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and Mr. Massee of Kew. — Mr. Urich made some remarks 

 about his recent stay at Caparo with Messrs. Brewster and 

 Chapman. A large number of bats as well as some foeti of various 

 mammals were exhibited by the President. — Mr. Urich said in 

 a recent excursion he managed to find two specimens of the onh* 

 sweet water bivalve found in Trinidad, viz., Anodon leotaudi, 

 Guppy, in a small brook in the far interior. Of this shell Mr. 

 Lechmere Guppy wrote in a paper on the moluska of Trinidad, 

 published some time ago, '• I have never been able to obtain 

 more than two or three specimens." — The meeting adjourned at 

 10.15 p.m. 



tTH May, 1894. 



PRESENT: Mr. \\. Caracciolo (President). Sir John Goldney, 

 Dr. Pake. Messrs. Syl. Devonian, M.A., T. I. Potter, Charles 

 Libert, Arthur Garwood, <!. J. Reed, H. J. Baldamus, S. A. 

 Cumberland, T. W. Carr, W. B. Broadway, and F. W. Urich, 

 Hon. Secretary. Mr. William Brewster, of Cambridge, Mass., 

 was elected an Honorary Member of the Club. — The President 

 read a few "Notes on some Trinidad Bats" which contained 

 much original observation on the habits of some of our species. 

 A large number of stuffed specimens were shown to illustrate 

 the paper. At its conclusion a hearty vote of thanks was 

 accorded to Mr. Caracciolo and an animated discussion ensued 

 in which all the members present took part. — Sir John Goldney 

 gave a graphic account of the habits of the large fruit-eating 

 bats of the Straits Settlements, which served for interesting 

 comparisons with our species. — Mr. Cumberland read some notes 

 on a large Boa constrictor he had poisoned. This reptile resisted 

 a dose of prussic acid and it was a dose of strychnine that put an 

 end to it. The specimen, which was shown, measured alive 10 

 feet more or less, but skinned it was 13 feet long. — Mr. Potter 

 made some observations on Trinidad orchids, of which several 

 species were exhibited. — Mr. Cumberland made some remarks 

 upon a live specimen of the two toed sloth, Cholapus didactylus, 

 Linn., from Venezuela, which he had brought to the meeting. 

 This mammal is in Mr. Oldfield Thomas's list as having been 

 recorded in Trinidad by Ledru in 1810, but it certainly does not 

 occur in the Island, and no doubt the specimen recorded came 

 from Venezuela.- — Mr. Potter drew attention to the nests of the 

 caterpillars of a Hydrias sp. found at Monos. — The meeting 

 closed at 9.30 p.m. 



