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Borers in the West Indies by W. F. Blandford, from the Director 

 of Kew Gai'dens was placed on the table. The following papers 

 were read : Mr: R, R Mole : " Babiche shooting on the Caroni " ; 

 Mr. Urich : Notes en a South American Rattlesnake {Crotalus 

 liorridus). — An excursion to Diebe valley on the 11th iSep- 

 tember was announced. — After some miscellaneous business of 

 little importance, the meeting adjourned. 



Ttii October. 



This meeting took place at the Victoria Institute. Present : 

 Mr. Syl. Devenish, M.A., Professor (armody, Dr. Rake, Rev. 

 R. H. Moor, Messrs. W. E. Broadway, F. W. Urich, J. H. 

 Collens, T. Potter, F. Eagle, G. W. Hewlett, K. J. Maingot, C. 

 J. Thavenot, A. B. Carr, E. D. Ewen, R. Dumoret, R. R. Mole, 

 and A. Taitt (Secretary). In the absence of the President Mr. 

 Syl Devenish took the chair. — The minutes of the last meeting 

 were read and confirmed. — The following gentlemen were elected 

 members of the Club : Lieut. Col. Wilson, iJ.M.G.. Messrs. C. 

 Libert, O. C. Malcolm, as ordinary members ; Dr. A. Woodlock 

 and Messrs. J. S. Wilson and F. J. Mahoney as country mem- 

 bers." — The Secretary read a letter from Mr. J. Robson, Editor 

 of the British Naturalist with regard to the Journal, and a 

 communication from Mr. T. D. A, Cockerell about the lace wing 

 insects and the cane fungus. — 3Ir. Mole stated that Mr. Urich 

 and himself had recently forwarded under tlje charge of Mr J. 

 Hoadley, a number of snakes to the Zoological Society of London 

 for identification. They had all arrived safely but one. He 

 would give their Trinidad names and the English and scientific 

 names by which they were known to the Society : 1. Tigre — 

 South American Eat Snake — Spiloies variabilis. 2. Cribo — 

 Yellow Tailed Snake — SjiHotes coyais. 3. i\Iachete Couresse — 

 Boddaert's snake — Coluber boddaerti. 4. Ratanero (the local 

 name of this snake had been given him by .Mr. A. B. Carr at that 

 meeting ; hitherto this name had been erroneously applied by him 

 to the Epicrates cenchris) — Cruwned snake — Sci/tale coronatum. 

 5. High woods coral — Koyal snake- Liophis reginae G. Two 

 Beh belie chemin — Black backed snakes — Liophis melanotvs. 

 The three last species, Dr. Sclater had informed him, were new 

 to the Society's collection. The snake which died was locally 

 called Mapipire corde violon, but in reality it was a very harm- 

 less kind, never attempting to bite and its name was given as 

 LepAognatlius ncbulosus. In a receiit number of the Graphic an 

 illustrated article had appeared in which allusion was made to 

 several remarkable creatures in the Society's collection and 

 amongst them appeared a picture from a photograph of a lizard 

 which Mr. Urich and himself sent to the bociety, viz., the 



