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amygdaloides, Erythrcea pulchella, &c. Mr. lUingwortli gave an account 

 of an excursion to Kendal, and showed a hornets' nest taken there, and a 

 specimen of the glow-worm ; he also exhibited a piece of a meteorite 

 which fell in a field near Kendal. The president reported a ramble over 

 Harden Moor with Mr. Butterfield, and exhibited Scoparia pyralalis and 

 8. ambigttalis from Shipley Glen (the former new to the district), Tortrix 

 icterana, from Grassington, and the following from Harden Moor : — 

 S. coarctalis, T. viburnana, P. sauciana, E. migustana, P. caledoniana, 

 and P. monticolana, the three last being new to the district. Mr. West 

 read an interesting paper on " Lichens," and exhibited a large number of 

 specimens collected in various parts of the country. 



Meeting Sept. 4th, the president in the chair. — Mr. Bennett read a 

 paper on a visit to the Fisheries Exhibition, London, describing some of 

 the various objects of interest to be seen there. Mr.,Soppitt gave an 

 account of a ramble over Barton Moor, where, among other things, he 

 found Xenoduclms carhonariiis and Pnccinea lychnidiariim. In the 

 excursion with the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union on the 1st September he 

 met with Actcea spicata and Puccinea sessilis, the latter a very minute 

 fungus ; also ^erratida tinctoria, which is an addition to the list of 

 flowering plants of the district. Mr. Kershaw exhibited a collection of 

 insects from the Isle of Man, among which were three species not found 

 in this district. Mr. Ward gave an account of a ramble through Wens- 

 leydale, with remarks on the geological formation of the district. He also 

 gave a report of a visit to the Huddersfield Exhibition, and of the Natural 

 History objects shown there. The remainder of the evening was spent in 

 the examination of microscopical objects exhibited by Messrs. A. J. 

 Kershaw, J. E. Fawcett, J. FauU, and B. Spencer, among which were a 

 number of slides containing objects illustrating the paper on lichens read 

 by Mr. West at the last meeting. 



Filey Meeting, Y.N.U. — Conchological Section. - The Rev. W. 0. 

 Hey, president of the section, reported that owing to the unfavourable 

 weather but few species had been observed, and these were mostly of 

 common occurrence. The best find was Pupa ringens, of which one 

 specimen was taken. Limax {Amalia) marginatus, found in the Ravine, 

 was also an addition to the Filey list. Altogether the following species 

 were seen — 17 land, 3 freshwater, and 22 marine : — Arion ater, A. hor- 

 tensis, Limax agrestis, L. marginatus, Succinea putris, Yitrina pellucida, 

 Zonites crystallinus, Z. cellarius, R. nitidulus, Z. f ulvus. Helix nemoralis, 

 H. hortensis, H. hispida, H. virgata, H. ericetorum, Cochlicopa Ixibrica, 

 Pupa ringens, Planorbis spinorbis, Limnaea peregra, L. truncatula. 

 Marine : Saxicava rugosa, Lupraria elliptica, Solen siliqua, Yenus 

 striata, Mactra stultorum, Don^ anatinus, Anomia ephippium, Tellina 

 tenuis, T. balthica, Cyprina islandica, Trochus cinereus, T. helicinus. 

 Purpura lapillus, Helcion pellucidum, Patella vulgata. Chiton cinereus, 

 Littorina litorea, L. obtusata, L. nidis, Buccinum undatum, Lacuna 

 vincta, Rissoa striata. 



