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of the Clubwereread. It was decided that the Rules should be 

 submitted to the members, and, if assented to, published as early 

 as possible. 



8x11 January, 1892. 



Present : Messrs. Caracciolo (President), Mole, Urich, 

 Broadway, Potter, Walker, Scott, Petersen, Hewlett, Nairn, 

 and Taitt (Secretary). The following gentlemen were admitted 

 to the Club as members : Mr. Syl. Devenish, M.A., Professor 

 Carmody and Mr. F. E, Eagle. The draft Rules were read a 

 second time, amended and passed. It was decided to print 100 

 copies. The Secretary read a letter from the Hon. C. B. Ham- 

 ilton with reference to a humming bird which had built a nest 

 on a palm (Latania Barbonica) in his drawing room. Letters 

 were also read from Professor Warming and Mr. W. G. Smith 

 of Grenada thanking the Club for their election as honorary 

 members. Mr. Mole announced that he had found a Peripatus 

 Edwarsii in the St. Ann's Valley and Mr. Urich stated that he 

 also had found a specimen of the same species at Arouca. Mr. 

 Hewlett read a paper on the Metamorphoses of Insects (Chiefly 

 Butterflies). An excursion to the St. Ann's Valley on the 23rd 

 instant was announced. 



5tii February, 1892. 



Pi'esent : Mr. Caracciolo, Professor Carmody, Messrs. Deven" 

 ish, Broadway, Potter, Urich, Petersen, Eagle, Archibald and 

 Mole. In the absence of Mr. Taitt Mr. Mole acted as Secretary. 

 The following standing Committees Avere appointed : Publica- 

 tion : The President, Professor Carmody, IMessrs. Devenish and 

 Mole ; Finance : The President Messrs Taitt and Broadway. 

 The following gentlemen were admitted to the Club : Mr, J. H. 

 Collens, as member, the Hon. C. B. Hamilton as honorary 

 member. A letter from Mr. J. H. Hart, covering a. communi- 

 cation from a London Analytical Chemist, was read. Mr. 

 Devenish made some verbal communications on several curious 

 occurrences connected with Natural History, which he had noticed 

 in his numerous travels about the Island. A discussion on a 

 banana disease ensued, and it was said to be caused by the larva 

 of an insect, in which Messrs. Potter, Urich, Caracciolo and 

 Broadway took part. Mr. Potter produced a specimen of the 

 Trap-door spider with its nest, also a chrysalis found on a cocoa 

 tree. Mr. Broadway exhibited some specimens of Frangipani 

 and Tobacco moths and made some remarks on them. Mr. 

 Petersen showed a collection of snakes. Mr. Potter read the 

 continuation of his paper on the " Habits of the Honey Bee " 

 and the President one on " Some Instanr;es of Protective 

 Mimicry in the Calligo Illioneus and other Lepidoptera " and 



