ENTOMOLOGY, — The Entomological Section will be ofticially represented 
l)y Mr. (;. T. Porritt, F.L.S., T.E.S. 
Lepidoplera.— Mr. Porritt writes : — September is too late to expect a large 
representation of the local Lepidoptera, but still several interesting species should 
be found. Oporabia filigrammaria is often abunda-nt in the woods all around the 
})lace of meeting, and the date should be right for it. Cloatitha solidaginis is 
ecjually plentiful a little earlier, and will probal)ly still be found on ihe walls, pine 
trunks, etc., in the daytime, although both are best found by searching the heather 
and bilberry with a lamp after dark. Ciilcina haworthii flies freely among the 
cotton grass. Larva of Acronycta vit)iyanthidis will probably be still feeding on 
heather and bilberr\ , and those of Hadena gi'auca and H. pisi on various moorland 
plants. The elm trees in the wood along Harden Clough should produce plenty 
of larvne of Abraxas ulmata, and the pine trees those of Fidouia piniaria equally 
freely. Those who can remain to sugar at night would probably be delighted witli 
the abundance and rich variety of Anchocelis nifina, among which a sprinkling of 
A a rods saucia, Nocftia glanosa, Cloatilha so/idaginis, late Crthosia suspecla and 
many others might be exjiected. 
Coleoptera. — Mrs. L. Mosley writes : — In Harden Clough I have taken 
Dryociclts alni i)lenlifully, under bark of alder. I'rypodendron domesiicuvi has also 
been taken boring into birch, while Hyliirgus piniperda is plentiful on fir. 
Hylobius abie/is may also be beaten from fir. Under h^ose bark, Anchomenns 
juHcetis is not uncommon, and IS'ebria s^yllenhalii among loose stones. On the 
moor at the top I have taken Bradycellus cognalns, B. similis, Trechus fninutus^ 
Harpalus la(us, Pterostrichus 7)itreus and many commoner species under stones. 
Cicindela campesttis and Carabus arvensis may be looked for ; they have not 
actually been taken here, but have occurred in the district The Beetles of this 
locality have never been properly worked, and many species not at present known 
may turn up. 
ARx\CHNOLOGY.— Tiie N'orkshire Arachnida Committee will be repre- 
sented by .Mr W'm. Falconer, who writes : — 
Arachnida. — Though the Hu Idersfield district is one ol (he few in ^'orksllile 
which has been worked at all seasons for many years, the total of its arachnidal 
population, 184 sjjecies of spiders, 13 harvestmen and 4 pseudo-scorpions, is not an 
exceptional one. This may be partly accounted for by the nature of the district, 
many of the larger and more conspicuous spiders which frecjuent areas where the 
vegetation is more varied and luxuriant, being absent. On the other hand, the 
grass and other herbage of the little doughs and the boggy ground on the moors 
shelter an abundance of the smaller kinds, many of which, as British species, are 
rare. Of these, Huddersfield is the only Yorkshire station for Scotina celans, 
Bl , Porrhotiima egeria, Sim., GongylidieUiim latebricola, Camb., Maio falconerii^ 
Jacks., /'.bona Laliginoui, Falcr., IVideria fugax, Camb., Tigellinus furcillatuSy 
Menge, Diploce.phaltis protnberaus^ Camb , Centronierus serratus, Camb. (the only 
Br. record), and Maro minntus, Camb (the only world recor»i), while Phaulothrix 
hardily Bl , '1 melicus fi} mtis, Camb., Gongylidiellitm paganum, Sim., Tapinocyba 
iusecta, Koch., Hahnia helveola, Sim , Onesinda fninitdssima, Camb., Ceniroinerus 
anantis, Camb. and Diplocentria rivalis, Camb., are exceedingly rare in any other 
p.irt of the county. 
PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS. 
5-0 p m. — Meat Tea, 1/6 per head 
5- 45 p.m. — Sectional Meetings > .All at Wood Cottage Hotel. 
6- 0 p.m. — General Meeting 3 
^-3. 8-50 and 9 15 p.m. — Trains leave Holmfirth for Huddersfield. 
7-20, 8 45 p.m. — Trains leave Meltham for Huddersfield. 
The Wood Cottage Hotel is about the same distance from Meltham and 
Holmfirth 
In order that an early account of the excursion may appear in the " Naturalist,'' 
notes and reports should be forwarded, before Sept. r6th, to the Secret^rv of the 
Y.N.U., the Museum, Hull. 
