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of N. heterophylla. Mr. Madeley also exhibited some fine wings of 
neuropterous insects, Brodia priscotiucta, which retain the patches of 
colouring that their wings displayed in life ; also specimens of a large 
spined myriapod, Euphoberia ferox, and three species of Limuli, 
viz. : —Bellinurus bellulux, B. Kceitigianus, and Prestwichia rotundata. 
The Society held their second Field Meeting on Tuesday, the 12th 
June, at Pontesbury, near Shrewsbury, for the purpose of examining 
the Uriconian (Archaean) rhyolites of that neighbourhood, discovered 
and described by Dr. Callaway. Alighting at Plealev Road Station, 
the party first examined the exposures of these devitrified lavas on the 
north flank of Pontesford Hill, and then walked to Lyd’s Hole, a 
pretty little glen with cascade, where good specimens of rhyolite con¬ 
taining specks of chalcedony and showing the lava-flow were obtained. 
Just above the waterfall a band of the rock was found which showed a 
spherulitic structure, as described by Dr. Callaway in the “ Quarterly 
Journal of the Geological Society ” for May, 1882. Lower down the 
brook was found a bed of Lower Caradoc shale, which was pointed 
out by the same observer, from which were obtained Asaphus Poioisii, 
Trinncleus concentricus, Orthis testudinuria, and Diplograptus pristix. 
The following plants were determined by Dr. Fraser, viz.:— Geranium 
lucidum, G. dissectum , Cotyledon umbilicus , Sedum telephium, S. Fosteri- 
(mum , Teesdalia nudicaulix, Cynoglossum officinale , Linaria cymbalaria, 
Poa nemoralis , Axplenium adiantum nigrum, A. trichomanes, Polystichum 
angulare. The following freshwater and land shells were collected by 
Mr. Morgan (Welshpool) : — Limncea peregra, Planorbix albus, P. 
nautileus, P. nitidux, Ancylus lacustris, A. fluviatilu, Pisidium pusillum, 
Helix rotundata, Zonites crystallinus, Li max agrestis. —An afternoon 
Field Meeting was held on Saturday, the 23rd inst., at Walsall, to 
examine the Llandovery sandstone and Woolhope (Barr) limestone in 
that neighbourhood. The members first drove to see the Wenlock 
shale, which is to be seen close by the canal on the Birmingham Road, 
where Heliolites Grayi, a coral peculiar to this shale was found, 
together with Eucrinurus punctatus, and other fossils. The drive was 
then resumed to a small exposure of Llandovery sandstone, the oldest 
rock to be found in South Staffordshire, some parts of which are 
highly fossiliferous, yielding several species of Pentamerus, and also 
Strophomena, Pet.raia, Eucrinurus, Ptilodictya, &c., but as the rock is 
a coarse grit, only the casts are preserved, and they are very 
fragile. Mr. Symons (Walsall) exhibited a good collection of 
fossils from this bed obtained by his own hammer. The party then 
went to the old quarries of Woolhope (Barr) limestone, and noticed 
the concretionary layers of limestone alternating with soft shale, but 
were not successful in finding more than a few small brachiopoda. 
The botanists found a few interesting limestone plants on the banks. 
The Society will hold the following Field Meetings during the season :— 
July 4th and 5th, Northampton, Annual Meeting of Midland Union of 
Natural History Societies; July 23rd, Bredon Hill; August 22nd, 
Brown Clee Hill or Ankerdine ; September 18th, Rock near Bewdley. 
LEICESTER LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
—Section D, Zoology and Botany.— Chairman, F. T. Mott, F.R.G.S. 
Evening Meeting, Wednesday, June 20th; attendance, eight. The 
chairman reported that the excursion last week to Swithland Wood 
was attended by six members. It was wet and little was done, but in 
the wood a moss new to the county was collected ( Bracing thee ium 
salebrosum). Cotyledon umbilicus was found in flower, and large banks 
