NOTE on YORKSHIRE HYMENOPTERA. 



Sirex gigas at Wetwang-on-the-Wolds, Yorkshire.— A Giant 

 Tailed Wasp {Sirex gigas), female, was caught to-day on my stick heap — 

 only the third in my residence here of 37 years. — E. Maule Cole, Wetwang 

 Vicarage, 25th August 1902. 



NORTHERN NOTES and NEWS. 



Resuming- our notes on the Belfast meeting of the British Association, 

 another item of interest to north country geologists was mentioned in 

 connection with a discussion on a paper dealing with the Permian Rocks of 

 the Vale of Eden. It will be remembered that some time ago Mr. J. G. 

 Goodchild described a striated boulder found by Mr. Atkinson in the 

 Brockram. This was deposited in the Penrith Museum. The importance 

 of this boulder was such that Mr. P. F. Kendall paid a special visit to the 

 museum, and, together with the Curator, searched high and low for the 

 specimen, but it was not to be found. This, as Mr. Kendall pointed out, 

 was particularly unfortunate, as with the boulder was lost all the evidence 

 of a Permian glaciation in England ! 







In Section K (Botany) several papers dealing with the plants of the 

 Coal-Measures were read. These were by Messrs. A. C. Seward, E. N. 

 Arber, James Lomax, D. H. Scott, and Miss M. Benson. 







In Section B (Chemistry) Mr. W. Ackroyd (Halifax) gave a paper on 

 1 The Telluric Distribution of the Elements in relation to their Atomic 

 Weight,' in which it was shown that, as a rule, the rarity of an element 

 increases with atomic weight. 



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At the Meetings of Delegates from Corresponding Societies various 

 sug-gestions were brought forward by the representatives of different sec- 

 ctions, as to the manner in which the value of the work done by the field 

 clubs might be increased. Some of the suggestions were useful, and might 

 be adopted with advantage. Professor W. W. Watts, the Chairman of the 

 Conference, hit upon the happy idea of inviting the delegates to an ' at 

 home,' when probably much more was accomplished in an informal manner 

 than was done at the official meetings. 







Grants amounting to £960 were made for scientific purposes, the follow- 

 ing being of interest to our readers: — Fauna and Flora of British Trias, ,£5; 

 Erratic Blocks, £10; Underground Waters of North-West Yorkshire, ^40; 

 Life-Zones in British Carboniferous Rocks, .£5 ; and Geological Photo- 

 graphs, £10. 







Students of Palaeo-Botany w r ill be pleased to learn that the eminent and 

 long-continued services rendered to that branch of science by Mr. Robert 

 Kidston, F.R.S. E., of Stirling, have been recog-nised by his election this 

 year to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. 







The date of the Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union 

 at Hull, which had been intended for October, has now been fixed for 

 Wednesday, 3rd December. The President, Mr. P. F. Kendall, F.G.S., 

 will deliver an address on ' Problems in the Distribution of Animals and 

 Plants.' Every effort is being made by the local societies to ensure the 

 success of the meeting. Special exhibits will be arranged for the benefit of 

 the members, and it is hoped that there will be a good attendance. 



Naturalist, 



