Nov. 12. — "An Evening for Specimens." — Mr. 

 Hennah exhibited plates to illustrate, and ex- 

 plained the processes by which the Nature 

 printing is produced. — The Rey. J. Walter 

 exhibited a collection of African ferns, made 

 by the Bishop of Sierra Leone. — Mr. Wonfor 

 exhibited a specimen of the ■white-tailed eagle 

 (Halicetus albicellaj, shot at Firle, near Lewes, 

 the seat of Viscount Gage, on the 8th ; fruit of 

 the Trinidad cucumber (Lvffa fcetida) or sponge 

 gourd; and the scarce angle-shade moth fTn'gro- 

 nophra Empyrcea), which had been abundant 

 during the autumn. A few years since, this 

 moth was considered so rare and local, that 

 fabulous sums were given for it; whereas, now, 

 specimens were obtainable at a merely nominal 

 price. In 1858, near Lewes, as many as forty 

 lanterns were counted one night at the spot 

 where it was supposed to be local. — Mr. Penley 

 exhibited a collection of New Zealand ferns and 

 sea-weeds. — Mr. Glaisyer exhibited ambergris, 

 containing beaks of the cuttle-fish ; a phasma, 

 taken near Hurst ; and a collection of Abys- 

 sinian plants, among which was the vermifuge 

 the Kossoo. 



Dec, 10. — " On the Maigre" fScicena Aquila, Cuvier), 

 by Mr. Peek. — The subject of the memoir was 

 washed ashore at Brighton on the morning of 

 the 22nd November, secured by some boatmen, 

 and sold to Mr. Peek, who supposed that at the 

 time of capture it was partially paralysed by the 

 cold, while in pursuit of pilchards. The Scicena 

 aquila is common in the Mediterranean, and 

 occasionally visits our ghores. They have been 



