MEETINGS. 9 



Three new members were elected : — Mrs. John Gardner, 

 Mr. H. Cumber, jun., and Mr. A. Burgess ; while the following 

 ladies and gentlemen were proposed for election at the next 

 meeting :— Mrs. E. A. Myers, Mrs. F. Rose, Miss M. Rose, Miss 

 Chotin, Messrs. D. Corbet, F. B. Guerin, and J. J. Carey, 

 F.R.G.S. 



The President expressed his pleasure at seeing so many 

 ladies joining the Society, but he wanted to know " Where 

 are the young men ? " 



Mr. E. D. Marquand, who was to have read the first paper, 

 being unable to attend through a severe cold, Mr. P. Nicolle 

 read his paper on " Our Winter Visitors, the Woodcock, 

 Snipe, and Jack." The author described at some length these 

 birds, their habits, and habitats, and interspersed his remarks 

 with the results of his own, and other local sportsmen's obser- 

 vations on these birds during many years past. An animated 

 conversation followed the reading of the paper, which had 

 been listened to with much pleasure, and a hearty vote of 

 thanks was accorded to Mr. Nicolle for it. 



Mr. Luff read the following note, which will no doubt 

 interest local lepidopterists, and also exhibited specimens of 

 the butterflies referred to in it : — 



In the January number of the Entomologist, Mr. F. W. Hawes 

 announced his discovery of Hisperia Lincola, a species of Skipper 

 Butterfly not hitherto recorded as British. After reading the article 

 I examined the specimens labelled H. Thaumas in my own collection, 

 and finding amongst them three specimens which I had taken in 

 Jersey on June 21st, 1871, answering to the description of H. Lincola, 

 I sent them to Mr. Hawes for his opinion, and he kindly sent me the 

 following reply : — 



" Dear Sir, — You need have no doubt whatever that the three 

 Hisperias you sent me are H. Lincola. Your specimens resemble those 

 in the Doubleday Collection at Bethnal Green Museum here, in being 

 of a browner hue than those I captured in 1888. The distinction 

 between Thaumas and Lincola as regards coloration on under side of 

 antennae is very pronounced, especially when seen under a strong 

 microscope. It is very interesting to know that Lincola is a native 

 of Jersey, especially as suggesting its probable occurrence in the 

 South of England. We shall, no doubt, hear of many in widely 

 different localities after next season ; at present, Essex and the 

 eastern counties generally are its only known habitats." 



There is no record of either of these species of butterfly 

 being found in Guernsey. 



The meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the 

 President. 



