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field, and Limncea peregra, which was abundant at Saddleworth, both 

 in the canal and in the river Tame. After the meeting was over, and 

 the Yorkshire members had left, Mr. Collier worked the canal 

 from Uppermill down to Greenfield, and added a third species, Z. 

 auricularia^ of which he found several specimens, in addition to a 

 very peculiar inflated variety of Z. peregra with the lip turned back. 



For the Entomological Section, in the absence of all its officers, 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., of Huddersfield, reported that 

 Hadena glauca had been found commonly around Bill's-o'- Jack's, 

 also Phoxopteryx fnyrtillatia, Clepsis rusticana^ and various other 

 lepidoptera. He had taken a good many Neuroptera, including 

 Perlidae, Hemerobidse, and Trichoptera, but several of the species 

 v/ould require future examination for determination. 



The report for the Botanical Section was given by Mr. P. F. Lee, 

 •of Dewsbury, Phanerogamic Secretary, who enumerated and exhibited 

 some of the best flowering plants and ferns gathered during the day. 

 In several places on the higher flanks of the moors, Rubus chain<x- 

 morus^ the Cloudberry, presented a sight to be remembered, as it was 

 in full bloom ; but it was stated that the greatest number of observa- 

 tions had been made near water-courses and in the grand ravine 

 leading to Seal Bark from Bill's-o'-Jack's. The plants thought worthy 

 of special mention were : — Cardamine af/iara, Viola palustris, 

 Epilobium angnstifolium (several plants on the rocky stream-bank 

 under Seal Bark), Vaccinmm vitis-idcea (with leaves like box and 

 beautiful waxy racemes of flowers), Enipetnim nigrian, Scirpus 

 £(Espitosus^ Narthecium ossifragum, Eriophoruin a?igusti/a/iia/i var. 

 elatius Koch (the broad-leaved uncommon form of the Cotton-grass), 

 Drosera rotmidifolia^Luzula cajfipestris var. erecia Desv. (the moorland 

 form of the Field Wood-rush), Carex pilulifera^ and C. flava v^x.vii?ior 

 Towns. Eight species of Ferns were noted, amongst them being 

 Polypodium dryopteris and Cystopteris fragilis at Seal Bark only, 

 Nephrodhwi oreopteris on the wooded bank below Bill's-o'-Jack's, 

 and N. filix-mas var. borreri Newm. m fair abundance near the 

 stream at Seal Bark. Hyvienophylluvi iinilaterale occurs at Seal 

 Bark Rocks, and had been gathered there a day or two before the 

 Union's visit. The plant upon which the botanologists were most 

 intent was the rare bog orchis, Malaxis paludosa, long known at 

 Gulliver's swamp in the neighbourhood of Bill's-o'-Jacks, its only 

 West Yorkshire habitat. A worthy vice-president of the Y.N.U. 

 almost crept over every inch of the swamp, but even his lynx eye 

 failed to detect the slightest trace of the rarity. Had it been August 

 instead of (this year) cold, dull June, the ardent representatives of 

 this section might have been better rewarded. 



July 1888. 



