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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— July, 1886. 
The barometer was unsteady during the month, but its fluctuations 
were not large, the extreme range being less than an inch. The 
highest reading was 30-818 inches on the 3rd, the lowest, 29‘346 inches 
on the 26th. Temperature was slightly above the average, resulting 
chiefly from the ‘-hot wave” at the commencement of the month. 
On the 4th the sheltered thermometer rose to 87 degrees at Henley-in- 
Arden; on the same date the maximum at Loughborough was 85-1 
degrees ; at Hodsock, 82-8 degrees ; and at Coston Bectory, 80’8 degrees. 
In the rays of the sun, 139 - 0 degrees was recorded at Loughborough, 
and 138-2 degrees at Hodsock, also on the 4tli. From the 8th to the 
17tli temperature w T as much lower, the maximum at Loughborough 
on the 14th being only 61-9 degrees. From the 18th to the 21st there 
was another short “ spell ” of warm weather, the thermometer rising 
to 80-9 degrees on the 2lst. The lowest readings were 39‘0 degrees at 
Henley-iii-Arden, on the 28th ; 39 - 6 degrees at Coston Bectory, on the 
18tli; 41-3 degrees at Hodsock, on the lOtli; and 45-3 degrees at 
Loughborough, on the 16th.' On the grass, the thermometer registered 
32-2 degrees at Hodsock on the 10th. Rainfall was rather above the 
average, the total values being 2-84 inches at Hodsock; 2*67 inches at 
Henley-in-Arden ; 2-66 inches at Coston Hectory; and 2-44 inches at 
Loughborough. The number of days on which 0-01 of an inch, or 
more, fell, varied from 16 to 18. There was a remarkable absence of 
thunderstorms. Thunder was heard at Loughborough on the 2nd, 
21st, and 25tli, and at Coston Hectory on the 25th. The wind was 
generally moderate, and its prevalent direction from westward. A 
solar halo was seen at Loughborough on the 3rd. 
Wm. Berridge, F.H. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
Reports of Societies. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTOHY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Biological Section, August 10th. Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., 
in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. Mr. J. Edmonds exhibited Polyporus squarnosus , a fungus 
from an ash tree in the General Cemetery, measuring twenty inches 
across. Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., exhibited Equisetum maximum, from 
the source of the Stour, near Halesowen; he also exhibited the 
following fungi:— Lactarius piperatus , Boletus scaber, B. subtomentosus , 
and llussula vesca , from the source of the Stour; Panics torulosus, 
Cyathus striatus , Didymocladium ternatum , from Packington; Gom- 
plcidius gracilis , from Bubery; Stachylidium cyclosporum, and 
Polyporus blepharistoma (new to county), from Lappal Tunnel.— 
Microscopical General Meeting, August 17th, Mr. W. B. Grove 
in the chair. Mr. H. Miller exhibited the samphire, Crithmum 
maritimum , gathered from rocks in Lee Bay, North Devon. Mr. W. B. 
Grove exhibited Ayrimonia odorata from Packington (new to North 
Warwickshire); and the following fungi:— Ag.phalloides, Ay. infundibuli- 
formis , Ay. rugosus , Ay. lanuyinosus , Lactarius juliyinosus, Russula rubra 
(rare), Boletus Satanas (very poisonous), B. variecolor (new to the county), 
all from Packington ; Hyyrophorus conicus , from Marston Green ; and 
