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nonius oedilis) found in Victoria Road, probably introduced 

 with imported timber. 



The summer series of weekly excursions having opened 

 yesterday by a visit to Houmet Paradis, the secretaries of the 

 various sections stated what had been done, after which Mr. 

 Collenette read the first part of a paper on the subject of 

 " Droughts in Guernsey during the last fifty years," and 

 showed that the recent absolute drought which had lasted 

 from March 18 to April 21 had only once been equalled in 

 this island during half a century. 



Monthly Meeting held on June Lfth, 1893, Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand, President, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting having been read and 

 signed, Colonel A. Simon, of Les Caches, St. Saviour's, was 

 unanimously elected a member of the Society. The chief 

 business was the receiving of the reports of the sectional 

 secretaries detailing the work done at the last four weekly 

 excursions. The flowering plants of the little islet of Houmet 

 Homptolle had been carefully catalogued and only fifteen had 

 been found, and it was curious that many very common 

 plants found on the mainland abundantly within a hundred 

 yards of the islet did not occur upon it. The Trapdoor Spider 

 (Atypus Sidzeri) had been found on Homptolle, under the 

 same conditions as at Richmond. Several other interesting 

 entomological notes were made which will be only recorded in 

 their proper place. The geological section had made some 

 important observations, an outline of which was sketched by 

 Mr. De La Mare. Mr. E. Allen described a fire-hole which 

 had been discovered at Homptolle, and said it was of the 

 usual kind. Mr. J. J. Carey exhibited a fine collection of flint 

 chippings, flakes and cores (some hundreds in number), col- 

 lected by him in India, and also in Guernsey. 



Monthly Meeting held on July 12th, 1893, Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand, President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been signed, 

 the following six gentlemen were unanimously elected mem- 

 bers of the Society: — Mr. H. D. Mauger, Captain R. Macrea, 

 Captain Gostling, Commander Le Cocq, Mr. M. St. G. Glasse, 

 and Major C. H. Ozanne. 



The entire evening was occupied with the reports of the 

 work done in the various sections during the recent weekly 

 excursions, and many interesting specimens were exhibited. 



