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( Phrynonax entropis) which was recently captured by Messrs. 

 Hoadley and Hamlyn at Maraval, and which differed from any 

 snake which Mr. O'Reilly had in his Reptilium or existed in 

 Dr. Court's collection, or which he or Mr. Urich had seen during 

 the period they had been engaged in studying the ophidia of 

 Trinidad. It was a singular fact that since this snake was 

 caught two more had been received from Caparo and another 

 from Santa Cruz. For the purposes of comparison he drew 

 attention to other species, ( Herpetodryas macrophtahnus and 

 Coluber baddaerti) confined in the same box. The snake he 

 thought would turn out to be a species which had never previously 

 been recorded from the island. — Mr. Mole placed on the table 

 two living specimens and one dead one of the rare Trinidad 

 bivalve Anodon leotaudi and said that they were found, with 

 nine others by Mr. Carr and himself, during a recent visit to the 

 High Woods. He also exhibited some large water snails 

 Ampullaria urceus which were found caked in the dry mud of 

 a ravine which had been empty for months. In the orifice of 

 each specimen he found some sixty or seventy young ones of the 

 same species which were also on view. — Mr. C. J. Thavenot laid 

 on the table a good example of the long spine from the tail of a 

 gigantic ray or devil fish. — The proceedings concluded with an 

 unsuccessful attempt to get a fine young specimen of the Anaconda 

 or Huillia, Eunectes murinus, (brought to the meeting by 

 Mr. Mole) to feed. The lights and unwonted number of specta- 

 tors had evidently roused the reptile's modesty and he r3fused to 

 gratify the members with an exhibition of the methods by which 

 he captures his prey. The meeting closed at 9.45, 



6th July, 1894 



PRESENT : Dr. Rake, Messrs R. J. L. Guppy, John Goode, 

 Henry Tate, C. Libert, A. B. Carr, H. J. Baldamus, T. I. 

 Potter, W. E. Broadway, Lechmere Guppy jr., T. W. Carr, 

 J. R. Llanos, W. S. Tucker, J .Russell Murray, and F. W. Urich, 

 Hon. Secretary. In the absence of the President Mr. R. J. L. 

 Guppy took the chair. Votes of condolence were passed to the 

 President and to Mr. R. R. Mole, the former on the loss of his 

 child and the latter on the death of his brother, and the Hon. 

 Secretaiy was directed to write letters expressing the Club's 

 sympathy with these gentlemen. The following gentlemen were 

 elected Members of the Club : Mr. L. O. Howard (Washington) 

 Honorary Member and Mr. John Thomson, Town Member. Mr. 

 Lechmere Guppy jr., read an interesting paper entitle! 

 " Notes on some Trinidad Butterflies." The biology and habits of 

 several species of butterflies were ably described and the autho 's 

 capital drawings of the insects in all stages of development aad 



