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Afterwards, ilic 215111 Ordinary Mi-'.kting was held, the President, Prof. R. 

 ^leldola, in the chair. 



New Members. ^^Ir. P. L. Leverson and Mr. Victor Taylor were elected 

 members of the Club. 



The "Horace Brown " Collections. —The Secretary announced that 

 .their member, Mr. Horace T. Brown. F.R.S., had ]-)rcsented to the Club the 

 whole of his extensive collection ofBritisli Fossils, a collection of Rock Specimens, 

 .and a number of British Marine Mollusca. [The collection will be more 

 particularly described in a " ^Museum Note " in a future j)art.] 



The President said that they were greatly indebted to Mr. Brown for this fine 

 •collection, and although Mr. Brown was at present out of England, it was only 

 proper that they should take the first op})ortunity of expressing their high sense of 

 his kindness. 



A vote of thanks to the donor was passed by acclamation. 



Report on Spiders Observed. — Mr. Smith made a brief report on the 

 •species observed during the afternoon's ramble. Several of them were rather 

 rare, and two or three were of interest in consequence of their habits. [Tlie 

 list has since been compiled by ]Mr. .Smith, and is printed in the present part, 

 ■ante pp. 22-3] 



Protective Resemblance. — Prof. ^leldola called attention to a beautiful 

 instance of this in the caterpillar of the " Large Thorn Moth " [Ennonios 

 auticmnariaz:=xiliiiaria), some .specimens of which in the living state were exhibitetl 

 by ^Ir. J. A. Finzi, bred from eggs laid by a moth cajitured by Mr. ]Meldola at 

 Bognor, Sussex. The larvoe, like most of its family, is extremely " stick-like," 

 and the special point noted by Mr. Meldola was that the second pair of claspers 

 are so formed and shaded as to closely resemble a bud projecting from the twig, 

 so wonderfully aiding the general affect. 



Conference Meeting at Ipswich. — The .Secretary stated that he had most 

 regretfully decided to abandon this meeting for the present year, in consequence 

 •of great difficulties of organisation, the principal being the excessive cost of the 

 hire of a steamer for the proposed two days. It might be possible to arrange a 

 Conference of the East Anglian .Societies in some other town next year. 



After the close of the meeting a very pleasant return ramble was taken across 

 the forest to Loughton Station. 



THE ANNUAL "FUNGUS FORAY" AND 216th ORDINARY 



MEETING. 



Friday and S.\turday, October 17th and i8th, 1902. 



The meeting on the Friday was held in the neighbourhood of North Weald and 

 Toot Hill, Mr, Primrose McConnell, B..Sc., F.G.S., acting with the Secretaries as 

 local leader. The Ongar Park Woods were carefully searched over for Fungi, and 

 although the individual plants w^ere few, yet by the persevering efforts of the party 

 a fairly good number of species was obtained. The weather was very fine and 

 sunny, and consequently the pleasant woodland ramble was much enjoyed. 

 Luncheon was served at the " Green ^lan " Inn, Toot Hill, and in the afternoon 

 the specimens were taken by the Secretaries to the temjiorary Headquarters for the 

 meeting, the *' King's Oak Hotel," High Beach, where Dr. Cooke receis-ed and 

 determined the names of the fungi. 



On the Saturday there were two parties ; one starting about noon from Theydon 



