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PROCEEDINGS OF IRISH SOCIETIES. 



RoYAi, ZooivOGiCAi, Society. 

 Recent donations comprise a seal from L. Powell, Esq. ; a monkey 

 from C. S. Donnelly, Esq. ; a pair of Axolotls, and six Japanese Fantail 

 Goldfish from J. B. O'Callaghan, Esq., and a Squirrel from Sergt. Talbot. 

 12,200 persons visited the Gardens in June. 



Dubinin Microscopicai, Ci,ub. 



June i8th. — The Club met at the house of Mr. F. W. Moore, who 

 showed SphcTrostilbe flavo-vindis. This species belongs to the same group 

 of Fungi as Voliitclla and Myrotheciitm, species of which had been exhibited 

 by Mr. Moore on former occasions. The present species was found 

 growing on the condensed sap which had exuded from a cut shoot of 

 Beaumonfia grandi^ora in a stove house at Glasnevin. The peculiar stem- 

 like structure, made up of a number of hyphae joined together, was well 

 shown. The conidia-bearing ends formed a roundish structure of 

 small dimensions, of a yellowish green colour. The species is scarce. 



Mr. G. H. Carpenter showed Chemes phalerahis, Simon, a false-scorpion 

 new to the Irish fauna, taken at Woodenbridge, Co. Wicklow, by Mr. 

 J. N. Halbert. The species occurs in the New Forest, England, and at 

 Fontainebleau, France. 



Mr. Henry J. Seymour showed a thin section of the phonolite from 

 Blackball Head, discovered by Mr. \V. W. Watts, and mentioned in his 

 Guide to the Geological Survey's Collection of Rocks (p. 91). This rock, 

 which is very compact, and of a dark green colour, is the only recorded 

 occurrence of a phonolite in Ireland. 



Irish Fiei^d Club Union. 

 A general account of the joint excursion made to Cavan and Lough 

 Oughter on July loth to 13th, appears on a previous page of the present 

 number. 



Bei<fast Naturai^ists' Fiei<d C1.UB. 



June 2oth. — G1.ENARM. On account of the inclement weather, only a 

 very small number went to Glenarm, and little work was done. A couple 

 of souterrains were visited at the Sallagh Braes and the old fort, and a 

 few ordinary plants collected. The return was made by the coast road 

 past Carncastle. 



GE01.0GICAI, Section, 24th June.— F. W. Lockwood in the chair. 

 Miss S. M. Thompson exhibited specimens and sections of the riebeckite- 

 bearing rocks of Skye and Ailsa Craig, obtained from the collection 

 in Jermyn St., through the kind assistance of W. W. Watts, F.G.S., etc. 

 Other rock specimens were shown, and twenty-four microscopic sections 

 presented by the Rev. J. Andrew ; pamphlets by Prof. C01.E ; erratics 

 by R. Bei.i<, and a collection of Red Crag fossils by the Chairman. 



