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Bei^fast Naturai, History and Pirii.osopniCAr, Society. 



January 3rd.— The President (Prof. FiTzGKRAi.n) in the chair Mr 



Wm. Gray, M.R.I. A, gave a lecture on "The Tracings of Primitive Miii 



in the North of Ireland." Mr. S. F. Miij^igan, M.R.I. A., exhil)itcd 



some Irish and Mexican antiquities. 



BEI.FAST Naturalists' Fiici.n Cijin. 



December 20th.— The President in the chair. Mr, Ivdward McCo.v- 

 NEI.1. communicated a paper entitled, " Notes on New Zealand (ieology." 

 Miss M. K. Andrews communicated a paper on " Denudation atCuUr'a, 

 Co. Down," which appears in full in the Irish Naturalist, for this and last 

 month. Mr. R. Li.oyd Praeger, contributed " Local Botanical Notes, 

 1891 and 1892," exhibiting specimens of each plant mentioned. Among 

 the recent additions to the flora of district 12 which were shown were 

 Ranunculus circinatus, Barharca livodcox, Potcr ium saivjuisorlja, Rahtis cluinunino- 

 rtis, Hieracium hibernicum (new species), //. friesii var. stcirartii (new 

 variety), H. ruhicundum, H. eiqrreijes (not previously recorded from Ire- 

 land), and Cai'cx aquatilis. New stations in district 12 were mentioned 

 for Papaver hybridtwi, Hypericum dubium, Agrimonia odorata, Ligustucum scoti- 

 cum, Myosotis collina, Trjplia angustifolia, Carex limosa, and Chara contraria. 



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



December 13th.— Prof. Haddon in the chair. Prof. W. J. Soi^las, 

 F.R.S., exhibited a fine series of Volcanic Rocks from Co. Waterford, 

 and gave an account of them illustrated by views and sections shown in 

 the optical lantern (a paper on the subject will shortly appear in the 

 Irish Naturalist). Rev. M. H. Close, Prof. Cole, and Mr. W. W. Watts 

 took part in the discussion which followed. Prof. Coee showed a series 

 of rhyolites from Hungary for comparison with the Waterford specimens. 



Mr. G. H. Carpenter showed a live water-spider {Argyroneta aquatica), 

 which he had received from Mr. Milne, of Londonderry. 



Mr. J. M. Browne showed beetles from the Aran Islands, including 

 Thiamis suturaUs (new to Ireland), and Calathus melanocepJialus var. niibigoia 

 (a northern and alpine form). 



Mr. J. J. Dowi^iNG showed, in the lantern, photographs of the junction 

 of the granite wntli the Ordovician schist at Killiney bay. 



Mr. H. L. Jameson showed a weevil, Cionus thapsus, and a rove-beetle, 

 Quedius cncentis, from Loughgilly, Co. Armagh, both new to Ireland. 



Mr. J. N. HaebeRT showed Malachius bipustulatus from Lucan (see Irish 

 Naturalist, vol. i., p. 125). 



Mr. W. F. de V. Kane showed Testacella scutulum from Kingstown, a 

 new locality for this slug. He also exhibited a most remarkable melanic 

 variety of Spilosoma lubricipeda from Yorkshire. 



January loth.— Dr. E. J/ M'WEENEY, President in the chair. This 

 was the Annual General Meeting, and the report and statement of accounts 

 were submitted and adopted. The following officers were elected for 

 1893 :— President, Dr. M'Weeney; Vice-President, Dr. R. F. Scharff; Hon. 

 Secretary, J. M. Browne, B.A.; Hon. Treasurer, Prof. T. Johnson, D. Sc. 



Cork Naturalists' Field Club. 



January i8th.— The President, Prof. M. Hartog, in the chair. An 

 interesting account of the Faroe Islands was given by the Hon. Secretar>', 

 Mr. W. Bennett Barrington. 



Royal Irish Academy. 

 November I4th.-A paper by Mr. A. BELL was communicated, en- 

 titled " Notes on the Correlation of the Later and Postpliocene Tertianes 



