1 i Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Gdloioay 



The Chairman exhibited a number of rare and valuable 

 Crystals and some Isle of Wight Peebles ; Mr F. W. Grierson, 

 a series of Incrustations of Lime, and a Coin of Ptolemy I. 

 of Egypt ; Mr Lennon, one of the boxes distributed last 

 summer by the German Government for the use of their 

 officials, containing the ova, larvae, pupae, and imagines of 

 the Colorada Potato Beetle. The insect itself was also shown. 



It was stated that the Mollusc sent to the previous 

 meeting by Mr Hogg had been ascertained from inquiry at 

 the British Museum to be the Helix Macularia of Miiller, 

 a native of the Canary Islands, Spain, and the North of 

 Africa. 



Messrs Paterson, clothier ; Hutton, Charter House ; 

 Sinclair, chemist ; Gibson, Bank of Scotland ; and Moir, 

 chemist, were elected Ordinary Members. Mr Hastie, 

 Curator of Royal Institution, Edinburgh, and Mr J. W. 

 Lancaster, Birmingham, were elected Corresponding Mem- 

 bers. 



Mr Shaw read a paper entitled "Lessons from the 

 English Names of Animals and Plants," showing how most 

 of the names of our domestic animals had been preserved 

 almost unchanged in many languages since they had their 

 origin with the Aryan people, who at a remote period in- 

 habited the Highlands of Western Asia. The names of a 

 great number of Plants and Animals were also explained 

 and their history given. 



Mr Glover Anderson read " Notes on Lincluden Abbey." 

 In concluding, Mr Anderson condemned in strong terms the 

 present state of the ruins, and urged the desirability of 

 having something done at once to arrest the progress of 

 destruction. (See Transactions.) A long and animated 

 discussion followed, but eventually it was agreed that the 

 following Committee be appointed to ascertain the feelings 

 of the proprietor — Captain Maxwell — in the matter, and 

 report to next meeting : — Dr Gilchrist, Messrs Starke, 

 M'Dowall, Glover Anderson, Service, Gibson, Thomson, and 

 Rutherford. 



