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fathoms. E. Lovett, Micro-slides of deep-sea soundings and surface 

 fauna ; a large series of various materials forming the ocean bed ; also 

 objects and appliances made and used by North American and Eskimo 

 Indians, together with photographs and drawings illustrating the 

 natives themselves. 



April 9th. — E. Lovett, Primitive oriental fire-making appliances, 

 including various steels with flint, agate, quartz, jasper, &c., tinders 

 and tinderholders, &c., from Thibet, and Northern and Central India, 

 and a fire compression tube from the Katcheens of Bhamo, Upper 

 Burma ; also a series of polished stone axes (British). Dr. G. J. Hinde 

 (to illustrate his paper), Slides of sections of chert containmg Eadio- 

 larians. Eev. G. Bailey (to illustrate his paper). Slides of Frondicu- 

 laria, Corded, and other organisms from interior of a fossil Echinus. 

 P. Crowley, A large series of butterflies, Parnassius group, of the 

 Palaarctic regions. W. Murton Holmes, Glass-rope sponges {Hyalo- 

 mena sieboldii), from Japan. H. T. Mennell, Plant of tooth-wort 

 {Lathrcea squamaria) parasitic on the hazel, from Warlingham. N. 

 "Waterall, Fragments of lava from Mt. Vesuvius. 



May 14.th. — P. Crowley, A collection of bird-skins to illustrate Mr. 

 Mennell's paper. E. Lovett, A collection offish-hooks of bone, stone, 

 shell, wood, bronze, and iron, to illustrate development in form and 

 material; also a moth (Hemerophila abriiptaria), shown as an illus- 

 tration of protective colouring. K. McKean, An ephemera {Choroterpes 

 picteti) mounted in balsam without pressure. C. H. Goodman, Cast 

 skin of Chironomus jjhimosus, showing respiratory tufts. 



September 10th. — H. T. Mennell, Dried plants from Snowdon and 

 Cader Idris, to illustrate his paper. P. Crowley, Abnormal 

 growth of black poplar. J. Berney, Living larv^ of Lepidoptera, 

 including some of the rarer species. W. Murton Holmes, Specimens 

 of Godstone chert and firestone. J. Jenner Weir, Dipterous insects 

 mimicking humble bees (Hymenoptera). C. H. Goodman, Fossils, &c., 

 from Swanage and Purbeck District. E. Bailey, Tin ore. N. "Waterall, 

 Model of a gondola, &c. G. Mordaunt, Fetish ornaments, Ashantee 

 box of elephant skin from Cape Coast Castle. E. Lovett, Tappa cloth, 

 kava bowls, tappa hammers, food dish, shark hooks, _&c., from Fiji ; 

 also bow and arrows and barbed arrow-heads from pigmies of South 

 Central Africa. 



October 8th. — W. Murton Holmes, Drawings (to scale) of sections of 

 sponges, spicules, &c., to illustrate his paper. W. L. Sarjeant, 

 Gamboge containing a number of ants embedded in the matrix ; these 

 probably fell into the bamboo tube which was collecting the resin. 

 E. Lovett, Certain shells, showing the uses to which they were put ; 

 also a Strombus used as a fog-horn by the Normandy fishermen ; also 

 a Cassis, showing cameo cut on its surface ; also shells used by the 

 Chinese as windows. 



November 12th. — E. Lovett (to illustrate his paper), 24 cases of 

 specimens of British marine decapod Crustacese. W. Murton Holmes, 

 Fossil fish teeth, &c., from the chalk of Croydon, and various recent 

 sponges. J. Epps, Jun., Specimen of razorbUl caught in October, on 

 Blackfriars Bridge, London. 



December 10th. — E. Lovett, Sketch of abnormal mushroom ; also 

 Tropical crustacean, and beche-de-mer. 



