258 MEETINGS. 



" Description of the Western Isles of Scotland and the Isle of 

 Man," by Dr. MacCulloch. Vol. III.— Presented by Mr. 



Z. Robert. 

 " Guide to Sowerby's Models of British Fungi and Catalogue of 



British Echinoderms," by Professor Bell. — Presented by the 



British Museum Authorities. 

 "Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society." — 



Presented by Mr. G. A. Schmitt. 

 "Smithsonian Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1890." — 



Presented by the Museum Authorities. 

 " Transactions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian 



Society for 1892-3." — Presented by the Society. 



The Council acknowledge with many thanks their in- 

 debtedness to Messrs. Guille and Alles for providing the 

 Society gratuitously with a room in which to hold its 

 meetings. In view of the heavy expense entailed in printing 

 the Transactions it is earnestly hoped that strenuous efforts 

 will be made by members to increase the strength of the 

 Society." W. Sharp, Hon. Sec. 



Mr. W. A. Luff then read a paper on " The Coleoptera of 

 Guernsey," which, with the appended list of species, will be 

 found in the following pages. The reports of the various 

 sections next followed, read by the respective Secretaries, after 

 which came the election of officers and committee for the 

 ensuing year, the result being as follows : — President, Mr. E. 

 D. Marquand ; Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. Sharp ; Hon. Treasurer, 

 Mr. W. A. Luff. Committee, Messrs. J. Le M. Bougourd, A. 

 Collenette, C. G. De La Mare, G. Derrick, J. L. Pitts and T. C. 

 Royle. 



Mrs. Boley exhibited a number of living larvae of the 

 Small Copper Butterfly, and some pupae of the Clouded 

 Yellow. 



The President then announced the establishment of an 

 Archaeological Section, and Messrs. J. J. Carey and E. Allen 

 were appointed secretaries. 



Votes of thanks to the President, Hon. Secretary and 

 Hon. Treasurer for their services during the past year brought 

 the meeting to a close. 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION. 



As will have been gathered from my last year's report 

 the section has been mainly employed in the collection and 

 preparation of specimens for the Society's herbarium. During 

 the winter months the work of mounting and labelling was 

 steadily proceeded with. The search for new plants and for 

 specimens of those already known to exist was resumed in the 



