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Gumming, Jedburgh, brought a fine example of Sirex gigas, 

 caught in the gas-works at Jedburgh, by Mr James Watson. 

 Mr George Bolam said that he had obtained this large saw fly at 

 Berwick. I have since received a third example taken in a house 

 at Coekburnspath, where the cat was playing with it. Notice of 

 another rare insect, — Sphinx Convolvuli — was brought before the 

 meeting by Mr Adam Elliot, Samieston, who had received it from 

 Mr Andrew Scott, Glendouglas, who had captured it there on the 

 20th July. A similar insect, Mr Thomson mentioned, had been 

 found at Hawick, and on the 8th Sept., I received a note from 

 Mr James Simpson, Edinburgh, now of the Anatomical Museum, 

 stating that a fine specimen had been secured three weeks previ- 

 ously at North Berwick. At the Berwick meeting, Miss Dickin- 

 son had one also from Norham ; and Mr Eenton got one at 

 Earlstoun which was resting on a stone wall. Of one of the 

 other moths, Acherontia Atropos, a very fine example was sent me 

 to examine from Haddington. Mr Thomson shewed a section of 

 an old lead pipe connected with the sewage of the Abbey, found 

 in the foundations of the ruin ; it had been welded by a hammer ; 

 he also exhibited an iron ball found near Eoxburgh Castle. A 

 large round pebble of agate, evidently from an amygdaloidal 

 rock, was sent to Mr Boyd from Akeld. The donor thought he 

 had lighted on a "petrified toad." Mr Eenton had a curious 

 horn-spoon, dug out 8 feet deep in Fans moss. It appeared to 

 have been made with a knife. On my way to the meeting I 

 gathered quantities of Euphorbia exigua in a gravelly stubble field 

 at Highridge Hall. A visit was paid by some members at the 

 close to Mr Broth erston's shop, to see the cranium of Lelphinus 

 Tursio, from a specimen captured ofi' Berwick. 



At this meeting the following were proposed as members : — 

 Mr George Bird, 12, Warrender Park, Edinburgh ; Eev. A. B. 

 Coulson, Carham ; Mr John Dobie, M.A., Ladykirk; Mr James 

 Gumming, banker, Jedburgh ; and Mr T. D. Grichton Smith, 

 solicitor, Kelso. 



Innerleithen Meeting. 



The fifth meeting was held at Innerleithen, on Wednesday, Sep- 

 tember 28th. Forty-five attended including visitors. Among 

 those present were — Eev. Thomas Brown, F.E.S.E,, Edinburgh, 

 President ; Dr. Douglas and Mr Hardy, Secretaries ; Hon. H. 

 C. Maxwell Stuart of Traquair; Sir Henry Ingilby, Bart., of 



