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common in Canada, also grows in Ireland; and S. californicum, 
a yellow-flowered species, has been lately discovered in Co. 
Wexford, Ireland. 
The Crustacean Limulus polyphemus (Ranzani) occurred in 
numbers, dead, at Lighthouse Point Rocks 8 miles from New- 
haven, and is a link with Old Red Sandstone times, being 
related to the Stylonuri. LZ. polyphemus belongs to the “ sword- 
tails,” Xiphosuri. His eye is composed somewhat like an 
insect’s, of a number of facets, as was the case with the extinct 
order of Trilobites. His segments number 18, the typical 
Crustacean of the present day numbering 21. His 10 larger 
limbs are generally on the same plan; there is no differentia- 
tion into claws and legs. His mouth is just behind the two 
small fore-claws, so that each of the ten large claws can convey 
food to it. The gill-plates are arranged behind the claws, and 
the whole animal is covered with an ample carapace. The tail 
(pygidium) is useful, enabling it to turn over if it accidentally 
falls on its back, and acting as a lever when it wants to burrow 
in the sand. It cannot swim, and crawls along the bottom in 
from 2 to 6 fathoms of water. 
My best thanks are due to Mr. D. Boyle, Dr. W. Brodie, of 
Toronto, Prof. Beecher, of Yale, and Prof. Whitfield, of New 
York, for much help in seeing a great deal in a little time ; and 
also to Mr. A. Smith Woodward, F.L.S., British Museum 
(Geology), and Mr. Lancelot Watson, Aurora, Illinois, for 
kind introductions. 
Muetine, held at Reigate, 18th of February, 1898. 
An exhibition of Microscopes took place. Many objects of 
interest were shown. 
Mr. C. E. Salmon read a paper entitled 
BoranicaL RAMBLES IN ROSS-SHIRE. 
A little village amongst the hills of Ross-shire, delightfully 
