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bones belonging to the Irish elk which were on exhibition. 

 They were found in the excavations for the wall of the new 

 branch floating dock opening off Spencer Basin, Belfast, in a 

 bed of gravel and sand immediately underlying a stratum of 

 peat, at a depth of some thirty- six feet below high water 

 mark. The spot was close to where the skull was found which 

 he had recently had the pleasure of exhibiting to the Club, but 

 these bones all belonged to an older horizon, being just below 

 the peat in which the skull was embedded, and being ap- 

 parently washed fragments. A right and left cannon-bone 

 were shown, which evidently belonged to two different animals ; 

 also a number of fragments of antlers. It was very satisfactory 

 that the efforts of the Harbour Commissioners' and contractors' 

 employes had led to the preservation of these interesting 

 remains. 



Mr. John Hamilton exhibited cocoons of the fox moth 

 (Bombyx nibi), of which he had received larvae from Scotland 

 last autumn. He also exhibited some beetles and locusts, 

 showing the under-wing. 



Suggestions were then received as to localities to be visited 

 during the summer session, and the election of five new mem- 

 bers, and an examination of the prize collections, brought the 

 proceedings to a close. 



