FOLKESTONE 
 ¢NAWURAL PISVORY SOCIETY. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
SEVENTEENTH SESSION, 1884—1885. 
OctopeR 21st, 1884. 
The first meeting of the Session was held at the Town Hall on 
this date at 8.15 pm. Dr FitzGerald, the President, took the 
chair. No paper was read, but several objects of interest were 
exhibited, described, and explained. 
The Secretary showed two fine specimens of the nest of the 
Common Wasp, taken at Newington; one of these was laid open 
to show the curious internal arrangements. He also brought a 
specimen of the Common Snake, 38} inches long, taken on the 
Warren, with eggs of the same. 
Mr. Walton showed the Butcher's Broom Ruscus aculeatus and 
Centaurea Calcitrapa, together with a Geometer larva, and micro- 
 scopical objects. Among the latter was a fine section showing the 
inflorescence of the Fig. 
_ The President exhibited preserved specimens of the edible nest 
of the Swallow, and of a Holothuria, each used as food by the 
Chinese. The attendance was very fair. 
