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to O'Reilly's castle. The Baron's daughter, when she saw the 

 body of her lover lying there cold and stiff, with one look of 

 reproach to her father, dropped dead by his side. They 

 buried them side by side on the sunny slope below Ross 

 Castle, where their graves may still be seen. 



From Ross Castle the party proceeded westward along the 

 edge of the lake, and the reader described many interesting 

 plants that were noticed, including some ferns and fungi. A 

 pleasant row across the calm lakes, amid the gathering mists of 

 evening, brought a most delightful excursion to a close. The 

 paper was illustrated by. a large number of specimens, including 

 flowering plants, ferns, fungi, fossils, shells, and eggs. 



Several members spoke of the great value of the paper, and 

 the interest that the reader had imparted to his notes in almost 

 every department of natural history, and the hope was ex- 

 pressed that a Club's excursion could be organised to the 

 locality, so full of the various objects for the study of which 

 Field Clubs are established. 



The election of a new member and the closer examination 

 of the specimens on the table and displayed on the walls 

 brought the evening's business to a close. 



The fourth meeting of the Session was held in the Museum, 

 College Square, on Tuesday evening, 19th January — the Presi- 

 dent (Rev. Canon Grainger, D.D., M.R.I. A.) in the chair — 

 when two communications were brought forward on 



BEES. 



The Rev John Andrew read a communication on " The 

 British Bees." Mr. Andrew commenced by indicating the place 

 bees held in nature's order, and stating it was one of the sec- 

 tions of the Hymenoptera— namely, the Anthophila, which 

 again is divided into the Andrenidae and Apidse. He then pro- 

 ceeded to speak of their numbers, structure, homes, and habits. 

 Of the Andrenidae there are 117 species, under 8 genera, and of 

 the Apidae 93 species, under 1 8 genera. Having spoken at length 



