314 The Irish Naturalist. [Dec, 



botanical, geological, and archaeological subjects, the photographs 

 shown being the work of F. C. Bigger, Professor Cole, W. J. Fennell, 

 W. Gray, A. R. Hogg, Dr. MacWeeuey, J. St. J. Phillips, and R. J. Welch. 

 A collection of photos of wild flowers in their natural habitat by that 

 capable artist, R. J. Welch, was much admired. The exhibits of the 

 botanical section comprised British and exotic ferns, illustrated by fresh- 

 cut fronds and growing plants, supplied by W. H. Phillips (honorary 

 treasurer) and Charles M'Kimm (curator of Botanic Gardens Park); 

 and recent additions to the Irish flora by R. Lloyd Praeger. Professor 

 MacWeeney, of Dublin, exhibited some bacterial cultures and slides, and 

 a select series of Irish fungi, including some that cause disease of the 

 potato plant. A compact collection under the departmental title of 

 "Marine Life " comprised a number of books illustrative of marine life, 

 lent by the Free Library, and some models of marine life, lent by the 

 Queen's College. Henry Hanna, a.m., showed a collection of inverte- 

 brates and a series of slides, for which the Club's prize had been awarded, 

 while seaweeds collected on last season's dredging excursions were 

 exhibited by Prof Johnston and Miss Hensman. Prof A. C. Haddon 

 contributed some examples of commensalism and symbiosis from the 

 marine fauna of Ireland and other countries ; and Mrs. J. T. Tatlow had 

 a collection of seaweeds from Roundstone, Connemara, and a series of 

 shells collected on Magilligan Strand, County Derry. The conchological 

 section comprised the above, and a collection of land shells by R. J. 

 Welch. A. G. Wilson, Hon. Sec, displayed rocks and miscellaneous 

 objects of interest, including specimens of Irish fresh- water pearls and 

 the pearl mussel {Unio margaritifera), and some primitive forms of lamps. 

 The geological exhibits comprised photographs of features of the high 

 Alps, by the late W. F. Donkin, from the geological department of the 

 Royal College of Science, Dublin (Prof. Granville A. J. Cole, President 

 of the Dublin Field Club) ; crush conglomerates (with microscopic 

 section) from the Isle of Man, Tertiary dykes from County Down (Miss 

 M. K. Andrews) ; opal and chalcedony from the rhyolitic area of County 

 Antrim, rhyolites from Kirkinriola and Cloughwater (Mr. Robert Bell) ; 

 fossil wood perforated by insects, from the Gault of Ventnor, Isle of 

 Wight (Mr. J. O. Campbell) ; microscopic sections of rocks and fossils 

 (Mr. William Gray) ; rocks collected on Field Club excursion to County 

 Cavau, rocks of Slieve Gallion, County Derry (Alec G. Wilson) ; junction 

 of granite and Ordovician from the new waterworks tunnel at Newcastle 

 (Leo M. Bell) ; microscopic section of riebeckite granophyre from Isle of 

 Skye (J. St. J. Phillips) ; Lias and Greensand fossils (George M'Clean) ; 

 banded and altered shale from waterworks, Newcastle (Robert Young) ; 

 fossils from Cretaceous rocks of Kent, Rhsetic fossils from Bath ; speci- 

 mens from lead mines, Foxdale, Isle of Man (MissS. M. Thompson). To 

 the microscopic section the following contributed : — Rev. John Andrew 

 (President of section), Henry Hanna, A. R. Hogg, W. S. M'Kee, Joseph 

 Wright, Dr. Lorrain Smith, Dr. Cecil Shaw. 



In the entomological department J. T. Tatlow showed a collection of 

 butterflies from the Austrian Tyrol. Among the miscellaneous attrac- 



