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IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a St. Kilda Rani from -Mr. M, Horan, two Green 

 Monkeys and a Patas Monkey from Capt. R. N. Pike, four Guinea Pigs 

 from Miss V. Davoren, a pair of Rabbits from Mr. A. Home, a Fieldfare 

 from Mr. W. J. Williams, four Muscovy Ducks from Mrs. Wright, a 

 young Ostrich from Dr. W. H. Langley, three Canary Finches from Mr. 

 J. Beers, and two Herring Gulls from Dr. H. E. Evans. 



Among animals lately purchased for the Gardens are a Chimpanzee 

 a Mandrill, a Yellow Baboon, a White-nosed Monkey, a Squirrel 

 Mcnkey, two Capuchins, a Geoffroy Marmoset, a Ruffed Lemur, three 

 Ring-tailed Lemurs, two Brown Lemurs, a Black Lemur, a Tiger-cat, 

 six Canadian Tree Porcupines, an Opossum, a Sea Eagle, a Brahminy 

 Kite, a Kolbe's Vulture, an Angolan Vulture, four Cockateels, and ten 

 Grass Parrakeets. 



DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



March 13.— The Club met at Leinster House. Prof. G. H. Carpenter 

 (President), in the chair, exhibited the pupa of a species of fungus- 

 midge (Sciara) whose larvae feed commonly in rotten potatoes, He also 

 exhibited the parasitic mite, Chorioptes communis, from cattle in Co. 

 Dublin. 



Dr. G. H. Pethybridge exhibited the parsitic fungus, PionnoUs Betce^ 

 which Mr. F. W. Moore found causing the destruction of growing 

 swedes at the Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin, last autumn, and 

 which Mr. Massee, of Kew, identified. The fungus is recorded from 

 France and Britain, growing on beet and mangel. Its occurrence in 

 Ireland, and on swedes, is interesting. An account of the fungus is 

 given in the Kew Bulletin, no. 3, 1906, p. 49. 



F. W. MOORE showed sections through the seed of IVelwitschia mirabilts, 

 a rare plant growing in the arid upland plains of Damaraland, S. W. 

 Africa. The seed has a peculiar calyptriform integument, and the sus* 

 pensor is spirally coiled. The seed is winged. 



