168 MEETINGS. 



Monthly Meeting held on December 9th, 1891, Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand in the chair. 



The usual formal business having been disposed of the 

 following twelve ladies and gentlemen were unanimously 

 elected members of the Society : Miss Tupper, Dr. J. Aikman, 

 Colonel W. Bell, C.B., Dr. M. MacCulloch, Surgeon-Major. G. 

 Ryan, Major-General Standen, Brigade-Surgeon T. A. 1 horn- 

 hill, and Messrs. T. M. Bichard, Julius Carey, William Carey, 

 E. A. Carre, and W. Stranger. 



Mr. Lesbirel presented to the Society through Mr. 

 Collenette a stone "muller" which he recently found at Le 

 Bourg, Forest, near the site of a former cromlech. Mr. Luff 

 communicated some notes on the occurrence of the Guernsey 

 Tiger Moth (Callimorpha hera) in Devonshire; and also 

 read an account of the introduction into Guernsey of the rare 

 land shell Helix pisana, which is now to be found in immense 

 numbers at Vazon. It has become thoroughly naturalised, 

 and but for the record of its intentional introduction would 

 certainly be considered native. 



Mr. A. Collenette read some interesting notes upon the 

 method of fertilisation by a small fly of the Birthwort 

 (Aristolochia clematis) a foreign plant occasionally found in 

 England near old ruins. The very complex and ingenious 

 means by which cross-fertilisation is effected in this small and 

 inconspicuous flower was lucidly explained by Mr. Collenette, 

 who further illustrated it by means of a couple of well-drawn 

 diagrams, showing enlarged sections of the flower and the 

 automatic action of its organs. A very interesting discussion 

 ensued. 



Mr. W. Sharp handed in a short list of Guernsey proverbs 

 as a contribution to the newly-established Folk Lore Section, 

 and this led to some remarks upon local proverbial expres- 

 sions, several further examples of which were quoted by the 

 members present. 



Monthly Meeting held on January 13th, 1892, Mr. G. 

 Derrick in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been read and 

 signed, Messrs. J. W. Jones and H. B. Tourtel were unani- 

 mously elected members of the Society. 



Mr. W. A. Luff read from the last issued Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine some notes by Mr. R. McLachlan on 

 insects belonging to the order Neuroptera taken by him in 

 the Channel Islands during a recent visit. 



