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conipacta, Diplophyllum obtusifolium, Blasia pusilla, Lophozia 

 attenuata, Marsupella funckii, Marsupella badensis, and the rare 

 Moss, Webera sessilis. 



By six o'clock all had gathered at the Shelbourne, where an 

 excellent tea was served, after which a short business meeting was 

 held. The President, from the chair, proposed that the best 

 thanks of the party be conveyed to Mr. Smith and the members 

 of his family for their very kind attention and hospitality during 

 the day. Mr. J. Glover having seconded the motion, it was 

 heartily adopted. After the election of Miss Alice Churchill to 

 membership, the party strolled round the town ere entraining for 

 Belfast, which was reached at nine o'clock. 



LAGAN CANAL. 



The second excursion of the season took place on 14th June, 

 when thirty-three members worked the Lagan Canal from Hills- 

 borough to Lisburn. Mr. R. H. Whitehouse and Mr. Joseph 

 Maxwell guided the party. The day was devoted to " Pond Life," 

 and the collections made were examined in the evening in the 

 Biological Laboratory of the University. The conductors explained 

 to those present how and where to collect the various kinds of 

 minute fresh-water animals. In about two and a half hours the 

 party arrived at Lisburn, and had tea at the Temperance Institute, 

 Railway Street. Here a short business meeting was held, with 

 Mr. N. PI. Foster, M.R.I. A., in the chair, and the following new 

 members were elected : — Miss M'Dowell, Miss Clara Naylor, and 

 Mr. W. E. J. Savage. On the arrival at Belfast of the 6-35 p.m. 

 train from Lisburn most of the members went to the University 

 and enjoyed a very pleasant and instructive two hours in the lab- 

 oratory. Mr. Whitehouse gave a short resume of the classification 

 of animals, covering all the species likely to have been taken. 

 After that he showed how to examine them under the microscope, 

 and employed the new projection apparatus to demonstrate a 

 portion of his subject. The following list includes most of the 



