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In the Board-room a central table was occupied by microscopes 

 contributed and presided over by Dr. Hallifax and Messrs. Glaisyer, 

 Gwatkin, Marshall Hall, Turner, Sewell, C. P. Smith, Nash, and 

 Wonfor. 



The most striking objects exhibited in this room were a fine 

 collection of British butterflies and moths, by Mr, W. Wonfor, jun. ; 

 Indian butterflies, moths and beetles, by Mr. Wills ; a series of wasps 

 and wasps' nests, by Dr. Ormerod ; emerald in quartz rock, from South 

 America, and emerald butterfly, said to be found only in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the same mine, by Mr. Curtis ; Japanese silkworms, 

 moths, and cocoons, by Dr. Badcock ; about 150 polished specimens 

 of woods used in manufactures, by Mr. Saunders ; series of British 

 mosses and lichens, and enlarged drawings of fructification and 

 dissections, by Mr. C. P. Smith ; a very fine collection of ferns and 

 lycopodiums, by Mr. Walsh ; New Zealand ferns and sea-weeds, by 

 Mr. Penley ; double cocoa nut, by Mr. Hollis ; petroleum, in all its 

 forms, from shale and crude black oil up to white wax and manufactured 

 articles, by Mr. Nash ; case of saxicava and pholas, taken from burrows 

 in hard limestone — the perforated rocks also shown — by Mr. E. 

 Charlesworth ; Pheronema Grayii, newly-discovered silicious sponge, 

 dredged off the Portuguese coast, by Mr. Marshall Hall ; EujjledeHa 

 speciosa, another silicious sponge, by Mr. Sewell ; flying fox, from 

 Australia, by Dr. Badcock ; large tusks of walrus and hij^popotamus, 

 by Mr. Parkinson ; specimens of saw fish, cow fish, and parrot fish, 

 by Mr. Sewell ; a fine series of flint implements, collected recently 

 by Dr. Stevens, Messrs. Wonfor, H. Saunders and Hilton, at St. Mary 

 Bourne, Cissbury, Portslade, and the immediate neighbourhood of 

 Brighton ; polished stone weapons, found in England, Canada and 

 the West Indies, bronze celts, axes, &c., chiefly found in Sussex, Early- 

 British, Saxon and Norman gold and silver coins, by Mr. G. Scott ; 

 bronze paalstabs, by Mr. R. Glaisyer ; Roman vase, fovmd in a garden 

 on Round Hill, by Mr. Wonfor ; series of photographs, illustrative of 

 food products, eggs of parasites, diatoms, Nobert's lines, &c., by 

 Mr. T. Curties (Holborn) ; very beautiful micro-photographs, by Drs. 

 Hallifax and Maddox and Mr. Hennah ; about 150 coloured plates from 

 Hedwig's original di'awings of mosses, fungi and lichens, with enlarge- 

 ments of parts and organs, by Mr. Wonfor ; a very ingenious hygro- 

 scope, made from the awn of an erodium, which was delicately sensitive 

 to variations of moisture in the atmosi^here, by Dr. Hallifax ; &c., &c. 



Tea and cofiee were provided during the evening, which was one of 

 enjoyment to all present. 



Previous to the soiree an ordinary meeting was held, when Messrs. 

 Shireff, J. Wood, Infield and Howell were elected ordinary members, 

 and Miss Hill a subscriber to the library. 



Mr. Wonfor announced the receipt of ' The Climate of Uckfield,' by 

 Mr. C. L. Prince, from the author ; the ' Eighth Annual Report of the 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club,' and ' Proceedings of the Eastbourne 

 Natural History Society,' from the Secretaries. Votes of thanks were 

 given to the donors. 



