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President during the past year. He did so witb the greatest 

 possible pleasure. He had not been able to attend many of the 

 meetings, but those that he had, had shown him how well qualified 

 the ex-President was for the post he had held. 



Mr. G. Scott seconded, observing that he had regarded Mi*. 

 Haselwood's performance of his duties with the utmost admiration ; 

 but this was only another instance of the manner in which the 

 Society got thi'ough its labours under the presidency of the most 

 varied men. 



The meeting then resolved itself into an ordinary meeting for 

 the exhibition of specimens. 



Mr. G. Scott showed some interesting specimens which were 

 about to be added to the Museum, including a March ichneumon 

 (Egypt), an Alpine marmot (North Europe), a Coati moncli (Soutli 

 America), &c. ; several rude flint implements which had recently been 

 discovered in a new district — Pyecombe ; and a ray from one of the 

 fins of the gigantic suufish recently caught by Mr. Lawler, of the 

 Brighton Aquarium, off" the Sussex Coast. Mr. Scott also exhibited 

 a rough drawing of the fish, and explained its general characteristics. 

 The fish was supposed to have been the largest caught in British 

 waters. It weighed 12 cwt. Mr. Scott also showed a spine of the 

 fish, measuring about 2:1 feet long. 



Mr. F. E. Sawyer showed a specimen of the arundo arenaria, 

 obtained from the dunes in Holland, where it binds together the 

 loose sand. Mr. Dennet made some remarks upon the subject, 

 in the course of which he suggested the use of the pinus marithnus 

 as a shrub suitable for sea-side gardening. 



Mr. 0. Clayton showed a good specimen of the jaws and 

 paddle of an ichthyosaurus, brought from the blue lias formation 

 at Street, Somersetshire. 



Mr. WoNPOR exhibited some Indian mosquitoes, as well as a 

 small case of moths, — the Vapourer 0. Antiqua, — the inmates of 

 which had formed the subjects of a series of experiments on the 

 attraction furnished to the males by the females of the species. 



A long discussion followed this exhibition, the question being 

 as to what particular sense enabled the males to discover the 

 females when long distances intervened between them. 



