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memory. Owing to the furious N.E. gale which raged at the 

 time, no fair measurement could be taken of average depth ; 

 in places the ground was swept bare, and very little damage 

 was done. At Eeigate and in sheltered places much damage 

 was done by the extreme density and consequently great 

 weight of the snow. 



Mr. W. H. Beeby read a paper ' On some Additions to the 

 Flora of Surrey, 1886.' Tlie new plants for Surrey found 

 by Mr. Beeby during 1886 are Putamogeton zosterif alius, and 

 one of the Cliaracecc, viz., ToJypeUa intricata. 



The portion of the county specially searched is the part of 

 the Bourne Brook Basin lying between Egham and Chertsey. 

 In this fen-tract Siiim latifolium and Utriczdaria vuUiarh were 

 found, as well as Riimex maximus, Carex intermedia, Hottonia, 

 HyilrocJians, (Enanthe Phelkmdriuin, CaUitriche obtusamjvlci , 

 and Lenma gibba. 



Near Witley, the Rev. E. S. Marshall has found Orobanclie 

 Picndis; and Mr. H. T. Mennell has found Pijrula minor and 

 Carex strigosa in the neighbourhood of Oxted. 



Mr. Beeby exhibited specimens of all the species recorded. 



Evening Meeting. — Pebbuary 18th, 1887. 

 The attendance of young persons was especially invited, 

 and between fifty and sixty in all were present. 



Mr. Arthur C. Sterry, who illustrated his remarks with 

 many beautiful diagrams and with living specimens, gave an 

 address on ' The Life and Habits of Crabs,' of which the 

 following is an abstract : — 



The Shore or Green Crab is probably the first to attract 

 our attention as it scrambles over the sand at low tide towards 

 the sea, but in any of the clear rock pools, such as one finds 

 on the Cornish coast, one can readily see the three chief 

 representatives of the Stalk-eyed Crustacea. If a piece of 

 mussel or limpet be held in the pool, very quickly the Prawns, 

 with extended and fan-shaped tails like the. Lobster's, will 



