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The Naturalist. 



Malton Naturalists' Society. — Annual general meeting ; Mr. Gr. W. 

 Slater in the chair. Mr. T. Lister, the secretary, read the annual report, and 

 Mr. W. Hodgson, the treasurer, the financial report. Mr. M. B. Slater was then 

 called on to report on the work of the botanical section during the year. He 

 chiefly referred to what had been done at the meeting of the Naturalists' Union 

 at Selby, quoting from the report of that meeting, and the president's address. 

 He also mentioned some of the best plants obtained during the year. One of 

 the rarest and most interesting, sent by Mr. Barugh, of Octon G-range, was 

 Bupleiirum rotundi folium. An important thing sent by Mr. Boynton, of Ulrome, 

 was a moss found on an embedded log, supposed to be the remains of an ancient 

 lake dwelling, Antitrichia curtipe:idula. Mr Chadwick next gave an account of 

 what had been done by the geological section, Mr. A. H. Taylor reported for the 

 conchological section, and Mr. A. W. Walker for the ornithological. The election 

 of officers was then proceeded with ; the Hon. H. W. Fitzwilliam. M.P., was re- 

 elected president, and Mr T. Lister secretary. At the next ineeting of the 

 Society on April 16th, Mr. T. Lister, the secretary, will read a paper on British 

 Grasses. 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society. — Monthly meeting ; Dr. B. Carrington, 

 F.R S.E., in the chair. Mr. W. H. Peai-son exhibited a specimen copy of the 

 Fasc. III. Hepaticae Britannicse Exsiccatae, containing many new and rare 

 species, amongst which were noticed Marsupella Stableri, Cephalozia Francisci^ 

 C. (Braria^ C. Turneri, Bazzania trilohata^ Lepidozia Pearsoni, Dr. J. B. Wood 

 sent specimens of Buxbaumia indusi ta, and B. aphylla^ both species having been 

 gathered by himself in the same locality during his visit to the Vosges, August, 

 1872 ; the B. indusiata growing on rotten wood, and the B. aphylla^ on the 

 ground. He also sent specimens of Dichelyma capillaceum in fruit from Norway 

 and N. America. Mr. George Stabler and Dr. R. Spruce were elected honorary 

 members of the Society.— T. Rogers, Hon Sec. 



Meeting, March 9th, Captain P. G. Cunliflfe, F.R.M.S., in the chair.— Mr. 

 James Cash exhibited specimens of CincUdium stygium from Malham Tarn, and 

 read an interesting paper on its history as a British moss ;* Mr. Wm. Forster, 

 a remarkably handsome and robust variety of Polystichum angulare : it belonged 

 to the multilobum type of variation, and was strongly set with bulbils along the 

 rachis of the frond. — Thos. Rogers, Hon. Sec. 



St. Thomas's Field Naturalists' Society, York. — Monthly meeting Feb. 

 22nd, in St. Thomas's Schools, Lowther-street. Mr. S. Walker occupied the 

 chair. Mr. Guv showed specimens of EucUdia glyphica, Euclidia mi, Mania 

 typica, Plusia chrysitis, Hadena pisi, Bianthoecia capsincola, Calocampa exoleta, and 

 jP. monacha. Mr. Wilkinson sent for exhibition the following lepidoptera : — 

 Catacola sponsa, C. promissa, Polia chi, Agriopis aprilina^ Epunda nigra, Euplexia 

 lucipara, Hadena protea, S. peregrina, H. thalassina, and Qloantha solidaginis. 

 Mr. R. B. Cook exhibited the following British land shells •.—Helix virgata, from 

 Bristol and Kent, with the variety alba, from Bristol, and the variety sub- 

 maritima, from Weston-super-Mare ; also H. caperata, with a rare unnamed 

 variety, and the variety ornata, all from Bristol. Mr. Barker showed the follow- 

 ing nocturni : — Smerinthus ocellatus, S. populi, Sphinx ligustri, Choerocampa 



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