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Ammalo helops, Cram, male and female specimens. 4. Arsenura 

 a r mi da, female specimen. Mr. Petersen showed a snake poislon 

 antidote In the shape of a dark powder, he had received from a 

 friend in Surinam. He said that his friend had seen an Indian, 

 ■who had been bitten by a rattlesnake, and already showed 

 symptoms of the poison taking effect, recover on the application 

 of this powder. Mr. Devenish said it would be interesting to try 

 some experiments with it. Tiie meeting adjourned at 9.45. 



oRD February. 



Present : Mr. H. Caracciolo (Piesident), Dr. Rake, Pro- 

 fessor Carmody, Messrs. Syl. Devenish. T. I. Potter, W. E. 

 Broadv/ay, 0. W. Scott, J.'O. Scott, J. R. Murray, C. Libert, 

 0. C. Malcolm, J H. Collens, F. W. Urich and R. R. Mole. 

 Messrs. Urich and Mole acted as Secretaries in the absence of 

 Mr. Taitt. The minutes of the last meeting were read and 

 confirmed. A letter was read from Mr. Oldficld Thomas (British 

 Museum) about some Mammal skins for.warded by the Club. 

 Mr. Caracciolo showed a fine specimen of a little lizard, which 

 looked very much like the Sej^s tridactijla, and which had been 

 presented to the Club by Dr. Knaggs. These little lizards are 

 frequently found at .Santa Cruz and in the heights of Arouca in 

 damp places under rotten logs of wood, and stones. Like all 

 the Brevilingitiae their bodies are snake-like with four very 

 small legs. They belong to the Family Scincoideae o{ ^\\nch the 

 well known Anguis fragilis L or blind ■\\ orm of Europe is also 

 a member. Mr. Broadway showed tv/o kinds of Mangrove, and 

 a plant called 'old man's beard ' from the Blue river. He said 

 that wherever the latter was growing birds had built their 

 nests in it. He also showed some shells and a Cocoon of Attacus 

 Bolivar from the same locality. Dr. Rake produced an insect he 

 believed to be related to the ant-lions (Mi/rmelcontidae). He had* 

 not found in Trinidad the pits which the larvaj of these insects con- 

 struct to catch their prey, but he had seen them in Southern Europe 

 and the East. The present specimen looked like the one figured in 

 Kirby although tbe markings were different. — Mr. Potter said 

 that he had seen a similar insect at St. Ann's. Mr. Mole, in a 

 short paper, introduced to the meeting the live Racoon recently 

 acquired by the Club, and the animal's grotesque movements and 

 somewhat rough friendliness towards everyone was generally 

 admired. — Mr. Caracciolo read an interesting paper on some 

 RhyncJiopliorous beetles of Trinidad and showed some mounted 

 specimens of these beetles in illustration of his paper. Mr. 

 Mole read a description of an Excursion to Blue Unsin, after 

 which some business of minor importance took place and the 

 meeting adjourned at 10 p.m. 



