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Mr. T. Chandi.ee exhibited models, made by himself, of a cromlech at 

 Glanworth, Co. Cork, and of a stone cross at Moone Abbey, Co. Kildare. 



Armagh Naturai. History and Phii^osophicai, Society. 

 November 21st. — Rev. W. F. Johnson, President, in the chair. The 

 President gave his Annual Address on "The History of the Society," in 

 which he traced the course of the Society from its first origin in October, 

 1S39, to the present day. 



December Sth. — The President in the chair. After the ordinary 

 business had been concluded, the President exhibited a case of British 

 Butterflies. Among these was a North American species, Danais archippus, 

 which Mr. Johnson informed the meeting was endeavouring to establish 

 itself in the south of England, after spreading from Canada to the Amazons, 

 and across the Pacific Islands to New Zealand, Tasmania, and Norfolk 

 Island. 



Cork Naturai^ists' F1E1.D Ci^ub. 



November 2nd.— The President, Prof. M. M. HarTOG, D.Sc, in 

 the chair. The Secretary gave an account of negociations carried on 

 with various committees with the object of obtaining for the club space 

 in the Crawford Municipal Buildings in which to form a museum. The 

 matter had not been finally arranged, and further meetings were to take 

 place. 



Prof. HarTOG then gave his Inaugural Address, entitled the "Life of a 

 Cell," dealing with the formation and gradual development of the cell 

 in vegetable and animal tissues, illustrating by numerous diagrams, and 

 by the manipulation of pieces of dough, the various shapes assumed, the 

 manner of absorbing food, and the curious process of cell-division. 



November i6th. — The President in the chair. The Secretary stated 

 that the use of a large corridor in the Crawford Municipal Buildings 

 had been granted to the club for museum purposes. 



Mr. G. P'oster read a paper entitled, "Scale Wings," in which he 

 treated the subject of our butterflies and moths very fully, giving details 

 of each group, the likely food-plants on which to find the larvae, and the 

 best modes of catching and rearing them. He illustrated the paper with 

 a large number of specimens collected by himself, including Bupalus pini- 

 aria from Co. Wicklow, believed to be the second recorded capture in 

 Ireland, also Mamestra persicaricc from Co. Down, a very rare moth in 

 Ireland. 



Mr. CopEMAN (Hon. Sec), also exhibited a box of insects collected 

 du ing the club excursions. 



December 7th.— Mr. D. J. O'Mahony, in the chair. Mr. J. Sui,- 

 I,IVAN gave a paper on "Rare Irish I^ichens." Having dealt very carefully 

 with the structure, classification, and means of identification of these in- 

 teresting plants, he exhibited and described a large number of specimens, 

 being a selection from 159 new species added to the flora of Cork since 

 the publication of Dr. Power's work on that subject in 1844. Many of 

 the specimens shown are quite new to Ireland. Mr. Sullivan also showed 

 a list of the new species which he is preparing for publication in the 

 Irish Naturalist. At the close of the paper a discussion took place, and 

 many questions were asked relative to the collecting, preserving, and 

 identifying of these lowly, though, in many cases, beautiful and inte- 

 resting plants, all of which were fully answered by Mr. Sullivan. 



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

 December 13th. — This Club was organised at a meeting held at the 

 rooms of the Protestant Young Men's Association, when twenty-five 

 members were enrolled, and the following officers were elected: — Pre- 

 sident, Mr. Murray; Vice-President, Dr. Fogerty; Hon. Trecasurer, Mr. 

 Stewart; Hon. Secretary, Mr. F. Neale. 



