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The Naturalist. 



hood of Salford. These elegant varieties were first raised by Mr. Thos. 

 Glover, of Manchester, some fifteen years ago. 



Monthly Meeting, Sept. I7th, Mr. W. H. Pearson, vice-president, in 

 the chair. — Mr. T. Rogers exhibited specimens of Sphacelaria plumigera, 

 a recent addition to our list of British sea- weeds The specimens were 

 gathered in J uly, on muddy rocks at low water, Llanf airf echan, by Mr. 

 J. Cosmo Melville, F.L.S., who very kindly sent specimens for distri- 

 bution. Mr. Pearson laid upon the table for examination fasciculus I. of 

 Holmes' Algcs Britannicce,, which included specimens of the Sphacelaria. 

 He also exhibited three new hepatics : Cesia latifolia (Lindb.), Lepidozia 

 Wulfshergii (Lindb.), and Riccia pedemontana (Steph.). Dr. John 

 Roberts sent a fresh-water alga from Angiesea, and this, upon examina- 

 tion by Mr. West, proved to be Choetophora endivodfolia. About the same, 

 time Mr. Melville had also collected the same species in Lynn Ooron, 

 Angiesea, specimens of which were mounted in a' dried form for 

 exhibition. Mr. West, of Bradford, sent several interesting species and 

 varieties of British mosses, including the rare Fissidens rufiilus in fruit, 

 specimens of which were distributed at the meeting. Mr. Harry Searle, 

 of Ashton, sent vegetating spores of Chara, which he had been recently 

 cultivating. The hon. secretary distributed fresh-gathered specimens of 

 Flagiothecmm sylvaticum in fruit ; and Mr. Cash, who had just returned 

 from some classic cryptogamic localities in Scotland, sent a packet of 

 Tortula papillosa from Ayrshire for distribution. Mr. G. A. Holt sent 

 specimens of Mylia Taylori with perfect capsules^; these he had found at 

 Linton, Yorkshire. — Thos. Rogers, Hon. Sec. 



York and District Field Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Sep- 

 tember 12th. — Mr. Wilkinson exhibited the following plants : — Scirpus 

 taherncemontani, Scutellaria minor, both of which were collected near 

 Strensall, and are considered to be new to the district ; also specimens of 

 Drosera rotundifolia, D. anglica, D. intermedia. He also exhibited, on 

 behalf of Mr. Henry Ibbotson, specimens of Dianthas Armeria and 

 Bromus racemosus, var. Bellottii. The former he reports' to be nearly 

 extinct in the neighbourhood, and the latter has recently been discovered 

 on Clifton Ings. The chairman exhibited a box of fine insects, sent to 

 him by Mr. S. J. Capper, of Huyton Park, Liverpool, containing amongst 

 others the following species : — ISelidosema plumarla, Eupithecia pul- 

 chellata, E. dehiliata, Scotosia duhitata, Cymatophora ridens, Catocala 

 sponsa, Flusia inter rogationis, Notodonta trepida, Limctcodes asellus, and 

 Bombyx trifolii. The hon. secretary, Mr. Prest, exhibited a specimen 

 of that rare tortrix, Mixodia ruhiginosana, taken by himself at Sandburn, 

 and new to Yorkshire ; also a large and beautiful series of Cidaria 

 immanata, amongst them some remarkable varieties, a long series of 

 Noctua neglecta, also taken at Sandburn, many varieties of Hypsipetes 

 elntata, and specimens of Nonagria bremlinea, Meliana Jlammea, and 

 Leucania alhipnncta. — W. Prest, Hon. Sec, 



