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[Proc. B.N.F.C., 



Winter Session. 



Note. — The authors of the various Papers of which abstracts are given, 

 are alone responsible for the views expressed in them. 



CONVERSAZIONE. 



The Winter session opened with a Conversazione, held in 

 the Carlton Hall on 29th October, at which 129 members and 

 friends were present. Tea was served from 7 till 8 o'clock. The 

 following exhibits were contributed by members : — Geology— 

 Mr. William Gray, Large Ammonite showing suture lines ; Mr. R. 

 May, Bed of Ammonites from the Lias ; Mr. R. Bell, Local and 

 Continental Fossils ; Mr. James Orr, Fossil fish from Italy, 

 Lepidondra from Co. Roscommon, Scotch pebble from Ayrshire ; 

 Mr. Joseph Wright, Recent Foraminifera and Sponge spicules 

 from the Carboniferous rocks (microscopic display). Botany : — 

 Rev. C. H. Waddell, Mosses; Mr. S. A. Bennett, English plants 

 rare in or absent from Ireland; Miss S. Blackwood, Plants collected 

 in the English Lake District; Mr. A. W. Stelfox, Sibthorpia 

 europaa (living plant) from its only Irish station ; Miss M. W. 

 Rea, Mounted Seaweeds ; Mr. S. Wear, Enlarged photos, of 

 Natural History subjects, including many rare plants photographed 

 in situ; Mr. N. Carrothers, Plants collected during Summer 

 excursions, including Spiranthes Romanzoffiana and Teesdalia 

 nudicaulis from Washing Bay, Co. Tyrone. Zoology : — Mr. Wm. 

 Gray, Chameleon ; Mr. John Hamilton, Case of Lantern-flies ; 

 Mr. R. J. Welch, Mollusks ; Mr. N. H. Foster, Woodlice, False 

 Scorpions, Centipedes, and Millepedes, collected during Lough Gill 

 excursion, July, 19 14; Australian Centipede. Archaeology: — 

 For list of exhibits see Report of Archaeological Section ante. 



