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which he has held since 1899. The occasions on which he 
could not be present have been very few. It may be said that 
Yorkshire Mycology owes its success to his constant support 
and influence (see The Naturalist, 1908, pp. 96-8). At the 
Doncaster meeting held in 1891 he was the means of establish- 
ing our Annual Foray since so well supported by the Union. 
Canon Fowler was its first chairman. It is needless to say that 
Mr. Massee has obtained a very high standing in the Myco- 
logical world. The committee were sorry at the prospect of 
losing his valuable guidance as chairman, but being so far 
away from the county he pressed his desire to be relieved of 
the office. 
Mr. Harold W. T. Wager, F.R.S., F.L.S., was unanimously 
elected in his stead, and a hearty vote of thanks passed to 
Mr. Massee for his long and valuable services. 
Mr. A. E. Peck, F.L.S., 33 Valley Road, Scarborough, was 
unanimously elected Secretary ; Representative on Executive, 
C. Crossland, Halifax. Other members as last year with the 
addition of Mr. Massee, V.M.H., F.L.S., Kew, and Mr. W. N. 
Cheesman, J.P.. F.L.S., Selby. 
MOSSES. 
Orimmia subsquarrosa Wils., in Yorkshire — Whilst 
working over some siliceous rocks on the south end of Moughton 
Scar, near Austwick, I found a Grimmia which I took to be 
G. incurva, but Mr. H.. N. Dixon, M.A., F.L.S., points out 
that it is subsquarrosa, the gemmae, which are abundant, and 
also the basal areolation being characteristic. This appears 
to be the first record of this species in Yorkshire. Mr. F. 
Haxby and I have found many new district records for mosses 
in this locality, a list of which we hope to publish shortly. — 
Chris. A. Cheetham. 
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CRUSTACEA. 
Edible Crabs at Bridlington. — While walking along the 
beach between Auburn and Bridlington, on October 25th, I 
noticed large numbers of the Edible Crab, Cancer pagurus, 
washed up by the waves ; there were certainly tens of thousands. 
Within an area of a few yards I counted over eighty dead 
specimens, many of saleable size. It seems difficult to account 
for such a large mortality, unless, as may possibly be the case, 
it is due to the mine explosions that have taken place in the 
North Sea area. — T. Audas, Bridlington. 
We regret to note the death of Dr. H. J. Johnstone-Lavis, the well- 
known geologist, who was killed in a motor accident recently in France. 
Naturalist, 
