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botanical, geological, and scenic features of nature. The 

 artistic beauty of the varied pictures made the exhibition a 

 very enjoyable one. 



28th January, 1908. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd, President, in the chair. 



The chairman referred to the loss which the Society had 

 sustained in the death of Dr. Alexander Frew, one of the 

 Ordinary Members, whose extensive and accurate knowledge 

 of many branches of natural history, as well as his readiness 

 in placing the results of his research at the service of members, 

 were fittingly touched on. 



Mr. Alexander Patience also paid a high tribute to the 

 scientific attainments of Dr. Frew, who, for several years, 

 had been investigating the marine fauna, not only of the Firth 

 of Clyde, but of the West of Scotland generally, and had 

 added many new records of Mollusca, as well as extended our 

 knowledge of the distribution of many of the rarer forms. 



It was moved and agreed that the Secretary should express 

 to the widow of the deceased gentlemen the Society's sympathy 

 with her in her bereavement. 



On the motion of the chairman, it was also agreed that the 

 Society should place upon record its sense of the loss sustained 

 by science in the death of Mr. E. A. L. Batters, LL.B., B.A., 

 F.L.S., one of the foremost authorities on the subject of the 

 British Marine Algye, and compiler of the list relating to that 

 group in the British Association Handbook of the Fauna and 

 Flora of the Clyde Area 



Messrs. George W. Campbell, Ailsa Cottage, Coatbridge, 

 and George A. Brown, 35 Sunnyside Road, Coatbridge, were 

 elected Ordinary Members. 



On behalf of Mr. J. R. Malloch, Bonhill, Mr. Alexander Ross 

 brought before the meeting some interesting material sent for 

 exhibition. This included a collection of dipterous insects 

 belonging to the family Phoridce, which had been captured in 

 Dumbartonshire, mainly in the neighbourhood of Bonhill. 

 Of the 52 species shown, 3 were new to the British list, and 

 29 new to science. As these flies are generally very small, 

 Mr. Malloch had prepared accurate drawings of the wings of 

 several species, so as to illustrate their characteristic venation. 



