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exhibited Cryptoccphalus coryli and C. lyunctiner, two rare species of Coleoptera, 

 from (bannock Chase ; new to the district. Mr. W. B. Grove e.xhibited three 

 species of Fungi: Sti(]matea Bohertiani, on green leaves of Herb Robert; 

 Pucciniafabce, on leaves of bean ; and P. compositarum, on leaves of Ccntauren 

 nigra. Biologicai, Section— September iLith. — JMr. W. B. Grove exhibited 

 Eri/tiiphe Linkli (the Mugwort Blight) ; also Peziza granulata and .T^ricrita 

 Candida, from Water Orton. Mr. W. G. Blatch exhibited Dysdera Hombergii, a 

 spider of tlieSenocnlina group, found near Knowle, and new to the district. Mr. 

 E. Wagstaff exhibited Ereniofipha-ra vhidis, from Sutton Parle.' Mr. Bolton 

 exhibited a piece of seaweed [Ccratium\, from Llandudno, on which wevo. gi-owing 

 two species of Polyzoa (Meinhraitipora pilosa and Bowerbatikii imbricata), 

 numerous specimens of the fry of mussels (Mytilus edtilis) were attached, and 

 another mollusc (Bissoa cingilltis) creeping over it. Micboscopic.4L General 

 Meeting — September 19th. — Mr. W. G. lilatch exhibited Hylecwfus dermestoides, 

 a rare beetle found at Cannock Chase ; new to the district. Mr. W. B. Grove 

 exhibited Corticiiim cceruleum. from Pembrokeshire, and Ascobolus miiiutis- 

 simus, Boud., a fungus now found for the first time in Britain, at Water Orton. 

 Mr. T. Bolton exhibited BulbochcEte setigera. Mr. Blatch also exhibited a 

 fragment fi-om a large felsite boulder at Knowle. Geological, SRciriON.— 

 September -iGth.—The following exhibits were made :— Mr. W. J. Harrison. 

 F.G.S., a copy of the Darwin medal, in bronze, intended for presentation to the 

 family of the late Mr. Charles Darwin ; Mr. K. W. Chase, a collection of fossils 

 lately obtained on the Norfolk coast, including typical specimens fi-om the red 

 and white chalk of Hunstanton; part of the antler of Cervus elaphus from 

 Thornham, and several large bones and a goat's skull from Beaucaster; Mr. 

 W. H. Wilkinson, Coruua iimsciiht. or .\ustrian cherry; Mr. W. Southall, Slate, 

 bleached superficially through lying in a peat bog ; Mr. T. H. Waller, a micro- 

 scopical section of a boulder from Knowle ; Mr. W. J. Harrison, jun., a specimen 

 of Lingida Lesueiirii in a quartzite pebble from Billesley Lane, near Spark- 

 brook ; Mr. J. E. Bagnall, the following fungi from Middleton -.—Boletus 

 laricinux, B. scabcr, Clitocybe pithyophilus, Agaricus mnscarius, and 

 Cortinarius cinnamomeus ; Mr. W. B. Grove, B.A., the following fungi:— 

 Agaricus vaginatus, A. squarrosus, Hygrophorus virgineiw, H. ceracevs. 

 FistuUna hepntica, and Dadalea quercina. 



BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.— 

 September G.— The Tenth Annual Meeting was held— Mr. C. B. Caswell in the 

 Chair. The annual report stated that the present number of members was 180. 

 Thirteen papers had been read, with an average attendance of 50'7 i Members. 

 The total number of books issued during the year was 1145, and .£2 ICs. M. had 

 been received in fines. During the session 52 volumes had been added to the 

 library. During the past summer a section (now numbering ao members) had 

 been formed for the practical study of photography, one night per month being 

 devoted to the section. The balance sheet showed a balance in hands of 

 Treasurer of £5 3s. 5Ad. The report having been received and adopted, it was 

 ordered to be printed for distribution among the members. Votes of thanks 

 having been passed to the Officers and Committee for their services, also to the 

 Council for granting the use of a room for the Society's meetings, the following 

 members were elected officers for the ensuing year :— Mr. C. R. Robinson, presi- 

 dent ; Mr. E. Evans, vice-president ; Mr. C. J. Watson, treasurer; Mr. W. J. Morley, 

 librarian ; Mr. G. H. Twigg and Mr. C. J. Woodward, B.Sc, trustees; W. H. Cox, hon. 

 sec. Mr. C. B. Caswell, F.I.C., the retiring President, then delivered an address on 

 "The Value of Literary Culture to the Student of Science." After referring to 

 the progress which has been made in the matter of scientific education 

 througliout the Kingdom, Mr. Caswell said that it was needless to urge its further 

 development before the members of the Institute Scientific Society, who were 

 not only convinced of its importance, but were, perhaps, in danger of coming to 

 regard it as a comiilete education in itself. He deprecated the light estimation 



* This exhibit was omitted in last report. 



