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NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



Ordinary meetings are marked +, excursions * ; names o] 

 persons following excursions are oj Conductors. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History 



Society. 

 Feb. 7. — 1 Paper on "The Mollusca." F. B. Jennings. 

 „ 21. — ] Notes on " Spilosoma lubricipeda." A. W. Mera. 

 H. A . Sauze, Hon. Sec. 



North London Natural History Society. 

 Feb. 2. — +" Notes on the Nesting Habits of Birds." O. G. 

 Pike. 



,, 16.— t" Some Notes on the Relation of Insects to Man, 

 and their Influence on Plants." A. Bacot. 



„ 25. — - : 'Visit to the Natural History Museum, South 

 Kensington. Botanical and Geological Sections. 

 J. W. Gregory, D.Sc. 

 Mar. 2. — t" Extracts from Letters from the Transvaal." 

 Miss A. H. Bacot. 



,, 16. — i Short Papers on work in 1898. 



,, 25. — *Visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens. J. S. 

 Comrie. 



,, 30. — fDebate : " Which Science is the better adapted 

 for the elucidation of Biological Problems — 

 Botany or Entomology ? " Opened in favour of 

 Botany bv M. Culpin ; of Entomology by L. B. 

 Prout.F.E.S. 

 April 20. — -f'My trip to the Cariboos" (with lantern illustra- 

 tions). W. S. Sebright Green, F.R.C.I. 

 May 4. — t" Comets and Meteors." C. Nicholson, F.E.S. 



,, 18. — +" Notes on a Tour in the Swiss Alps." C. B. 

 Smith. 



,, 19 to 22. — *Excursion to the New Forest. C. Nichol- 

 son, F.E.S. 



,, 22. — 'Alternative whole-day Excursion to Cuxton. L. 

 B. Prout, F.E.S. 



,, 27. — *Half-day in Epping Forest. The President. 



Clapham Junction Y.M.C.A. Natural Science Circle. 

 Feb. 8. — ^Geological Lecture. Prof. J. Logan Lobley, F.G.S. 

 ,, 22. — t" Interesting Features of Plant Life." Lime-light 

 views. W. H. Griffin. 

 Mar. 8. — -(-Lecture on " Chemistry," with experiments. \V. 

 G. Whiffen. F.I.C., F.S.C.I. 

 ,, 22.— +" South Africa." Lime-light views. Duncan 

 Milligan, F.R.A.S. 

 .April 5. — J" The position of Insects in regard to Man and 

 their influences on Plants." A. Bacot. 

 Hon. Sec, F. W . Cannon, 1, Glycena Road, S.W. 



Selborne Society— Croydon and Norwood Branch. 

 Mar. 23. — t" Birds and Bird Protection." E. A. Martin, 



F.G.S. Croydon Liberal Association Rooms, 



8.30 p.m. 



Streatham Geological and Natural History Society. 

 Feb. 4. — t" The Inhabitants of a Pond." H. K. Hunter. 

 ,, 18. — t" On ths Excursion to Heme Bay." J. P. 

 Johnson. 

 Mar. 4. — {Short Papers on Summer Excursions. 

 Hon. Sec, L. W.J. Costello, 



Callington, Stanhope Road, Streatham, S.W. 



Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club. 

 Feb. 8. — t" Wireless Telegraphy," with Experiments. T. 

 W. Ireland, M.A. 

 ,, 22. — f'The Mosses of the East Riding." Lantern 

 views. J.J.Marshall. 

 Mar. 8. — +" Shooting Stars." J. A. Ridgway. 

 ,, 22. — t" Electrical Measurements," with Experiments. 



J. T. Riley, D.Sc, A.R.C.Sc.I. 

 The Meetings are held at 72, Prospect Street, Hull, at 8 p.m. 

 T. Sheppard, Hon. Sec. 



Tunbridge Wells Natural History and Philosophical 



Society. 

 Feb. 3.— f'The Fallaciousness of the Senses." Miss Cooke. 

 ,, 17.— -[-Specimen and Microscopical Meeting. "Some 

 Movements of Plants " ; R. R. Hutchinson. 

 Mar. 8.— f" Wonders and Romance of Insect Life." Lan- 

 tern. F. Enoch, F.L.S., F.E.S., F.R.H.S. 3p.n1; 

 ,, 24. — f'The Chaldean Genesis." H. S. Roberton, 

 B.A., B.Sc. 

 April 7.— r" British Vegetable Gall Formations." E. T. 

 Connold. 

 ,, 21. — {Specimen and Microscopical Meeting. "Insects' 



Metamorphoses," H. de C. Child. 

 Hon. Assist. Sec.,R. R. Hutchinson, Belmont, Princes Street. 



'Preston Scientific Society. 

 Feb. 8. — t" Animals in Art." Fredk. Garnett. 

 ,, 22.— j" The Land and the Labours cf a Singular 

 Savant." A. Hewitson. 



F-jb. 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 20, 2i, 23, 24, 27.— ■) Sectional 

 Meetings and Instruction Address in Micro- 

 scopic Mountings, Geology, Botany, Astronomy, 

 Photography and Natural History. 

 Lecture Hall, 119, Fishergate. 



W. H. Heathcote, F.L.S., Sec. 



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