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September 1. 



Mrs. Dean brought specimens of flowering plants, chiefly 

 Exogens, now blooming in the neighbourhood. Among these may 

 be mentioned Carduus nutans and Gentiana campestris. 



Zoology of the Whitstahle "Street." — This so-called "street" 

 is a tongue of shingle extending at low water for more than half a 

 mile into the sea at right angles from the shore, and is highly 

 favourable to researches in Marine Zoology and Botany. It deserves 

 and will sooner or later acquire a more extended reputation than it 

 has yet enjoyed. The Society often receives treasures from this 

 quarter. 



Mr. Ben. Bryan sent a specimen of the common long-eared bat, 

 or Plccotus auritus, found alive near St. Thomas's Hill, and infested 

 by numerous parasites of the acarine family of the species known 

 as Ptcroptus vcspertilionis. The Hon. Secretary favoured the 

 meeting Avith remarks thereon relating to its zoological affinities 

 and structure. The hairs and cartilage of the external ear of this 

 creature form very interesting microscopical objects. 



Mr. W. Gardner sent fiom Bckesboume a large potato beset by 

 six or seven smaller tubers the size of marbles, which had burst 

 from beneath the skin of the parent, so as to form an example of 

 that phenomenon called ** prolification." 



October 6. 



Mr F. B. Kyngdon, Hon. Secretary of the Margate Micros- 

 copical Club attended and exhibited an admirable series of prepa- 

 rations illustrating the anatomy of spiders. He also gave a 

 microscopic view of a mite which infests the gull, and which 

 appeared allied to, if not identical with, the genus Dermanyssus. 



Colonel Cox reported that he had lately shot two specimens of 

 the Scolopax Major, or Great Snipe, at or near Sturry Marsh. 

 This bird is a rare species in Britain. 



Mr. Sibert ^Saunders brought from "Whitstahle a live specimen 

 of a nereid worm, about a foot in length, showing well the action 

 of the dorsal branchite with which it is beset, and the beautiful 

 iridescent line along its body. 



Captain McDakin exhibited a diagram of stratified sand, 

 curiously contorted, exposed by road cutting at Heme Hill, near 

 Faversham, and stated the cause of this stratification to be the 

 oxidation of iron in the stone. 



Carnivorous Plants. — Major Hall sent from Exeter a specimen of 

 the Physianthus Albens, one of the Asclepiads, with white flowers, 

 which had dilated tubes, wherein were common flics, humming 

 bees, and moths, all imprisoned and killed. The Hon. Secretary 

 remarked on the great interest lately excited by researches on 



