REPORTS O]'^ MISETINGS. 



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ENGINEERING SECTION. 



~p\DRING tho Sossinn 1887-8 oifflit, mnotiTifrH woro liold. 

 -L^ The following papers were road : " Tho Arch " (tAvn), 

 Mr. Charles Richardson, O.E. (President); "Tho Sotting of 

 Stoam Boilers," Mr. C. J. Spencer ; " Continuous Brakes," 

 Mr. A. W. Metcalfe ; " Tunnelling through various Strata," 

 Mr. Jool Loan ; " Transmission of Power by Sphere 

 and Roller Mechanism," Mr. E. Shaw ; " Some Indicator 

 Diagrams taken from a Condensing Engine," Mr. II. H. R. 

 Pope ; " Future Engineering," by Mr. H. H. Simpson. 



Tho members of the Society generally were invited by the 

 President, Vice-President, and Committee of tho Section to 

 attend the meetings at which the papers on " The Arch " 

 woro road. 



NICHOLAS WATTS, Hon. See. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



TA TIRING tho summer mouths only one excursion was 

 -L^ taken by the Section, to Dursley, on July 5th. A 

 largo number of species were taken by the diiforont members, 

 among them being Arge Galathea, M. Aglaia, L. Alsus, II. 

 Linea, G. Obscurata, M. Euphorbiata, E, Trilinearia, D. 

 carpophaga, botyshyalinalis, ])auda]is, lancoalis, and cinc- 

 talis, and among the plume moth.s Ostoodactylus, Phaso- 

 dactylus, Galactodactylus, and many others, tho excursion 

 being ono of tlie most successful over taken by tho Section. 



At the indoor meetings of tho Section a very largo number 

 of interesting species, both British and exotic, have been 

 exhibited, tho most singular being a hermaphrodite specimen 



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