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UEPORT OF THE 
The Society has received, through the kindness of Thomas 
Lightfoot, Esq., of Masham, cores obtained by boring through 
the Carboniferous series for an Artesian Well at Masham; 
this is described in a paper which will be appended to 
the report. In the General collection there is nothing 
special to report, except the gift of some Lias Fossils from 
Leicestershire, from John James Grutch, Esq., and a large and 
fine specimen of Ammonites Engelhardti from the Middle Lias 
of South Petherton, from J. F. Walker, Esq. When the 
arrangement of the Yorkshire Fossils is complete, attention 
will be directed to the improvement of the general Geological 
collection, as several strata are very imperfectly represented, 
especially the Rhaetic, Devonian Mollusca, and nearly all the 
beds of the Lower Silurian and Cambrian Formations. These 
deficiencies are pointed out in hope that some of our Members 
■will try to obtain them for the Society, and assist in keeping 
the Geological collections of the County Museum in a position 
worthy of a Society rendered illustrious by the labours of 
Harcourt and Phillips. 
The Curator of Insects and Crustacea reports that the 
collections are in good condition, and that great care has been 
taken to protect them all, and especially the magnificent Allis 
collection of Lepidoptera, from the depredations of mites and 
other insects which haunt cabinets. Mr. Hind, of this city, has 
presented pairs of two rare and interesting moths, Eupithecia 
pimpinellatci and E. albipunctata , both from the neighbourhood 
of York, which have been placed in the Allis collection. 
The progress of the Antiquarian Department in 1876, 
although not so great as in several recent years, has been of 
a satisfactory character. The excavations at the new Railway 
Station are drawing to a close, and have yielded dining 
the past twelve months, comparatively little. A few objects, 
however, from that source, have come to the Museum, 
which add to the completeness of the collection of Roman 
antiquities. Among these, the Curators may mention a leaden 
coffin, one or two sculptured stones, and some personal orna- 
