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separated, one section remaining in the woods along the edge 

 of the escarpment, while the other, which included the geologists, 

 climbed up till they reached the summit of the cliff. On the way 

 down through one of the gaps, left by the slipped basalt, the 

 conductor pointed out wonderful series of isolated stacks and 

 pinnacles. Just below this point fine examples of basalt full of 

 zeolites, and an isolated rock showing a very definite " flow 

 structure," were noted. The united parties drove back to 

 Parkmore, where tea was provided. After tea a short business 

 meeting was held, Mr. R. J. Welch, M.R.I. A., being in the chair. 

 A new member, Mr. W. W. Denholm, was elected, and the party 

 proceeded to Belfast by the 6-5 p.m. train. 



On this excursion the following Myxomycetes were collected 

 in the old woods : — Trichia affinis, T. decipiens, Stemonites 

 ferruginea (first Ulster record for this species), and S. fusca. The 

 identification of the specimens has been verified by Miss G. Lister. 



KILLOUGH. 



Twenty-nine members and friends attended the sixth Summer 

 excursion on 9th August to the Killough district. The programme 

 upon arrival at Killough Station was to follow the coast eastward 

 to Coney Island, examining on the way the " raised beach " upon 

 which the railway has been constructed, near the outlet of the 

 Strand Lough. The latter sheet of water is shallow and brackish, 

 and in it dwells a very local brackish-water Mollusk, Paludestrina 

 ventrosa. Upon the margin of the lake may be seen in many 

 places a dense vegetation, consisting almost exclusively of three 

 plants, Triglochin maritimu?n, and the Rushes, Scirpus lacusiris 

 and S. maritimus. The large drains feeding the Strand Lough 

 contain of course fresh water, and here are to be found many 

 water-plants, such as Alisma Plantago, A. ranunculoides, the Burr- 

 reed Sparganium ramosum, Triglochin palustre, and CEnanthe 

 Lachenalii. Many Fresh-water Shells inhabit these drains also, 

 among which may be mentioned Planorbis carinatus and Sphcerium 



