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Belfast. In his exhibit of living Land and Freshwater Snails, Mr. 

 R. J. Welch included living freshwater Mollusca from the Lagan ; 

 and from Coe Fen, Cambridge, fine specimens of the Trumpet Shell, 

 Planorbis corneas, and other species. With these were examples 

 of the shells of each species cleaned and mounted. Mr. A. W. 

 Stelfox exhibited some living examples of Irish Slugs, amongst 

 which special mention must be made of Limax cinereo-niger from 

 Drumbo Glen, which constitutes a new record for County Down. 

 He showed also living Snails from Algeciras, Spain, and living 

 Millepedes from Burmah. An exhibit which was the centre 

 of attraction throughout the evening was that of Mr. R. H. 

 Whitehouse, of Pond-dwellers in aquaria, and some specimens of 

 Sa/amandra maculosa and Laccrta viridis lent by the kindness of 

 Professor Gregg Wilson, aroused much interest. Some fine 

 caterpillars of Bombyx cecropia were exhibited by Mr. John 

 Hamilton. 



In the Botanical Section several exhibits were worthy of 

 special notice. A fine selection of mounted specimens was shown 

 by Mr. N. Carrothers, amongst which Lathyrus palustris from 

 Ellis's Cut, Co. Down, must be mentioned. Mr. S. A. Bennett 

 exhibited a surprising number of species of plants collected by 

 pupils of Campbell College in the grounds. Rev. C. H. Waddell 

 showed plants which are rare in Co. Down, Orchis pyramidalis 

 found at Greyabbey being specially noteworthy. Mr. H. L. Orr 

 showed cases illustrating the fruiting of various trees found in the 

 neighbourhood, and Mr. W. H. Phillips showed British Ferns 

 printed from life, while Mr. W. J. C. Tomlinson exhibited some 

 Dorset plants collected during the past Summer in the vicinity of 

 Weymouth. An exhibit of living plants was shown by Mr. A. W. 

 Stelfox, which included Saxifraga oppositifolia, Sikne acautis, 

 Arenaria verna, Dryas octopctala, and Orobanche rubra, collected 

 recently at Benevenagh, Co. Derry. These were accompanied by 

 maps giving their Britannic distribution, and by photographs 

 showing their habitats. Some photos, illustrative of the habitats 



