MEETINGS: 169 



A curious parti-coloured lobster, recently caught by Mr. 

 F. Kich and presented to the Museum by Mr. Trott, was 

 placed on the table and attracted much attention. It had 

 been skilfully set up by Mr. Puttock, the caretaker of the 

 Guille-AUes Institution. 



Mr. Denys Corbet read a paper on " Guernsey Supersti- 

 tions, Omens, Signs and Warnings," in which he cited and 

 explained many curious examples of insular belief which had 

 come under his own knowledge. The substance of this paper 

 will be found in the following pages. Mr. Corbet also 

 exhibited a fine specimen of the old-fashioned crosse, or 

 cresset lamp (the old Scotch crusie, from which the Guernsey 

 name is evidently derived) which was formerly in common 

 use in the country parishes. Also an old flint and steel box, 

 for procuring a light, and sketches of the vilain or stand for 

 the cresset lamps. 



Monthly Meeting held on February 10th, 1892, Mr. J. 

 Whitehead, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been duly read 

 and signed, Colonel J. G. Cloete and Mr. A. C. Quick were 

 unanimously elected members of the Society. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited specimens of the Winter Moth 

 (Cheimatobia brumata) which this winter had been very plen- 

 tiful in the island, though usually a rather scarce insect. The 

 female of this moth is remarkable by possessing only the rudi- 

 ments of wings, which are quite useless for the purpose of flight. 



Under the title of " A Glance at the Rocks of Alderney," 

 Mr. C. De La Mare gave an account of a visit recently made 

 by him to that island, and exhibited a collection of geological 

 specimens to illustrate his remarks ; and a diagram prepared by 

 the lecturer to show the correlation of the Channel Islands' 

 rocks with those of France and England further elucidated 

 the subject. Mr. De La Mare's paper will be found in full in 

 the following pages. A discussion followed the reading of the 

 paper and the geologists present expressed their views upon 

 the conclusions at which Mr. De La Mare had arrived, and 

 their appreciation of the lucid and interesting manner in 

 which he had dealt with a difficult subject. 



Monthly Meeting held on March 9th, 1892, Mr. G. Derrick 



in the chair. 

 After the usual formal business had been disposed of a 

 paper was read by Mr. E. D. Marquand, entitled " The Lan- 

 guage of Ants," of which the following is the substance :— 



