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collected by Mr. G. Stabler at Mardale, Westmoreland ; the rare Marsit- 

 pella Stableri, found on Cader Idris by Mr. G. A. Holt— this being new 

 to Wales ; specimens of Harpanthus scutatus, from Tyn-y-groes, collected 

 by Mr. C. J. Wild — a rare species only previously found in Wales at 

 Beddgelert, — and Anthelia Juratzkana from Ben Lavigh, collected by 

 Mr. Peter Ewing, this being the second station in Britain for this rare 

 hepatic. — T. Rogers, Hon. Sec. 



Scarborough Scientific Society. — The annual fungus foray took 

 place on Saturday, September 30th. The day was fine, and the ramble 

 much enjoyed by an enthusiastic party of mycologists. Fungi were in 

 abundance, and some interesting specimens collected : Ag. {Amanita) 

 excelsus, Ag. (Mycena) roselluSy and Cortinarium russus, by Mr. W. 

 E-obinson ; Ag. (Omphalia) Postii, new to Britain, and Ag. (Amanita) 

 Friesii, by Mr. G. Massee. The exhibition was held in the Society's 

 room, and being open to the public in the evening, was visited by con- 

 siderable numbers . The common kinds were arranged according to their 

 edible or poisonous properties. — G. M. 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. — Thirsk, Oct. 7th. — The sixth and 

 closing meeting of 1882 was planned for the investigation of Pilmoor, a 

 tract of waste land adjoining the main line of the North Eastern Pailway. 

 The meeting was fixed to be at Thirsk Junction, and parties were organ- 

 ised for Leckby Carr and Gormire Lake. Unfortunately for the success 

 of the first meeting ever held so late as October, the weather was very 

 unpropicious, rain falling throughout the day. The attendance was con- 

 sequently the smallest ever known at a Union meeting, only ten members 

 being present. The excursion was nevertheless a successful one, so far 

 as the results were concerned. Three parties were arranged. One con- 

 sisted of Messrs. Soppitt and Roebuck, accompanied by Mr. R. Thackwray, 

 of Brafierton, as guide. The route taken was over Pilmoor, through 

 Brafierton Spring Wood, thence to Raskelf, and along the borders of 

 Sessay Wood to Pilmoor Junction, and by rail to Thirsk Junction. 

 Upwards of a hundred species of fungi were collected, and a few mollusca. 

 The second party included Messrs. William Foggitt and Robert Lee, of 

 Thirsk, and a gentleman from Darlington, who investigated the botany 

 of Leckby Carr, attention being also paid to the birds. The third party 

 drove to Gormire, and included Messrs. Percy Lund, B. M. Smith, Moss, 

 and Hey, the Rev. F. Addison and the local secretary acting as leaders. 

 The main object of this detachment was the geological examination of the 

 escarpments of the Hambleton hills, and some attention was paid to the' 

 mollusca. The tea and meeting were held at Strickland's hotel, Thirsk 

 Junction. The chair of the general meeting was occupied by Mr. H. T. 

 Soppitt, of Bradford. The minutes of the Wakefield meeting were con- 

 firmed, and upon calling the roll it was found that the following seven 

 societies were represented : Bradford (2), Ilkley, Leeds (3), and Ripon. 

 The list of new subscribers included Prof. L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S., 



