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time in dredging, for which purpose the Mayor had kindly placed his 

 steam-yacht at its disposal. 2. A party led by Mr. W. Robinson pro- 

 ceeded to Raincliffe and Seamer Moor, to Forge Valley and Yedmondale. 

 3. The Rev. E. Maule Cole and Mr. J. H. Phillips led a party of geologists 

 to Gristhorpe, returning by the coast. 4. Mr. J. H. Rowntree led a 

 small party of entomologists to the cliffs at Barniston. At the general 

 meeting the chair was occupied by Mr. Thomas Hick, B.A., B.Sc, one 

 of the vice-presidents. On calling the roll it was found that members 

 representing the following incorporated societies were present : — Barnsley, 

 Dewsbury, Driffield, Huddersfield, Leeds, Ripon, and Scarborough. 

 The list of new subscribers since the Snaith meeting included the names 

 of Mr. George Winter, of Don caster, and Mr. E. V, Thompson, of Scar- 

 borough. Mr. Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., proposed that the best thanks of 

 the meeting be given to Messrs. Massee and Rowntree for their efficient 

 services as local secretaries ; also to the leaders of parties, and to Lords 

 Londesborough and Downe for permission to visit their estates. Mr. 

 Wm. Eagle Clarke reported, on behalf of Mr. Butterell, for the Concho- 

 logical Section, that he and Mr. Ross had found 23 land and fresh-water 

 shells, and about 10 marine shells. The best land-shells were Limax 

 marginatus. Helix nemoralis, var. hybrida, H. fusca, and Cyclostoma 

 elegans. The fresh-water species were — Bythinia tentaculata, Planorbis 

 albus, P. corneus, and Limnea stagnalis ; the land species, Limax agrestis, 

 L. marginatus. Zonites cellarius, Z. fulvus, Z. nitidulus, Z. purus. Helix 

 aspersa, H. nemoralis, ditto, var. hortensis and hybrida, H. arbustorum, 

 H. hispida, H. fusca, H. virgata, H. caperata, Bulimus obscurus, Clau- 

 silia rugosa, C. laminata, Cyclostoma elegans ; marine genera, Littorina, 

 Pholas, Patella, Purpura, Trochus and Chiton. Mr. Porritt, for the 

 Entomological Section, reported that the rain had considerably interfered 

 with collecting operations, but that Messrs. J. H. Rowntree of Scarborough^ 

 N. F. Dobree of Beverley, and himself had taken the following, amongst 

 others, on the north cliffs : — Toxocampa pastinum, Gnophos obscurata, 

 Strenia clathrata (plentiful and very fine), Pterophorus trigonodactylus,, 

 and P. osteodactylus. Mr. Massee, for the Botanical Section, reported 

 that, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, the section did a fair 

 amount of work ; 350 species of phanerogams, and about 50 cryptogams^ 

 were collected or seen. Amongst unusual plants exhibited at the sectional 

 meeting were Lathyrus sylvestris, Epipactis palustris, Smilacina bifolia, 

 Torrubia militaris, Mitrula paludosa, and Agaricus (Omphalia) oniscus. 

 The two last, discovered by Mr. Middleton, are new to the district, and, 

 so far as is known, to the county. Mr. J. H. Phillips reported for the 

 Geologicical Section, that the party (led by Rev. E. M. Cole, M.A., and 

 himself) alighted at Gristhorpe station, near Filey, and walked to the 

 summit of the lofty cliffs, where — after a pleasing survey of the coast — 

 they descended to the beach, where there is a good display of the drift 

 resting in descending order on the Calcareous grit, Oxford clay, Kelloway 

 rock, shales, and false-bedded sandstones. These sections, more or less. 



