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



which were feeding on ragwort (Senecio jacobsea), and numerous 

 butterflies and moths were brought away for examination. A 

 wasp's nest in perfect condition was entrusted to the conductor 

 by Canon Pounden for the museum of the Belfast Corporation 

 in Royal Avenue. The Vice-President's prize for the best col- 

 lection of wild flowering plants was won by Miss Courvoisier, 

 who gathered eighty species. 



EXCURSION TO KNOCKAGH. 



The seventh excursion of the summer session should have 

 taken place on Saturday, August 26th, when Knockagh was to 

 have been nsited by the Club for the study of the botany and 

 geology of the neighbourhood. Owing to the unfavourable 

 weather only one member met the secretaries at the railway 

 station, and under the circumstances the. excursion was post- 

 poned indefinitely. 



EXCURSION TO CHURCH HILL. COUNTY ARMAGH. 



The eighth excursion of the summer session of above Club 

 took place on Saturday, September 9th, the place selected for 

 visitation being Church Hill, Co. Armagh. Despite the unpromis- 

 ing appearance of the morning, eighteen members and friends 

 took their places in the compartments reserved for them in the 

 9-50 train (G.N. Railway) from Belfast, and on arrival at 

 Portadown were pleased to find that they had passed out of the 

 rain zone and that they could commence the drive of about eight 

 miles to their destination in brilliant sunlight. Several mem- 

 bers and friends were awaiting their arrival at Portadown, and, 

 brakes being in readiness, all were soon comfortably seated and 

 the word given to drive on. 



The first stopping-place was at the works of the Irish Peat 

 Development Company, Limited, near Maghery, where they 

 were received by the Managing Director, Mr. Herbert Garnett, 



