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entomologists, and mentioned that the only noticeable species in lepidop- 

 tera observed during the day were Coenonympha Davus, Procris statices, 

 and Scodiona belgiaria. Mr. E. B. Wrigglesworth, of Wakefield, in his 

 report on the beetles, stated that no fewer than 40 species had been taken, 

 and amongst them Chrysomela fnrcata, Tomoxia biguttata, several species 

 of Donacia, with Toxicus mendianus and Gastrophysa polygoni, were 

 produced in fair numbers. Other groups were well represented. Mr. 

 Birks reported, for the Botanical Section, that the districts explored 

 included the sandy tract near Carlton, Camblesforth, Hensall, and Heck, 

 as well as the extensive area of marsh land known as Snaith Ings and 

 PoUington Caxrs, and the wet sandy common known as Rawcliffe Rabbit 

 Hills. About 300 species were recorded, the best of which were Ranun- 

 culus circinnatus, R. Lenormandi, Nymphsea alba, Polygala depressa, 

 Nasturtium amphibium, Drosera intermedia, Stellaria glauca, Rumex 

 hydralapathum. Geranium pusillum, Sanguisorba officinalis, Hippuris 

 vulgaris, Bryonia dioica. Slum latifolium, (Enanthe crocata, CE. phellan- 

 drium, Pilularia globulifera. Daphne laureola, Helosciadum inundatum, 

 Scrophularia aquatica, Veronica montana, Hottonia palustris. The 

 cryptogamic plants were not examined, but included some interesting 

 mosses, liverworts, and fungi ; amongst them being the mountain 

 buckler fern CNephrodium oreopteris), Rsestelia lacerata, ^cidium 

 ranunculacearum, and M. urticae. The botanists were very well 

 pleased with their results. In geology, Mr. Thomas Tate, F.G.S., 

 reported that attention was chiefly given to the new sections on 

 the Hull and Barnsley Railway, north of Heck,' showing the lower 

 Bunter sandstone — brick-red current bedded non-fossilferous^ — with a 

 pebble bed at its base. It is overlain by gravels and sands of post- 

 Pleiocene ages. Regret was exjDressed that the managers of the coal boring 

 at West Bank had not afforded the members an opportunity of inspecting 

 these works, but it was hoped that an opportunity would arise at an early 

 date. Mr. James Abbott, of Leeds, spoke of the observations in pond life 

 he and Mr. Tate had noticed. Chsetophora elegans and C. cornu-damse, 

 Roth., a very beautiful branched alga attached to sticks and. decayed 

 water-plants ; diatoms in abundance ; the rotifers, Mastigocerca carinata 

 and the jelly-like Ophrydium versatile, may now be had many inches in 

 diameter, all in the pond at PoUington. Yolvox giobator, Pandorina 

 morum_ and Gonium pectorale are now to be had from the old habitat — 

 the ponds on Rawclifie Rabbit Hills. — ^A vote of thanks to the chairman 

 concluded the proceedings. — W. D. R. 



END OF VOL. VII. 



B. BROWN, PRINTER, MARKET PLACE CORNER, HUDDERSFIELD, 



