

 winter had retarded vegetation, and consequently there were but few 

 insects. A few species in the various orders had been taken, but none 

 worthy of special note." 



On Saturday, May 14th, the Union visited Sheffield, when this 

 Section had the opportunity, under somewhat various phases of 

 changeable weather, of testing the insect-producing qualities of the 

 Rivelin Valley. 



Mr. E. B, Wrigglesworth (secretary) reported the following fifteen 

 species of coleoptera Notiophilus biguttatus, Fabr. ; Loricera 

 pilicornis, Fabr. ; Anchomenus prasinus, Thunb. ; A. junceus, Scop, j 

 Pterostichus vulgaris. Linn. ; P. striola. Fabr. j Geotrupes sylvaticus, 

 Fanz. ; G. mesoleius, Marsh (Stercorarius of Sharp's catalogue); 

 Agriotes obscurus, Linn. ; Meloe violaceus. Marsh. ; Tachinus rufipes, 

 De G. ; Conosoma pubescens, Gr. ; Philonthus politus, Fabr. ; Othius 

 fulvipennis, Fabr. ; O. punctipennis, Lac. 



The third meeting was held on Whit-Monday, June 6th, when the 

 Union visited Hornsea, in the East Riding. The day was beautifully 

 fine, but the record of captures was not so good as might have been 

 expected. Mr. Dobree, who* reported on the entomology, attributed 

 the paucity of insects to " the early date of the meeting, and the 

 inclemency of the spring." The most noteworthy captures were — 



In Coleoptera, by Mr. T. E. Holder, of Hull : 



Bembidium concinnum, Stepli. ; B. nitidulum, Marsh.; Hister 

 bimaculatus. Linn. ; Cercyon melanocephalum., Linn. ; Aphodius ater„ 

 A. prodromus, Brahm. ; A. luridus, Payk. ; Athous haemorrhoidalis, 

 Lac ; Telephorus bicolor, Panz. ; Ischnomera lurida, Marsh. ; Otio- 

 rhynchus picipes, Fabr. ; Phyllobius alneti, Fabr. ; Erirhinus acridulus, 

 Linn. 



In Lepidoptera, Mr. N. F Dobree, Beverley, recorded Acidalia 

 emarginata and Emmelesia decolorata (new to Holderness). 



Next in order came the meeting at Thorne, in the West Riding, on 

 July 9th, which stands out as the ramble of the year, so far as the 

 entomologists were concerned. 



The president of the Section (Mr. Wm. Brest, York), and Mr. 

 G. T. Porritt, Huddersfield, reported for the lepidopterists that 

 excellent work had been done. Mr. Prest had taken Acidalia strami- 

 nata (a species new to Yorkshire) in numbers on the Thorne side of 



