ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
IS7i-—2; 
SEPTEMBER 9TH. 
AN EVENING FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 
SPECIMENS. 
Mr. Saunpers exhibited pavement from Pompeii and Carthagena, 
section of ammonite, fossil wood from Antigua, red porphyry, a mag- 
nificent specimen of hyperstine, portion of elephant’s tusk, from 
Coombe rock in Rock-gardens, &c. 
Mr. Perntzy laid on the table a collection of sea-weeds, sponges, 
and corallines from New Zealand. 
Mr. Goss exhibited a species of zygena (one of the Burnet moths), 
new to Britain, zygena exulans. ; 
Mr. Henwau exhibited a very fine live chameleon, which attrac- 
ted considerable attention, especially by the fact of its moving each 
eye independently of -the other. 
Mr. Novursx exhibited some very curious stones brought by him 
from the valley of the Kings’ Tombs, Thebes, and which some con- 
sidered to be nummulites. 
Mr. Howett exhibited fossil elytron of beetle in a pebble of 
indurated clay, picked up on the beach in Whitecliffe sig Isle of 
Wight. 
Mr. Szwet exhibited specimens of ventriculites and alcyonites 
from Hurstpierpoint. 
Mr. Arpizy exhibited fluor spar, crystals of lime, lead ore, 
and calcareous tufa, from Matlock, Derbyshire. 
Mr. Wonror exhibited varieties of moths and butterflies taken this 
pa a specimen of Deilephila Galit (bedstraw hawk moth), bred by 
