OF

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM;

BEING PAPERS READ AT THE

MEETINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

OF

NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE,

WILLIAMS & NORGATE, 14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN;

AND 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE: F. & W. DODSWORTH.

1877.

THE Committees of the two Societies beg to state that the Authors

alone are responsible for the facts and opinions entertained in their respective papers.

CONTENTS OF VOL. V.

Presidential Address, 1873. H. B. Brady, Esq., F.L.S.......

I. Note on the recent Occurrence in Northumberland and Dur-

ham of the Camberwell Beauty Butterfly. By T. J.

Bold

II.--Note on the Museum (Nat. Hist. Soc.) Collection of British

Insects. By T. J. Bold

III.-Note on the Occurrence of Lepidoptera in Northumberland

and Durham in 1872. By T. J. Bold .....

IV.-Note on Bones dredged from the bed of the River Wear in

1872. By D. Embleton, M.D.

V.-Meteorological Report for 1872.

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Edited by Rev. R. F.

44

VI. First Instalment of a Catalogue of the more Remarkable

Trees of Northumberland and Durham. By George C.

VII.-Note on the Cinerary Vases (Urns) found at Humbledon

Hill, near Sunderland

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Presidential Address, 1874. Rev. J. E. Leefe, M.A.

VIII. Memoir of the Life of Albany Hancock, F.L.S., etc. By

D. Embleton, M.D.

IX.-Notes on the Occurrence of Lepidoptera in Northumberland

and Durham in 1874. By William Maling......

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141

X. On the Vendace (Coregonus Willoughbii, Yar.). By D.

Embleton, M.D.

146

XI.-Second Instalment of a Catalogue of the more Remarkable

Trees of Northumberland and Durham. By George C.

Atkinson, Esq..........

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162

Presidential Address, 1875. Ralph Carr-Ellison, Esq.

XIII. On the Skull and other Bones of Loxomma Allmanni, Hux.

By D. Embleton, M.D., and Thomas Atthey, As. L.S... 195