266 Royal Irish Academy. 



Monday Evening, January 28, 1884. 

 Sib Saitoei Ferguson, ll.d., q.c, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Stephen Tucker, Somerset Serald, signed the Roll, and was 

 admitted a Member of the Academy. 



Professor J. P. O'Reilly, c.e., read a Paper " On the Main Lines 

 of Jointing observable about Dublin." 



The Secretary read, for Mr. J. E. Gore, e.r.a.s., a Paper " On the 

 Variable Stars, with Notes and Observations." 



Mr. "W. F. de V. Kane, m.a., read a " Eeport on the Lepidoptera 

 of the South and South-west Coasts of Ireland." 



Donations were announced, and the thanks of the Academy were 

 voted to the Donors. 



Part 5 of the "Proceedings," Yol. ii., Ser. ii., Polite Literature 

 and Antiquities, January 1884, was laid on the table. 



Monday Evening, February 11, 1884. 

 Sir Samuel Ferguson, ll.d., q.c. President, in the Chair, 



Mr. Eichard Manliffe Barrington, m.a., ll.b. ; Yery Rev. William 

 Delany, s.j. ; Mr William Booth Pearsall, f.r.c.s.i., and Mr. Greorge 

 ISToble Plunketfc were elected Members of the Academy. 



The Rev. M. H. Close, m.a., read a Paper " On a Yisual Illusion 

 affecting certain Astronomical Phenomena." 



The Rev. Dr. Haughton, e.r.s., read "Some Critical and Literary 

 Remarks on Euclid's Doctrine of Parallel Lines." 



Donations to the Museum and Library were announced, and thanks 

 were voted to the respective Donors. 



The following Recommendation of Council was adopted : — 



That a sum of £15 be granted to Messrs. R. M. Barrington and 

 R. P. Yowell, to complete the Botanical Survey of the Ben Bulben 

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