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most accomplished and devoted naturalists in the Club. Mr. 

 Johnson was accompanied by his wife, who' now joined the 

 party for the afternoon. On reaching the town and entering 

 the upper Demesne, the separated contingents met in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Castle, and proceeded to enjoy themselves until 

 tea-time. Tea was provided at the Manchester Hall at 6-30, 

 after which the usual business meeting was held, the President 

 (Mr. W. H. Phillips) occupying the chair. A cordial vote of 

 thanks was passed to the Duke of Manchester and his agent, 

 Mr. W. H. Atkinson, and also to the Rev. Wm. M'Endoo', to 

 which the latter suitably replied. Four new members were then 

 formally elected — James Cowie, James Baxter, Hugo Nesbitt, 

 and Miss Hastings — and as it was now getting on for half-past 

 seven o^'clock, the party made for the station, and reached 

 Belfast at 9-15. 



The Lower Demesne at Tandragee has already been noted 

 for some good species of beetles, notably Bembidium tibiale, 

 recorded by Rev. W. F. Johnson ; also B. littorale and B. 

 mannerheimi. One water beetle was taken — Haliplus ruficollis 

 — and several specimens of the handsome beetle, Gasiroidea 

 viridula. Among the captures were Byturus tomentosus, Exomias 

 brunnipes, Coeliodes quadrimaculatus , Fhyllobius calcaratits, P. 

 argentatus, Liophlceus nubilus, Athous hcemorrhoidalis, and 

 Tachyporus obiusus, var. nitidicollis, and Omalium rivulare. 

 The Mollusca were plentiful, in all some twenty species (five of 

 which were slugs) were obtained, the rarest being Helix lamel- 

 lata, H. fusca, and Vertigo edentula. The pretty hedgehog 

 slug, Anon minimus, and the tree slug, Limax marginatus, were 

 also taken. Thirty-five species of birds were observed, the 

 Kingfisher and Dipper being the most interesting, both of which 

 are said to- be fairly common in the district. 



The Botanists noted a large number of very interesting 

 plants, such as Sanicula europaa, Asperula odorata, GEnanihe 

 crocata, which were common; the less common species being. 

 Ranunculus bulbosus, Chelidonium majus, Lychnis diurna, 

 Sisymbrium Alliaria, Galium Mollugo, Veronica montana, 



