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mainly made up. William Gray, M.R.I.A., exhibited a very 

 extensive series of flint implements, &c, illustrative of his paper 

 on " Worked Flints, Ancient and Modern," and including some 

 of the most ancient forms, such as are found in the river gravels 

 of England and the Continent, and known as of the palaeolithic 

 period. Of the forms so abundant in the North of Ireland 

 there were a great variety of all ages, which were compared 

 with forms from America and various Continental stations. 

 The modern gun flint manufacture was fully illustrated, and the 

 use at present made of the County Antrim flints was explained. 

 In the entomological section there were shown Lepidoptera 

 (butterflies and moths) collected in the Belfast district in 1893, 

 with preserved larvae of some of the species ; also a small, but 

 interesting, collection of Micro-lepidoptera and appliances for 

 collecting and preserving these insects, by C. W. Watts, F.LC. 

 In Coleoptera there was exhibited the collection for prize 16. 

 About fifty photographs illustrating the primitive habits and 

 customs of the people of the North and West of Ireland were 

 shown by Robert J. Welch ; and Professor Haddon showed 

 some sketches of the tatooing on the people of Torres Straits. 

 Some fishes, beetles, and Crustacea were shown by John 

 Hamilton. In botany the collection of flowering plants for 

 which prize 2 was awarded was shown by Miss Jeannie Rea ; 

 and a collection of choice British and exotic ferns were illustrated 

 by dried specimens, fresh-cut fronds, and growing plants, shown 

 by W. H. Phillips, F.R.H.S., member, and Charles M'Kimm, 

 curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens. In the microscopical 

 section a number of gentlemen attended with their microscopes, 

 and illustrated various branches of science. Amongst the 

 exhibits were living organisms, foraminifera, insects, animal and 

 vegetable structure, and rock sections, with polariscope. Among 

 the exhibitors were William Gray, M.R.I.A. ; W. S. M'Kee, 

 Joseph Wright, F.G.S. ; H. M'Cleery, William Swanston, 

 F.G.S. ; William Hanna, M.A. ; and J. O. Campbell, B.E., 

 B.A. The collections of micro-slides, for which prizes 20 and 

 21 were awarded, were shown by Miss C. Patterson, member, 



