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transmitted by the mosquito. Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., the 

 well known authority on Foraminifera, had a most interesting 

 exhibit of Pleistocene Foraminifera from the island of Crete. Mr. 

 J. Cottney showed, in a carefully thought-out exhibit, examples of 

 Birds of equal size, showing variation in the size of their eggs, 

 and Mr. Charles Cunningham, L. D.S., D. D.S., displayed coloured 

 plates of Hawaiian fishes. Of special interest to students of the 

 geographical distribution of species were the carefully prepared 

 Maps to illustrate the recorded distribution of Woodlice in Ireland 

 by the President, Mr. Nevin H. Foster, M.B.O.U., and the Maps 

 showing the distribution of Irish Wasps and Bees by Mr. H. 

 Lamont Orr, who also showed nests of Wasps and Bees. Mr. W. 

 H. Gallway exhibited living Sea-Anemones from Belfast Lough, 

 and Mr. W. A. Green showed a collection of very neatly mounted 

 Marine Animals. Mr. Robert Patterson, F.L.S., M.R.I. A., had a 

 realistically mounted case of newly-hatched Coots, illustrative of 

 precocious young, an albino Rook and a Parrot's nest. Among the 

 exhibits of Mollusca Mr. A. W. Stelfox, A. R.I. B. A., tabled 

 living specimens of Helix nemoralis, var. roseosonata from County 

 Fermanagh and Helix hortensis from County Derry ; also Britannic 

 species of the family Zonitidce, with some of their European allies, 

 with a special exhibit of Vitrea ce/iaria, including the two new 

 species, V. hibernica and V. scharffii, lately described by A. S. 

 Kennard, F.G.S. Mr. R. Welch, M.R.I. A., showed Land-shells 

 from Bundoran and several species of the Suainea group; and 

 Mr. J. N. Milne's exhibit of Irish non-marine Mollusca included 

 a magnificent set of Ancylus fluviatilis, var. a/bida, from County 

 Down. 



In the Botanical Section the following were among the more 

 important exhibits : — Mr. N. Carrothers, Plants from Yorkshire 

 and some specimens of Ferns from New Zealand ; Mr. W. H. 

 Robinson, Plants from French Guiana ; Rev. Canon Lett, 

 M.R.I. A., freshly-gathered and mounted specimens of Mosses and 

 an album containing a complete set of Britannic Mosses; Mr. 



