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brought carboniferous, oolitic, and chalk fossils; Mr. Brown, 
chalk fossils; Mr. Hogg, fossils from Boulder Clay and flint 
implements; Mr. Lovett, tallies from South Holland, Germany, 
and Austria; Dr. Phillips, a nest of the rose-cutter bee (Mega- 
chile centuncularis) found in newspaper ; and Dr. Parsons, fungi 
from Kent Hatch, found in the excursion on September 18th, 
and ferns. 
On September 29th the Conversational Meeting was held in the 
dark room, under the auspices of the Geological Section, and was 
fairly well attended. Your President read some notes on the 
geology of the Isle of Wight, illustrated by lantern-slides, Mr. 
Underhill kindly operating. He showed also some samples of 
stones—flint and Upper and Lower Greensand stone—from the 
gravels at Bembridge and St. Helen’s, on the opposite sides of 
the sea-end of Brading Harbour. The large size of some of 
these stones, over a foot in length, indicates a carrying power 
far greater than the present little river Yar. An interesting 
conversation, in which Mr. Whitaker and Dr. Parsons took part, 
ensued, during which some interesting facts on the course of 
rivers and on denudation were elucidated. 
On October 19th, at a general meeting, Mr. Epps, Jun., showed 
the fruit of the guava (Psidium pyriferum) and a cluster of 
mushrooms; and Mr. Holmes, fossils from the Upper Chalk. 
Mr. Hogg then read his paper on ‘“‘ Flint Implements found at 
Addington,” which appears in our ‘ Transactions’ (Article 188). 
On October 27th a Conversational Meeting was held, at which 
Mr. Murton Holmes exhibited and explained a number of micro- 
scopical slides. Further notice of this meeting will be made in 
Mr. Holmes’s sectional report. 
On November 16th Mr. Murton Holmes showed a viper of 
unusual length caught in Scotland, and also flint implements 
found at St. Augustine’s Church. An exceedingly interesting 
paper was then read by Mr. James Epps, Jun., on ‘‘ The Cacao 
Plant, Theobroma cacao,’ from which the cocoa of commerce is 
obtained. This paper is printed in our ‘ Transactions’ (Article 
139), and by the kindness of the author is admirably illustrated. 
At the conclusion of the paper a very hearty vote of thanks was 
moved to Mr. Epps, which was carried unanimously. 
Report or Annuat Sore. 
The twenty-eighth Annual Soirée of this Club was held at the 
Public Hall on Wednesday evening, and as usual proved a great 
success. There was a large collection of microscopes, several 
