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Heron. Dr. Charlesworth was elected the delegate of the Club 

 to the Committee of Corresponding Societies of the British 

 Association, at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The following were elected 

 to Membership — Ordinary Members :— Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. 

 Alex. Robb, Miss Johnston, Miss E. C. Davis, Miss E. J. 

 Rutledge, B.Sc , Miss M. W. Duffin, B.Sc, Messrs. Herbert 

 Edwards and S. C. Black — Associate Members : — Miss E. A. 

 Silcock, Messrs. Richard Lee and R. A. Dunsire. Three 

 Junior Members were also elected. Good collections were 

 obtained in some of the Invertebrate groups of animals. 

 Numerous species of Mollusks were observed, but all of 

 them had been previously recorded from the district. Seven 

 species of Woodlice were noted, and these included three of the 

 rarer species — viz., Haplophthalmus mengii, Trichonisais roseus, and 

 Porcellio pictus. Among the Centipedes Geophilus sp. was very 

 abundant, whilst lulus niger proved to be the commonest Millipede. 

 One species of Mycetozoa was obtained — viz., Lycogola epidendrum. 

 Among the Plants the following were noted : — Draba verna, 

 D. muralis, Origanum vu/gare, Ranunculus trichophyllus, Ophio- 

 glossum vulgatum, Botrychium Lunaria, Ceterach officinarum, and a 

 variety of Saxifraga granulata. In the course of the afternoon the 

 Templepatrick Arms and the Presbyterian (Non-Subscribing) 

 Church were examined. The party returned by the 6-33 train, 

 arriving in Belfast at 7-15. 



TORRENT RIVER VALLEY, COALISLAND. 



The second excursion of the fifty-fourth Summer session took 

 place on 3rd June, when a party of thirty-seven members and 

 friends, under the conductorship of Mr. Nevin H. Foster, F.L.S., 

 M.R.I.A., left Belfast in reserved carriages by the 8 a.m. train, 

 and arrived in Coalisland at 9-46. The stated object for the day's 

 visit was the exploration of the Torrent River Valley, and the 

 party immediately started on their outward walk through the 

 townlands of Gortniskea and Drumreagh. Proceeding along the 



