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It was agi'eed that the Society should be formed into 

 Sections, each to be under the charge of competent Members, 

 who would promote the interest of their particular branch of 

 study as far as possible, and at the end of the Session give 

 in a Report of their dejDaiiment. The following arrange- 

 ment was agreed to : — Antiquities, Mr J. Glover Anderson ; 

 Botany, Messrs Gooden and Grierson ; Chemistry, Mr 

 Davidson ; Entomology, Mr Lennon ; Geology, Dr Gilchrist ; 

 Microscopy, Mr Rutherford ; Ornithology, Mr Hastings ; and 

 Zoology (general), Dr Grierson. 



November 2nd, 1877. 



The Second Meeting of the Session was held in the 

 Town Hall — Dr Gilchrist in the Chair. 



Messrs Joseph Scott, High Street, and James Houston, 

 Greyfriars' Street, were elected Ordinary Members. 



The Chairman exhibited some pieces of Calcareous Spar 

 from Cuban Caves, Clay Nodules, a Californian Lichen, and 

 a beautiful Chinese Silk Reel ; Mr Glover Anderson — a 

 plan of the Sedilia of Lincluden Abbey ; Mr Service — a 

 specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli caught in a Vinery at Eden- 

 bank, and a specimen of Aromia Moschata, caught at Moni- 

 aive on Srd September last, being the first known Scottish 

 specimen. Mr Hogg sent a Mollusc that he had found alive 

 among Barcelona nuts on the preceding day. The species 

 Avas unknown to those present. 



Mr Rutherford read a paper on " The Telephone," giving 

 a description, with the aid of diagrams, of the construction, 

 principles, and mode of working of this remarkable instru- 

 ment. 



Mr Service, Secretaiy, read a paper on "The Appearance 

 of Colias Edusa in the South of Scotland in 1877," and 

 showed a series of 19 specimens of the butterfly captured in 

 the district. (See Transacticnis.) 



December 7th, 1877. 

 The Third Meeting of the Session was held in the Town 

 Hall — Dr Gilchrist in the Chair. 



