82 Exhibits in Natural History, &-'c. [Sess. 



It may interest the members of the Society to learn that 

 the spider is still living, and that it again cast its skin on 

 May 22, 1908. At the same time it reproduced the limb it 

 lost at the previous moulting. The new limb is a little 

 smaller than the corresponding one on the other side. 



EXHIBITS IN NATURAL HISTORY, ETC. 



At the evening meetings during this session the following 

 objects were shown : — 



- Cones of Cedars, from Lebanon, sent by Mrs Theophilus 

 Smith, Jaffa— (Mr W. C. Crawford, F.K.S.E.). 



Hydnum auriscalpium, on Fir cone — (Mr D. A. Boyd). 



Butterflies and Beetles from Sumatra — (Mr James L. 

 Gray). 



Black and Yellow Oriole {Icterus Baltimore) — (Mr G. M. 

 Broth erston). 



Tympanic or Ear Bone of Whale — (The Secretary). 



Specimens of Coral from lona — (The Secretary). 



Specimens of a fossil shrimp-like Crustacean found in the 

 Carboniferous shales on shore near Gullane — (Mr T. C. Day). 



Three slides illustrating a peculiar glacial deposit now to be 

 seen near Comiston House — (Mr T. C. Day). 



Curious piece of Eock found in digging the foundations of 

 the new building at the corner of George Street and Hanover 

 Street ; also fossils from the Portland Quarries, whence came 

 the stone for said building — (Mr Arch. Hewat, P.F.A., F.I.A.). 



A small Electric Lamp for illuminating objects under the 

 microscope — (Mr W. C. Crawford, F.E.S.E.). 



Feather-work pictures on glass by the natives of Bogota, 

 South America — (Mrs Burnet). 



Two specimens of ordinary Stereoscopic Photography, — {a) 

 two Blue Tits, (&) one White Blackbird ; and two specimens 

 of Stereoscopic Colour Photography on the new Lumiere 

 autochrome plates, — (a) Anemones, (h) Lilies — (Miss Young). 



