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sense of the loss . which Science has sustained by his removal in the 

 midst of his labours and activity. 



" The Papers read daring the Session have been nineteen in number 

 — fourteen zoological, three botanical, and one palaeontological, in two 

 parts. The zoological were — ' Notes on Colias edusa,' by Dr. E. Per- 

 ceval Wright, P. L. S. ; ' Notes on Irish Lepidoptera,' by William An- 

 drews ; ' Occasional Notes on the Occurrence of Rare Birds on the 

 Shores of the River Moy and Killala Bay,' No. IV., by R. Warren, 

 Jun. ; ' Natural History Notes,' by G. H. Kinahan ; ' On the Possibi- 

 lity of Naturalizing the Ringed Snake (Tropidonotus natrix) in Ire- 

 land,' by Dr. E. H. Bennett ; ' On the Occurrence of Oxyuris ambigua 

 in the Alimentary Canal of the Porcupine (IFystrix cristata),' by Dr. 

 John Barker; 'On some Bones of the Dodo,' by Dr. E. Perceval 

 Wright ; ' On some Remarkable Muscles in Monkeys,' by Dr. Alexander 

 Macalister ; ' On Trawling,' by W. Andrews ; ' On Scotopelia Peli,' by 

 Dr. E. Perceval Wright ; ' On a Case of Injury of the Brain, and conse- 

 quent Paralysis in a Monkey,' by the Rev. Samuel Haughton, M. D., 

 E. R. S. ; ' Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland,' by Edwin 

 Birchall : ' Notes on Salmon-hatching,' by G. H. Kinahan; 'On the 

 Subdivisions of the Teredidse,' by Dr. E. Perceval Wright. The bota- 

 nical were — ' Description of a New Species of Bulbochsete, Ag.,' by 

 William Archer; 'On the Occurrence of Jlymenophyllum, Wilsoni 'in 

 the Neighbourhood of Boyle,' by E. J. Eoot; 'Addenda to the Musci 

 andHepaticse of "Elora Hibernica," with additional Habitats for a few of 

 the rarer Species,' by Dr. D. Moore, E. L. S., President. The palaeontolo- 

 gical Paper was the following : — ' On Eossil Plants from the South of 

 Ireland— Parts I. and II.,' by W. H. Baily, F. G. and L. SS. 



" The foregoing will appear in the forthcoming Part of the Society's 

 publication, with two or three plates. The demands for the back num- 

 bers of our Proceedings on the part of foreign Societies to complete sets 

 have become numerous ; but these are nearly all, unfortunately, out of 

 print. Your Secretaries will, of course, duly see that a sufficient num- 

 ber of copies are printed in future to supply all demands, and to pre- 

 vent the likelihood of the Parts getting, as heretofore, completely out 

 of print. 



" The exchange of Publications with English and foreign kindred 

 Societies has been duly maintained, and proposals for the opening up of 

 mutual relations in this regard have come from some additional Socie- 

 ties. To them, and to all who generously forward to this Society their 

 valuable publications in return for the comparatively very little in the 

 form of a quid pro quo which we have to offer, your Council would beg 

 to present best and sincere thanks. Nevertheless, we of this Society 

 are not, your Council trusts, too humble, each in his way, to value these 

 gifts, nor too ungrateful to accept them thankfully. Would that some 

 British Societies were not so chary of their illustrated publications; 

 would that they would act on the foreign principle, that these are pub- 

 lished, at large expense, it is true, but still, it is to be presumed, for 

 ±h.e purpose that the original matter therein should be as widely as pos- 

 sible diffused. A complete list of the Publications received up to No- 



