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REPORTS OF SOCIETIES. 
June, 1892 . 
Reports of Satieties. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
SOCIETY.— Microscopical Section. May 3rd. Mr. J. F. Goode, 
President, in the chair. Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited, on behalf of 
Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, Puccinia Smyrniiirom Shakespeare’s Cliff; and 
on behalf of Mr. Iliff, Agaricus salignus from Selly Hill. Mr. Grove 
also exhibited Doassansia sagittarice from the River Sow, Binley; first 
time found in county. Mr. C. J. Watson exhibited a species of coccus 
from an apple tree. Mr. S. P, Bolton exhibited ova of perch. Mr. 
T. Y. Hodgson then gave a brief account of his recent holiday in the 
Isle of Wight,— Microscopical Mounting Sub-section. May 6th. 
Mr. J. F. Goode in the chair. Mr. C. J. Watson gave a demonstra¬ 
tion of mounting in glycerine jelly.— Biological Section. May 
10th. Professor T. W. Bridge in the chair. Mr. W. H. Saunders 
was elected a member. Mr. W. H. Wilkinson exhibited a 
small case of butterflies and moths including Thecla Betulce, 
Argynnis Aglaia, Melitcea Cinxia, Polymmatus Adonis , Lyccena 
Medon, and Gucullia Scrophularice . Mr. Steele Elliott exhibited 
a nest and clutch of eggs of woodcock ( Scolopax rusticola), 
from Wyre Forest, and also a duck’s egg of abnormally dark colour. 
Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited a rare mountain moss ( Tetraplodonmnioides) 
from Ben Nevis. Mr. Grove then read a paper written by Rev. W. 
Hunt Painter on the “ Flora of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire,” to illustrate 
which a large series of dried specimens were shown, many being very 
rare. A vote of thank to Messrs. Painter and Grove concluded the 
meeting.— Geological Section. May 17th. Mr. J. F. Goode in the 
chair. The following gentlemen exhibited specimens as under:—Mr. 
J. F. Goode, a species of Fungia from Suez; Mr. J. C. Stackhouse, 
the Edelweiss, Leontopodium alpinum, gathered by himself in Switzer¬ 
land ; Mr. W. B. Grove, on behalf of Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, Schizophyllum 
commune from Turin, a cosmopolitan fungus found in every couutry of 
the globe ; Mr. C. Pumphrey, specimens of iron, slags, &c., from the 
Spring Yale Iron Works, recently visited by the society ; Mr. T. Y. 
Hodgson, a tube of Alum Bay sands (nine varieties), collected by 
himself, April 28th ; Mr. C. J. Watson, under the microscope, a 
preparation of the chalk brought by Mr. Pumphrey from Antrim last 
season; Mr. Marshall then read his paper on the “Ice Age and its 
Causes.” The paper was well illustrated by a large series of 
diagrams, and aroused a keen discussion. A vote of thanks, heartily 
accorded, proposed by Mr. Goode, and seconded by Mr. Pearson, 
terminated the meeting. 
BIRMINGHAM ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. — May 9th. 
Mr. G. H. Kenrick vice-president, F.E.S., in the chair. Mr. R. Allday, 
Stanley Yilla, Livingstone Road, Handsworth, was elected a member. 
Mr. P. W. Abbott showed Melitcea Athalia from Abbott’s Wood, 
and south of France; also Oporina croceago taken on sallow blossoms 
at Wyre Forest, and other lepidoptera. Mr. Kenrick remarked that 
the English Athalia were finer than the French. Mr. G. W. Wynn 
showed a number of moths taken on the sallows at Marston Green, 
including Tceniocampa populeti, gracilis , &c. Mr. R. C. Bradley read a 
paper on the Tipulidae, showing six boxes of specimens. He said 
that there were 170 British species, out of which he had taken 112, also 
one new to Britain, two formerly considered as doubtfully British, 
and one or two perhaps new to science. 
