PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



DECEMBER 14, 1855. 



James K Domdrain, Esq., in the Chair. 



Tho minutes of the previous nneeting having been read and signed, Mr. Andrewt, 

 Honorary Secretary, stated that he had that day received a letter from his brother 

 secretary. Dr. Kinahan, dated Callao Hoads, Peru, detailing many interesting ob- 

 servations he had made. He hoped to be present at the meeting of the Society in 

 February next. 



Mr. Andrews then gave a few observations on some of the rarer Fungi of Ireland, 

 which, he stated, were to be looked on as merely preliminary to fuller details, which 

 he hoped to lay before them at the next meeting. They had reference to species 

 collected by him during a short autumnal trip in the South-west of Ireland, prin- 

 cipally belonging to the genera Polyporus and Boletus, Mr. Andrews entering on 

 many interesting details concerning the scenery of the district. 



Observations on these notes were made bv Doctor Stokes, Rev. Professor Hangh- 

 ton, and Professor R. W. Smith, principally with reference to the lichens of the 

 districts described. 



Mr. Andrews stated that the arrangements with reference to the popular meet- 

 ings were nearly completed. Three should take place during the ensuing session, 

 but the full arrangement would be submitted to the members for their approval at 

 the next night's meeting. 



After ballot, the Chairman declared J. K. Barton, Esq., M.B., T.C.D., Dublin, 

 duly elected as ordinary member. 



The meeting then adjourned to the month of January, 185G. 



JANUARY 11, IW6. 



Samuel Qoroon, Esq., M.D., M.R.I.A., in the Chair. 



The minutes and other preliminary business having been disposed of, Mr. An- 

 drews, Hf^norary Secretary, announced the following donations : — From George 

 Annesley Pollock, Esq. M.D.N.H. Soc, a beautiful specimen of the Alpine Hare 

 (Lepus Variabilis), perfectly black, shot at Bailieborough, County Cavan. From 

 S. Gordon, Esq., M.D., the four numbers of the Journal of Microscopical Science 

 for the year 1 855. 



The thanks of the Society having been voted for these valuable donations, the 

 Chairman said, that with reference to the announcement made at the last meeting 

 on the subject of the popular meetings, and of the arrangement proposed by the 

 committee, he wished to learn whether the members had an^ proposition or sug- 

 gestion to make in reference to the more fully carrying out ot the proposals of the 

 Council, in order that such proposition might receive the sanction of the members. 



Doctor Owens proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by Doctor 

 Lees, and unanimously carried : — 



" That the Council having reported to the Society that it is advisable to hare 

 certain Meetings (not connected with the ordinary business of the Society), to 

 which Ladies should beadmissable, and at which Papers on Popular Subjects should 

 be read and discussed : that the recommendation of the Council be adopted, and 

 that the Treasurer be hereby empowered to call on each Member for an additional 

 Subscription of 3s. 6d., it being understood that each Member is entitled to receive 

 two tickets of admission for Is. each. And that the Council be requested to com- 

 plete their arrangements, so as to have the first of these Meetings as early as pos- 

 sible in the ensuing month." 



This resolution was accordingly ordered to be entered on the minutes, and a copj 

 of it to be sent to each member. 



Mr. Andrews then read his paper. 



remarks on the FU.NGI of the south-west or IRELAND. 



It has long been a matter of surprise to me, while the temperature and humidity 

 of the wooded districts in several portions of this country afford such extensive 



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