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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



W. B. (Colchester). — We cannot recommend any especial 

 means of getting rid of hornets which nest in an inaccessible 

 place. Perhaps repeated spilling of paraffin about the entrance 

 to the nest might drive them away. This sometimes 

 succeeds with wasps. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



Geologist's Association of London. 



Nov. 5.— Conversazione and Exhibition in Library of Uni- 

 versity College, Gower Street, 8 p.m. (morning 

 dress). 



The South London Entomological and Natural 



History Society. 

 Nov, 11. — "The drinking habits of butterflies and moths." 

 Mr. Tutt, F.E.S. 

 ,, 25. — " Lantern pictures of birds and their nests." 

 Mr. Harrison, F.C.S. 



North London Natural History Society. 

 Nov. 4. — "Through Cornwall and Devon." J. A. Simes. 

 ,, 18.— Debate: "Does scientific study destroy or mili- 

 tate against the aesthetic tastes or sense ? " 

 Opened in the affirmative by F. W. Frost ; 

 opened in the negative by A. Bacot. 

 Dec. 2. — " Insectivorous Plants." R, W. Robbins. 

 ,, 16. — General Business Meeting — Election of Officers 

 for 1898. 



Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society. 

 Nov. 1. — "Prehisto*ic Man." G. F. Lawrence. 



,, 8. — "Annual Soiree, 7.30. (See " Notes and Queries.") 



,, 15. — " Photo micrographs of Insect Anatomy," witu 

 lantern illustrations. F. Clark. 



,, 20. — "Visit to British Museum, Prehistoric Section 

 Dec. 6. — "Fossils, and the ways in which they are found 

 preserved." Dr. H. F. Parsons. 



,, 11. — "Visit to Natural History Museum, Shell Gallery. 



„ 13. — Photographic Demonstration. C. J. Stokes. 



Conchological Society, London Branch. 



Nov. 11.— Meeting at 7.30 p.m., at St. Peter's Rectory, Wal- 

 worth. Rev. J. W. Horsley will introduce Helix 

 aspersa and its varieties. Members and other 

 conchologists invited to bring specimens, also 

 other shells, for exchange.—/. E. Cooper, Hon. 

 Sec, 93, Southwood Lane, Highgate, N. 



Lubbock Field Club. 



Nov. 14.— Theobald's Park, Cheshunt and Wormley. 



Dec. 12. — Totteridge, Shenley and Ridge. 



North Kent Natural History and Scientific Society. 

 Nov. 3. — Annual Meeting. " Geology and Minerals." Mr. 

 M in tern. 



,, 17. — " Setting and Mounting Coleoptera." G. H. 

 Cornish. 

 Dec. 1. — "Origin and Physical Description of the Earth 

 and Moon." W. Turner. 



„ 15. — " Mounting Slides." Wm. Scott. 



,, 29. — "The Microscope." Jno. Stacey. 



1898. 

 Jan. 12. — " Bacteria." C. J. Brooks. 



,, 26. — " Entomology." H. Broughton. 

 Feb. 9. — " Leaves : their Structure and Use." J. W. Cooper. 



,, 23. — "Aquaria and Uncommon Pets." Jno. Potter. 

 Mar. 9. — " Conchology." E. Dennis. 



,, 23.—" British Birds' Eggs and Nests." D. Miller. 

 April 6.—" Lepidoptera." S. J. B. Pine. 



Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club. 

 ° V ir ' Exhibition and Conversazione. 

 ,, 24.— " Photo-Micrography," lantern illustrations. Dr. 

 J. Hollingworth. 

 Dec, 8.—" Davos, the Engadine and the Italian Lakes." 



R. H.Philip. 

 Jan. 5.—" The Fishes of the River Hull." H. M. Foster. 

 „ 19.— " The formation of an English Village," lantern 

 illustrations. J. R. Boyle, F.S A. 

 Feb. 2. — " Breeding-Haunts of British Birds," lantern 

 views. T. Audas, L.D.S. 

 „ 16. — " An Early Doctrine of Evolution." Rev. C. A. 

 Hall. 

 Mar. 2.— "The Natural History of Goole Moor." Thos. 

 Bunker. 

 ,, 16. — " Spectroscopic Astronomy," lantern illustrations. 



Rev. H. P. Slade, M.B.A.A. 

 ,, 30.— "The Marine Fauna of the Yorkshire Coast," 

 lantern views. F. W. Fierke, M.C.S. 

 The Meetings held at 72, Prospect Street, alternate 

 Wednesdays, 8 p.m. — T. Sheppard, Hon. Sec. t 

 78, Shcrbum Street, Hull. 



METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 

 The following is a list of societies in the London district 

 devoted to natural science, with hours and places of meeting. 

 They may be visited with introduction from a Fellow, 

 Member, or Secretary. Will secretaries send additions or 

 corrections. 



Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, 3, 

 Hanover Square. Second and fourth Tuesdays at 

 8.30 p.m., November to June. 

 City of London College Science Society, White Street, 

 Moorfields, E.C. Last Wednesday in each month, 

 October to May, 7.30 p.m. 

 City of London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, London Institution, Finsbury Circus. First 

 and third Tuesdays, 7.30 p.m. 

 Conchological Society, London Branch, St. Peter's 

 Rectory, Walworth. Irregular meetings. Rev. J. W. 

 Horsley, President, will answer enquiries. 

 Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club, 



Public Hall. Third Tuesdays, October to May, 8 pm. 

 Dulwich Scientific and Literary Association. Fort- 

 nightly lectures Lordship Lane Hall, second and fourth 

 Mondays, 8.15 p.m., from October, for winter season. 

 Ealing Natural Science and Microscopical Society, 

 Victoria Hall, Ealing. Second and last Saturdays, 

 October to May, 8 p.m. 

 Entomological Society, ii, Chandos Street, Cavendish 

 Square. First Wednesday, October to June (except 

 January). Third Wednesday, January, February, March 

 and November, 8 p.m. 

 Geologists' Association, University College, Gower 



Street. First Friday, 8 p.m., November to July. 

 Geological Society of London, Burlington House, 

 Piccadilly. First and third Wednesdays, 8 p.m., 

 November to June. 

 Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society, St. Mary 

 Newington Schools, Newington Butts, S.E. First Mon- 

 days all the year and third Mondays in winter, 8 p.m. 

 Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly. 

 First and third Thursdays at 8 p.m., November to June. 

 London Amateur Scientific Society, Memorial Hall, 

 Farringdon Street, E.C, Fourth Friday in each month, 

 October to May, 7 p.m. 

 Lubbock Field Club. Working Men's College, Great 

 Ormond Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. Excursions second 

 Sundays, Meetings following Mondays, 8 pm. 

 Malacological Society of London, meets in Linnean 

 Society's Rooms, Burlington House. Second Friday 

 each month, November to June, 8 p.m. 

 Mineralogical Society. Meets in rooms of Geological 

 Society, February 4th, April 14th, June 23rd, November 

 17th, 8 p.m. 

 Nonpareil Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, 99, Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, N.E. 

 First and third Thursdays, 8 p.m. 

 North Kent Natural History and Scientific Society, 

 St. John's Schools, Wellington Street, Woolwich. 

 Alternate Wednesdays, 7.30 p m. 

 North London Natural History Society, North-East 

 London Institution, Hackney Downs Station. Second 

 and fourth Thursdays, 7.45 p.m. 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, 20, Hanover Square. First 



and third Fridays, 8 p.m. 

 Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's Park. 



Second and fourth Saturdays at 3.45 p.m. 



Royal Horticultural Society, 117, Victoria Street, S.W. 



Second and fourth Tuesdays, except December to 



February ; 2 p.m. on show days, which vary. 



Royal Meteorological Society, 22, Great George Street, 



Westminster. 3rd Wednesday, November to June, 8 p.m. 



Royal Microscopical Society, 20, Hanover Square. 



Third Wednesdays, October to June, 8 p.m. 

 Selborne Society, 20, Hanover Square. No winter 



meetings. 



Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society, Public Hall, 



Sidcup. First and third Tuesdays, October to May, 8 p.m. 



South London Entomological and Natural History 



Society, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, S.E. 



Second and fourth Thursdays, 8 p.m. 



Sutton Scientific and Literary Society, Public Hall 



Chambers. Second and forth Tuesdays, 8 p.m. 

 West Kent Natural History, Microscopical and 

 Photographic Society. Meets in School for Sons of 

 Missionaries, Blackheath, third Wednesday, in Decem- 

 ber, fourth Wednesdays in October, November, January, 

 February, March, April, May, 8 p.m. 

 Zoological Society of London, 3, Hanover Square. First 

 u.nd third Tuesdays, 3 p.m , November 10 August. 



