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wax model of the front of this reliquary, with a drawing of 
the cross, which he presented to the Museum of the Aca- 
demy. 
Mr. Petrie, by permission of the President, made some 
remarks on Sir William Betham’s paper, in which he pointed 
out the original uses of these ancient reliquaries, and de- 
tailed at considerable length their history, gathered from the 
inscriptions found upon them, (of which he gave translations, 
and from the mention made of them in the Irish Annals and 
other records. 
It was resolved, that Mr. Petrie be requested to prepare 
a paper for the Transactions of the Academy on the history 
of these reliquaries, in order that the valuable information 
he had collected respecting them might be preserved, and 
made more generally known. 
Dr. Coulter exhibited a specimen of the Sphinx porcellus, 
taken at Killiney, and stated that this rare insect had pro- 
bably never before been found so far north in Ireland. 
The reading of papers being concluded, the session was 
closed with the following 
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT. 
The time has now arrived for terminating the present session ; 
and it will, no doubt, be gratifying to you, as it is to me, that our 
closing act should be the public presentation of a Medal to one of 
our most distinguished Members; that Medal being the first which 
has been awarded by your Council in the exercise of the new and 
fuller power confided by you lately to them, and in execution of the 
plan which was announced to you at the time when you gave them 
that enlarged discretion, with respect to the bestowal of honorary 
rewards. 
That plan, as you may remember, differs little from the scheme 
suggested by me in the inaugural address which I had the honor 
