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the country at the disposal of their fellow-members hy acting as leaders 

 of parties. The sectional reports were then given. For the ConcKo- 

 logical Section its president, the Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. , of York, in a 

 much -appreciated speech, stated that although not very much had been 

 done, yet three species additional to the previously recorded fauna had 

 turned up, viz., Zonites nitidus, Pisidium pusillum, and P. fontinale. 

 Including these, the total number of species observed was 29. The 

 streams near the station had produced Physa fontinalis, Limnfiea 

 palustris, L. peregra and var. ovata, Planorbis carinatus and P. compla- 

 natus. Some of the Planorbes showed a tendency to interesting distortions. 

 Yalvata cristata and V. piscinalis also occurred. Of land shells were 

 noted Helix arbustorum, H. nemoralis, H, aspersa, H. cantiana, H. 

 nifescens, H. hispida, H. rotundata, Clausilia laminata (Bishop's Wood), 

 Cochlicopa lubrica, Zonites cellarius, Z. nitidulus, and Succinea elegans. 

 The Entomological Section reported, through its president, Mr. Geo. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., Hudderstield : — Most of the collecting had been 

 done in Bishop's Wood, but the most interesting species, Laverna 

 phragmitella , new to the county, was taken by Lord Walsingham at 

 Sherburn. His lordship also noticed Laverna epilobiella, and the larva 

 of Nonagria typhse. The large party working Bishop's Wood were led by 

 Messrs. G. C. Dennis and R. Dutton of York. Larvje of Tseniocampa 

 populeti were taken in profusion (two trees alone yielding over 100), along 

 with a sprinkling of those of Tethea subtusa from the poplars ; and other 

 species taken as larvae or imagos included Argynnis Euphrosyne, common, 

 Arctia mendica, Orgyia pudibunda, Phigalia piiosaria, Himera pennaria, 

 abundant, Ephji^ra punctaria, Asthena candidata, Eupisteria heparata, 

 Agriopis Aprilina, Phoxopteryx Lundana abundant, Ephippiphora Brun- 

 nichiana, E. phlugiana common, and others, including several micros new 

 to the district, but of which a complete list is not yet made out. The 

 botanists mustered in greatest numbers, and were well pleased with the 

 day's work. 266 flowering plants and ferns were observed, the 

 following being worthy of special mention : — Phanerogams : Clematis 

 vitalba, Actaea spicata, Barbarea stricta, Polygala depressa, Galium 

 Mollugo, Slum latifolium, Valeriana dioica, Atropa Belladonna, Antir- 

 hinum Orontium, Veronica montana, Acorus Calamus, Potamogeton 

 densus, Cephalanthera ensifolia, and Ophrys apifera. All the three 

 officers of the section were present, and the president, Mr. Thomas Hick, 

 B.A., B Sc., of Harrogate, gave the report at the general meeting. The 

 weather was too dry for cryptogams. Two were found in Bishop's 

 Wood by Mr. J. Harrison of Goole — ^cidinm violse and Peridermiwm 

 pini. In the absence of the officers of the Geological Section, Mr. B. 

 Holgate, F.G.S., reported. Two parties worked over the magnesian 

 limestone and marl, which present many features not by any means 

 thoroughly understood, concerning which various theories have been 

 advanced, and consequently about which there is much to note and learn 

 The first place visited by the party (v/hich met at Church Fenton Park) 



