Proceedings. Ixxi 



September 18th. — H. C. OoUyer, Some bones and a skull taken 

 from a supposed Saxon grave on the downs near Arundel. E. Lovett, 

 A pair of rivelins or shoes, brought from Fair Isle by Mr. Straker ; and 

 a model of a coracle used on Welsh rivers. C. H. Goodman, Drawings 

 of microscopical ftmgi. H. T. Mennell, Dried plants from Switzer- 

 land, including two orchids, Epipogum Gmelini, parasitic on the roots 

 of pine-trees, and Cephalanthera rubra. H. F. Parsons and W. 

 Murton Holmes, A large collection of fimgi from Squerryes Park, 

 near Westerham. H. F. Parsons, The shepherd's staff, a small 

 teasel {Dipsacus pilosus), from Arundel ; ragwort {Senecio saraceni- 

 cus), from Somerset; and two species of balsam naturalised in Surrey, 

 viz., Impatiens parviflora, from Oxted, and I.fulva, from Abinger; 

 all grown in his garden. 



November 2QtTi. — A. Lucas, Fruit of Arum dracunculus (Snake 

 Arum). H. F. Parsons, A gelatinous alga, Nostoc commune, from 

 Riddlesdown. C. Hehner, A fossil lobster (Thenops scyllariformis) 

 and some shark's teeth from the railway-cuttings in Park Hill, and a 

 fossil-bone of ox foimd in the elephant-beds, Brighton. 



December 18th. — C. H. Goodman, Galls formed on twigs of the 

 aspen found on Wimbledon Common. 



Library. 

 The additions to the Library during 1894 are as follows : — 



From Individuals. — A. Bennett: Botanical pamphlets; F. C. 

 Bayard : Eeport of the Meteorological Council, appendix xv. ; A. Bar- 

 ber : Various photographic year-books and almanacs ; H. D. Gower: 

 The photographic papers as issued ; W. Low Sarjeant : A 15 in. x 12 in. 

 camera and stand and collection of 293 lantern-slides ; E. B. Sturge : 

 Peruvian-bark, by C. E. Markham ; Mrs. Topley : British petrography 

 (Teall) ; Memoirs of the late H. E. Strickland, M.A. ; Eeport of the 

 Museums Association for 1893 ; Manual of the Protozoa (J. E. Greene) ; 

 Manual of the Coelenterata (J. E. Greene) ; Observations on the dis- 

 position of the cubital coverts in birds (J. G. Goodchild) ; The in- 

 adequacy of Natural Selection (Spencer) ; The probability of finding 

 coal in the South-east of England (W. Taylor) ; A large number of 

 pamphlets and reprints of papers on Anthropology, Climate, Dene- 

 holes, Geology, &c. 



From Societies. — Journal of the Societe Beige de Microscopie for 

 1894 ; British Association Eeports, 1893 ; Berwickshfre Naturalists' 

 Club Proceedings, 1892 ; Annals de Sciencias Naturaes, Portugal ; 

 Epsom College Natural History Society, Journal, 1893 ; Essex Natiura- 

 list, 1893 ; East Kent Natural History Society, 1893 ; Eastbourne 

 Natural History Society, 1892 — 93 ; Hants Field Club, vol. ii., parts 2 

 and 3; Manchester Microscopical Society, 1893; Manchester Geo- 

 graphical Society, vol. viii., parts 7 to 12 ; vol. ix., parts 7 to 9 ; vol. x., 

 parts 1 to 3 ; Northamptonshire Natural History Society, 1893 ; Nor- 

 folk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, vol. v., parts 1 to 5 ; Quekett 

 Microscopical Society, 2 part, 1894 ; Reading Literary and Scientific 

 Society, 1894 ; Royal Microscopical Society, 1894 ; Scottish Micro- 

 scopical Society, 1893 — 94 ; South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society, 1892 — 93 ; West Kent Natural History, Microscopical, 

 and Photographic Society, 1893 — 94. 



