210 [Proc. B.N.F.C, 



Vemeuilina polystropha (Rss.), i specimen, very small. 



Bohvina plicata, d'Orb., 2 specimens. 



Cassidulina crassa, d'Orb., 2 specimens. 



Lagena squamosa (Mont.), 1 specimen, large. 



Discorbina rosacea, d'Orb., 1 specimen. 



Truncatulina lobatula (W. & J.), 5 specimens, very small. 



Nonionina depressula (W. & J.), 9 specimens. 



N. pauperata (Balkwill & Wright), 1 specimen. 



Folystomella striato punctata (F. & M.), 1 specimen. 



The next paper was entitled : — " A Bit of Foreshore," by 

 Miss Sydney M. Thompson, Hon. Sec. of the Geological 

 Section. 



" Every dog has his day," says the old proverb ; and so has 

 every hobby ! About thirty years ago the favourite and 

 fashionable hobby was an aquarium, to which I was a faithful 

 devotee. Consequently, for many years I was as familiar with 

 every yard of the shore opposite Macedon as with the garden. 

 The very remarkable amount of erosion that has taken place 

 within my memory, and the consequent series of rapid changes 

 that have occurred along the stretch of shore surrounding 

 Macedon Point seem well worth recording. Should the next 

 quarter of a century deal as severely with the well-known cross- 

 dykes at the Point as the last quarter has, I fear the next 

 generation will know them only as a memory, rescued from 

 complete oblivion by the maps of the Geological Survey, by 

 Miss M. K. Andrews in last May's Irish Naturalist^ and the 

 various photographs taken by members of our club. 



Some who are present will be interested to know that when I 

 first kept an aquarium my uncle's old friend and fellow-worker, 

 the late George C. Hyndman, was still alive, and kindly lent 

 me many books upon the subject. He even promised in a rash 

 moment of sympathy to take me out dredging with him, and 

 it can be readily imagined with what keen impatience I looked 

 forward to such a delightful prospect, but alas ! it was never 

 realized ! Perhaps it occurred to him that a small enthusiast 

 in petticoats would be an embarrassing addition to a scientific 



