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prepared some of the loose particles which looked like chalk, and had 
_ obtained portions of corals and sponges from them. 
Mr. Howett exhibited disintegrated granite, from the shores of 
Lake Erie, under the form of fine sand. 
The meeting then became a Conversazione, when, in addition to 
the objects mentioned above, Mr. Sewer exhibited insects mounted 
whole, including house fly, wasp, hive bee, and saw-fly, sea soundings 
from the Cape of Good Hope, 80 fathoms deep, and foraminifera from 
Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight. 
Mr. Hennau exhibited palate of Tritonia Hombergii, and a very 
curious insect from Norfolk, Tingis crassicornis. 
Mr. F. E. Sawyer exhibited sponge spicules, &c.. from Portland 
oolite, palates of slug and snail, jaw and skin of brown snail, scales of 
haddock, &c. 
Mr. R. Guaisyer exhibited cruciform, biclavate, and other spicules 
from Hyalonema mirabilis; a slide illustrating the anatomy of the 
Ligurian bee, &c. 
Mr. Wonror exhibited scales and portion of jaw of fossil fish from 
a piece of chalk, section of Alecyoniwm digitatum (deadmen’s fingers), 
shewing spicules in situ, scale of cow fish, foraminifera, &e. 
Previous to the business of the evening, Mr. Wonfor announced 
the receipt, for the Society’s Herbarium, from Mr. G. Davies,of another 
lichen, new to Sussex, lecidea mestula, obtained by that gentleman 
that month, near Billinghurst, and previously found by the Rev. J, 
Crombie near Lyndhurst, New Forest ; and, for the Cabinet, from Mr, 
T. H. Hennah, of the palate of Tritonia Hombergii, a nudibranche, 
said by Forbes and Hanley to be rare. A couple of the mollusks alive 
were taken to Mr. Hennah inside a scallop, Hesupposed they had 
been dredged up with the scallops, for they were said to be inhabitants 
of deep water, and to frequent scallop beds. 
