3i6 The Irish Nattiralist. [Dec, 



testified how willing he always was to place his wide experience and 

 accurate know-ledge at the service of any who were really interested in 

 the science. Mr. Stewart replied, and said it would ajBford him much 

 pleasure to help any of the members in their study of the Hieracia or in 

 any way he could. Some recent additions to the local flora were then 

 discussed, including Solanum nigrum which has been found near Lambeg, 

 probably only as a casual. The rest of the time was given to the exam- 

 ination and description of Composita;, and especially the genus Hieracium. 



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Dubinin Naturai^ists' Fiei.d Ci.ub. 

 Novp:mber iq.— The Winter Session was opened by a Conversazione 

 at the Royal Irish Academy, which was largely attended. The President 

 (Prof. G. A. J. C01.E) opened the meeting at 8 o'clock. In the name of 

 the Club, he welcomed the representatives of the Belfast and Cork Field 

 Clubs who were present, and also the many local visitors. At 8.15 and 

 at 9.15 lantern displays were given in the lecture hall. The subjects 

 illustrated included Prehistoric Remains of Co. Antrim, by Prof Haddon 

 and G. Coffey ; rare Fungi, by Greenwood Pim ; Sea-birds and their 

 nests on Lambay Island, by R. Welch and Greenwood Pim ; the Field 

 Club Union Excursion to Cavan, by R. Welch; and Wild Flowers in 

 their homes, by R. Welch. The scientific exhibits which covered the 

 tables were as follows : — 



Prof G. A. J. Cole (President) — Forms of Silica in Rocks, illustrated 

 by specimens and microscopic sections; G. H. Carpenter — i. Some 

 Curious Insect Larvae ; 2. New Irish Spiders ; Hon. R. B. Dillon— Irish 

 Lepidoptera, illustrating protective coloration, &c. ; A. H. Foord — 

 Specimens of Rocks from the Lava-flows and Geysers of Iceland; W. 

 Gray (b.n.f.c.) — A fine Zeolite from Co. Antrim; Mrs. W. S. Green — 

 Sea-weeds collected in Co. Kerry, 1896; Prof. A. C. Haddon — Animal 

 Partnerships : Examples of Commensalism and Symbiosis ; J. N. Halbert 



Water Insects ; Dr. C. Herbert Hurst — Microscopic Preparations, 



illustrating the structure of the Heads of Insects ; A. Vaughan Jennings- 

 Flowering Plants and Fungi from the Eastern Alps ; Prof T. Johnson — 

 Irish Marine Algae collected with the collaboration of Miss Knowles and 

 Miss Hensman in 1896 ; Miss M. C. Knowles — Flowering Plants from Co. 

 Tyrone, 1896; D. M'Ardle— Some rare Mosses and Hepatics ; A. R^ 

 Nichols— Marine Shells collected on the Waterford Coast, 1896; Green- 

 wood Pim — Restrepia striata and Ceropegia elegans in flower; W. H^ 

 Phillips (b.n.f.c.) — Varieties of British Ferns, illustrated by fresh and 

 dried fronds ; R. Lloyd Praeger— Additions to the List of Irish Flowering 

 Plants, 1S94-96 ; Dr. R. F, Scharfi"- New Crustacea from the West Coast 

 of Ireland; Mrs. J. T. Tatlow — i. Sea-weeds collected at Roundstone, 

 1896; 2. Dried Specimens of alpine and other Plants grown at Dundrum, 

 1896 ; J. T. Tatlow— Butterflies from the Austrian Tyrol, 1896; Miss S. M. 

 Thompson (b.n.f.c.) — i. Scotch Erratics from Boulder-claj^s of Belfast 

 District; 2. Microscopic Sections of Riebeckite Eurite from Ailsa Craig 

 and Skye; R. Welch (b.n.f.c.) — i. Irish Land and Fresh-water Mollusca; 

 2. Photographs of Wild Flowers, etc 



