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NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



The Geologists' Association of London. 



April 2. — 8 p.m., at University College, Gower Street. 



" Physical History of Romney Marsh " : George 



Dowker, F.G.S. "Collection of Flint Imple- 

 ments from Cookham": Llewellyn Treacher, 



F.G.S. 



Excursions and Conductors. 

 ,, 3. — Chesham and Cowcroft. Meet 1.20 p.m., Baker 



Street Station. Return fare, 2S. jd. ; tea, is. 6d. 



each. Upfield Green, F.G.S. 

 ,, ID.— Aylesbury, Hartwell and Stone. Baker Street 



Station, 1.20 p.m. Return fare, 3s. Sd. ; tea, is. 2d. 



each. A. M. Davies, F.G.S., and Percy Emary, 



F.G.S. 

 ,, 15. — Easter Excursion, from April 15th to 20th, to 



Walmer, St. Margaret's, Dover, Folkestone and 



Romney Marsh. Fare, 8s. id. Hotels' tariff, gs. 



per day. 

 May I. — Cookham. Paddington Station, 1.40 p.m. LI. 



Treacher, F G.S. 

 ,, S. — Whole day. Southborough and Tunbridge Wells 



(Kent). G. Abbott, M.R.C.S. 

 „ 15.— Chislehurst (Kent). W. Whitaker, F.R.S., and T. 



V. Holmes, F.G.S. 

 ,, 22. — -Erith (Kent). Flasman C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S. 

 June 5 to 8. — Whitsuntide. Cheltenham (Gloucestershire). 



E. Wethered. F.G.S., and S. S. Buckman, F.G.S. 

 ,, 19. — Whole day. Leighton (Bedfordshire). A. C. G. 



Cameron. 

 „ 26.— Merstham (Surrey). G. J. Hinde, Ph.D., F.R.S., 



and W. Whitaker, F.R.S. 

 July 10. — Whole day. Peterborough (Northamptonshire). 



A. N. Leeds, F.G.S., and A. S. Woodward, F.G.S. 

 ,, 17. — Bishop's Stortford (Herts.). Rev. Dr. Irving, 



F.G.S. 

 ,, 26 to 31. — Long Excursion. Edinburgh. Prof. James 



Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; J. G. Goodchild, 



F.G.S., and H. W. Monckton, F.G.S. 

 For particulars of these excursions, apply to Horace W. 

 Monckton, Esq., Secretary for Excursions, 10, King's Bench 

 Walk, Temple, E.G. 



City of London Entomological and N.atural Historv 



Society. 

 April 27. — Exhibition. See page 312. 



The South London Entomological and Natural 



History Society. 

 Apr. 8.— "On the Nature of Genera." By J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. 

 22. — " Some British Spider-crabs." By E. Step, F.L.S. 

 Papers have also been promised by F. Merrifield, F.E.S., 

 G. R. Grote and others. — Hy. P. Turner, Hon. Report Sec. 



North London Natural History Society.— The following 



are amongst the fixtures for next session: 

 Apr. 8. — Discussion : " The Filices or Ferns." Opened by 

 R. W. Robbins. 

 ,, 22. — "The British Corvidae " (the Crow family). S. 

 Austin. 

 May 13. — " My trip to Highcliflfe, and what I found in the 

 Barton Beds." J. Burman Rosevear, M.C.S. 

 ,, 15. — Whole-day Excursion to Brentwood. 

 ,, 27. — "Dorsetshire Notes." J. Wheeler, M.C. P. 

 June 4-7. — Excursion to the New Forest. 



,, 10. — Debate: " Is Vivisection Justifiable ? " 

 „ 19. — Half-day Excursion to the Lea Valley. 

 ,, 24.— " Clothes-Moths." J. B. Casserley. 

 There will also be a special-family discussion, entitled 

 " The Liparidas," to be opened by A. Bacot on some date 

 not yet fixed. — Lawrence J . Tremayne, Hon. Secretary. 



Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society. — We have 

 received the following list of fixtures for the forthcoming 

 session : 



April 5.—" Simple Types of Plant Life." E. J. Davies. 



„ 10. — Visit to Zoological Gardens. 



„ 19.— Easter Monday.— Outing to Effingham. 

 May 3.— "Some of our Smaller Song-birds." E. W. 

 Harvey-Piper. 



„ 8. — Outing to Sanderstead (with Selborne Society). 



„ 22. — Visit to Kew Gardens. 

 June 7.— Whit-Monday.— Outing to Cheshunt. 



„ 19.— Outing to Caterham. H. Wilson, Hon. Sec, 



14, Melbourne Square, Brixton Road. 



Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society. 



April 21.—" Stray Notes on the Aphodii and other Allies " 



C. B Headly, F.E.S. 

 May 26.— " Parthenogenesis as it affects Insects" F 



Bouskell, F.E.S. 

 June 5 to 9. — Excursion. 



23.—" Notes on Arancidas (Spiders) of Leicestershire." 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



C. E. L. (St. John's).— Mr. Oliver Janson, of Great Russell 

 Street, W.C, will advise you most satisfactorily upon the 

 best books on Coleoptera, and quote you prices. Either 

 Rye's or Fowler's will suit you better than the first named. 



R. B. (Darlington). — Can any of your readers recommend 

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S. H. S. (London). — The web is made by the gregarious 

 larvae oi Eriogaster lanestris. 



W. H. F. (Acocks Green). — If you refer to any good work 

 on structural botany, we think you will find what you require 

 on growth of trees. .A.lso see Loudon's work on " Trees " ; it 

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Pair Collins' C eye-pieces, stand condenser, good micro- 

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 " Manual of Zoology." What ofters ? Wanted, crustaceans, 

 sponges, star-fish, sea-urchins, foreign shells. — H. W. Parritt, 

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Duplicates. — Several hundred British Coleoptera and 

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Wanted, living examples of Helix lamellata and aculeata, 

 Vitrea draparnaudi, Testacella ; also Vertigo angustior, 

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Offered, rarer and smaller British marine shells, polished 

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 Wanted, specimens of Clifton landscape marble. Exchanges 

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Wanted, jW-inch homogeneous objective in exchange for 

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Offered, vars. of H. hortensis and nemoralis, etc., for 

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