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insects, and also a number of auto-clironie slides. The President 

 thanked the leclurer on behalf of the Club, and the members returned 

 to inspect the exhibits, of which the following is a list -.—J. Adams.— 

 Botanical Photographs: (i) vScotch Pine in situ, at 1,700 feet, Glenmalure ; 

 (2) " Peat Mushrooms," at 2,fK)o feet, near Kelly's Lake, Co. Wicklow. 



C. F. Baii, Insectivorous Plants. Prof. Barrett. — Meteorological 



Instruments. J. Bayi^ey Buti^er and vStafford Johnson.— Small 

 Aquarium, containing Marine Animals and Algae. Prof. Carpenter. — 

 vSome Irish P:riophyidae (Gall-mites), with their galls. Prof. Carpenter 

 and Isaac vSwain, B.A. — A new Devonian Isopod {Oxyuropoda ligioia'cs), 

 from Kiltorcan. Prof. G. A. J. Cole — vSamples of the Archaean Floor 

 of Europe, from Finland, vScotland, and Tyrone. J. M. DuFFY. — Trigono- 

 ceras parado.xiciti/i, vSow. ; Asymptoceras ciassilabrum^ Foord ; from Lower 

 Carboniferous Limestone, St. Doulagh's. G. P. Farran and S. W. Kemp- 

 — Marine Animals, dredged off West of Ireland, showing adaptation to 

 deep sea conditions (Dept. of Fisheries). A. H- Foord.— Rocks from 

 Switzerland. W. F. Gunn. — (i) Nature Prints of Sisyrinchiuvi californi. 

 cum ; (2) Microscopic Exhibit. J. N. Hai^berT. — Paromola Cuvieri 

 (Ris.so), from the South Coast of Ireland. Prof. Johnson. — ( i) Card 

 Bibliography of Irish Botany. (2) Album of Wild Flowers painted 

 from nature by the Hon. Frederica and the Hon. Katherine Plunkett. 

 Miss KnowIvES. — (i) Photographs and Specimen of (l) Atropa Bdladonua, 

 Coney Island, Co Clare ; (2) Leucojuni (xstivitm, Ballinacurra Creek, 

 Limerick. (3) Typha sp. growing in the Shannon at Limerick. W. J. 

 Lyons —Some Meteorological Graphs. A. R. Nichoi.S — A "Water- 

 house " Museum Microscope, and 12 vSlides of Echinodermata, Polyzoa 

 &c. G. H. PEThybridge. — (i) Photouraphs of Botanical interest ; (2) 

 A Species of Claviceps, producing large '-eigots" in Triticum juucetini, 

 from the North Bull ; Ts) Potatoes attacked by " Black Scab," with 

 Microscope Section, showing the "spores; " (4) Some recent additions 

 to the Irish P\ingus Flora. R. Lr.. Praeger.— Specimens illustrating 

 the different sections of the genus Saxifraga. R. F. Scharff. —Remains 

 of Mammoth, Irish Elk, Reindeer, Bear, Hyaena, Wolf, and other 

 animals obtained in Irish caves. Rowland Southern.— Annelids new 

 to Ireland. MiSS J. Stephens. -Alcyonarian Corals obtained off the 

 Irish Coast. Isaac Swain.— Photographs illustrating the geology 

 around Dublin. R. WELCH.— Photographs of the Coralline Strand, 

 Mannin Ba}-, and sample of the Coral vSand. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The Council have arranged for a short course of free popular after- 

 noon lectures in the theatre of the Royal Dublin Society during the 

 winter months. The first lecture, which has been fixed for Wednesday- 

 December 9th, at 4.15, will be delivered by Prof G. H. Carpenter, and 

 the subject will be " Our Friends in the Monkey House." 



