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the nose of a mouse (injected), the web of a Spider, and a wing of the 
Burnet Moth (Anthrocera Filipendule); after which, the usual yotes of 
thanks haying been proposed, and cordially acceded to, the meeting 
terminated. 
Firrtn Eventne Meerine, Fes. 26.—Held at the house of the President, 
at his kind invitation. This meeting was very largely attended, upwards of 
thirty members and friends being present. W. G. Smith, Esq., of London, 
had forwarded a paper, ‘‘ On Toadstools,”’ to the Secretary, which was read 
by him. The author dilated largely upon the pleasure and instruction 
derivable from a close study of the Fungus tribe, proceeding to explain the 
structure and development of various members of this marvellous class. 
The yaried forms, odours, colours, and size of the different species was 
exemplified, and many of the edible Fungi were commented on in terms of 
high praise. Mr. Smith, however, judiciously warned his hearers against 
indiscriminate Fungus-eating, and concluded his paper with a detailed 
account of the alarming and well-nigh fatal results produced upon himself 
and his family, from the partaking of Agaricus fertilis, a poisonous species. 
The paper, which gave both instruction and amusement, was illustrated by 
a large sheet of engravings of the Edible Fungi, also by Mr. Smith; both 
will shortly be published by Mr. Hardwicke. The objects exhibited were 
very numerous: the President contributed yarious bones, among which were 
the skull and lower jaw of a young Indian Elephant, with teeth i situ ; also 
two large teeth of a mature specimen; the upper jaw with long and perfect 
tusks, of the African Wart-Hog (Phacocherus Athiopicus), a portion of the 
jaw of the common Boar, showing the long tusks; and a tooth of the fossil 
Elephant, or Mammoth (Hlephas primigenius), found at Deptford. 'The Rey. 
W. Hunt Painter showed several trays of Fossils; some (among which were 
Trigonia cordata, Ostrea conica, and Cyprinia angulata), from the Upper 
Greensand, at Teignmouth, Devon; and others (including Limneus longis- 
catus, Neritina concava, and Fusus labiatus), from the chalk at Freshwater, 
Isle of Wight. Miss Chandler exhibited dried examples of the orders 
Caryophyllacee and Composite. A somewhat novel feature was the exhibi- 
tion by the President, in small saucers, of various inhabitants of our 
streams, in a living state; including small Water Spiders (Hydrachna) ; 
Water Molluscs, comprising Planorbis spirorbis, Physa fontinalis, and 
Paludina similis; various species of Caddis worms (Phryganide), in their 
curious dwellings; the fresh-water Oniscus, an analogue to the common 
Woodlouse ; and fresh-water Shrimps of large size, small specimens of which 
are very common in the wells of this town. Living specimens of the Green 
Hellebore (Helleborus viridis), Hairy Violet (Viola hirta), Cowslip (Primula 
veris), and other plants now in blossom, were brought by the Secretary. 
The Rey. W. H. Painter then gave a brief address, descriptive of his recent 
visit to the interesting cayes in the Carboniferous Limestone in the vicinity 
