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egg of the mud tortoise Nicoria punctularia ; also a curious 

 growth from the interior of a bamboo joint. Mr. Mole placed on 

 the table a fine specimen of Elaps riisei caught by Colonel Man. 

 Two specimens of the burrowing snakes Glauconia albifronswere 

 also on view. 



The meeting adjourned at 9.30 p.m. 



14th December, 1894. 



PRESENT: Sir John T. Goldney, V.P., (in the Chair,) 

 Professor Carmody, Messrs. H. Caraociolo, V.P., Syl. 

 Devenish, M.A., C. W. Meaden. T. W. Carr, E. D. Ewen, 



W. S. Tucker, J. Graham Taylor, John Hoadley, Thos. I. Potter, 

 Pv. R. Mole, F. Eagle, J. H. Collens, J. Russell-Murray, 

 Til. Sorzano, and F. W. Urich, Hon. Secretary. 



Sir John Goldney addressed the meeting with regard to a 

 proposal of amalgamation with the Victoria Institute and after 

 a long discussion it was decided that on receiving a formal and 

 written invitation from the President of the Victoria Institute 

 (Sir J. Goldney) that four Members of the Club should meet four 

 Members of the Victoria Institute for an informal conversation 

 about the best way of bringing about a union of the two 

 societies. — A vote of condolence was passed to Mr. R. J. L. Guppy 

 on the loss of his father, the Hon. Robert Guppy, and the Hon. Sec 

 retary was directed to write a letter expressing the Clubs* 

 sympathy. — Some regulations, for the lending of books from the 

 Library were adopted. — Mr. Mole exhibited a Mocassin snake Tro- 

 pidonotus fasciatus which was fed with frogs. Mr. Potter showed a 

 Mygale spider caught at St. Anns in the act of eatiog acentipede. 

 Mr. Meaden called attention to a Noctuid moth, caterpillars, pupae 

 and imagos (all of which he produced) damaging pigeon pease 

 shrubs by boring into the bark. Mr. Urich laid on the 

 table a Moth, (Empretia sp. ?) caterpillars of which had done 

 damage to some young palms in his garden. — There were several 

 notes of interest to be read but owing to the length of the dis- 

 cussion on the union of the Victoria Institute and the Club they 

 were postponed to a future meeting and the Club adjourned at 

 9.30 p.m. 



11th January, 1895. 



PRESENT: Mr. H. Caracciolo, V.P., (in the Chair,) Prof. 

 Carmody, Messrs. E. D. Ewen, R. J. L. Guppy, C.M.Z.S., 

 J. R. Llanos, T. W. Carr, T. D. Arnott, T. I. Potter, E Tripp, 

 W. S. Tucker, John Hoadley, C. J. Thavenot, C. W. Meaden, 

 J. T. Rousseau, M.A., J. H. Collens, F. V. H. Spooner, R, R. 

 Mole, F. de Labastide, S. A, Cumberland and F. AV. Urich, 

 Hon, Secretary. 



