76 The Irish Naturalist, 



assistance, and to look after matters of general Field Club interest. The 

 proceedings of the Club have been regularly reported, and selected papers 

 printed in full, in the Irish Naturalist. The Committee return thanks to 

 the Royal Irish Academy for the continued loan of their rooms. The 

 Treasurer (Prof. T. Johnson) subsequently submitted the statement of 

 accounts, which showed a larger expenditure than usual, which was ex- 

 plained by the Treasurer. The adoption of the report and accounts was 

 moved by Prof. A. C. Haddon, M.A., and seconded by Mr, W. F. de V. 

 Kane, M.A., and passed, after a discussion, in which Mr. J. J. Dowling, 

 Prof. Cole, Miss Hensman, Mr, J. B, Palmer, the Treasurer, and the Sec- 

 retary took part; the opinion was generally expressed that so much money 

 should not be spent on the excursions and conversazione. The President 

 next declared the officers for 1895, whose names had been submitted to 

 the last meeting, duly elected, and referred to the regretted departure 

 from Dublin of 'Mr. J. E- Duerden, a most useful member of Committee. 

 A vote of thanks to the Royal Irish Academy for the use of their rooms 

 for the purposes of the winter meetings was proposed by Miss Hensman, 

 seconded by Mr. J. B- Palmer, and passed. A donation of ^^5 to the funds 

 of the Irish Naturalist was proposed by Mr. J. J. Dowling and seconded by 

 Mr. R. P. Vowell. The proposer and seconder spoke in complimentary 

 terms of the good natural history work which is being done by this journal. 

 Mr. Kane moved and Mr, M. J. Buckley seconded an amendment that, 

 instead oi £'S, one-tenth of the gross receipts of the Club for the coming 

 year should be devoted to the magazine ; this arrangement would slightly 

 increase the proposed grant. After a discussion, in which Prof. Johnson, 

 Mr. Dowling, and Prof. Haddon took part, the amendment was,_by per- 

 mission, withdrawn. Mr. Carpenter,onbehalf of the editorsof the journal, 

 thanked the Club for their continued support of this enterprise On the 

 motion of Prof Haddon, seconded by Prof. Cole, a vote of thanks was 

 given to the Press for their courtesy in reporting the proceedings of the 

 Club. The following were then elected members of the Club : — E. P. 

 Farran, Mrs. Merewether, Miss J. Orr, H. J. Seymour. 



Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger subsequently exhibited some curious varieties 

 of the Mistletoe. In one of these the leaves and stem were variegated 

 with yellow ; in the other the stem divided at each node into four or six 

 branches, instead of the normal two. Prof. Johnson gave his views on 

 the origin of this abnormalit3\ Mr. Praeger also showed some remark- 

 ably overgrown specimens of plants found this year in Ireland. 



January 22nd.— The President in the Chair. Mr. Joseph Wright, 

 F.G.S., of the Belfast Nat. Field Club lectured on " Foraminifera, 

 Recent and Extinct. " The President, in introducing the lecturer, pointed 

 out that was the first meeting held in Dublin under the Irish Field Club 

 Union scheme, one object of which was to arrange for occasional inter- 

 changes of lecturers among the Irish Clubs, that they might know more 

 of each other's work. Mr. Wright proceeded with his lecture, which dealt 

 fully with the classification and structure of the various forms of 

 Foraminifera, and with their distribution, recent and fossil. The lecture 

 was illustrated with a large series of diagrams, and with many microsco- 

 pic slides. A vote of thanks to Mr. Wright was passed on the motion 

 of Mr. W. S. Green, M.A., H.M. Inspector of Fisheries, seconded by 

 Prof. Haddon, M.A. 



February, 12th. — Prof. C01.E, Vice-President, in the Chair. Mr. H. 

 K. Gore CuThberT read a paper on ''The Wild Bees of Glencullen," 

 which is published in our current issue. Prof. Sofi,i,AS, F.R.S., and 

 Mr. R. IvEOYD Praeger contributed a paper on the Boulder-clay of 

 Kill-o'-the Grange. This paper will shortly appear in our pages. In the 

 discussion on each paper which ensued. Rev. T. B. Gibson, Mr. N. Colgan, 

 Mr. Cuthbert, Mr. Praeger, Prof. J Johnson, and the Chairman took part. 

 The following new members were elected : — Richard Burnett, Miss A. 

 Jellett, Lieut. -Colonel Plunkett, J. R. Redding, Miss A. B. Stack, Miss 

 Gertrude Webb. 



