A[EETIX(iS. 2r)9 



Mr. E. D. Marqiiand exhibited tAvo small Land Shells new 

 to these islands, viz., Papa nmhUicata^ var. alha^ a single 

 specimen of which w as found by him at Jerbourg ; and 

 Hyalinia fulra^ of which he had taken one s])ecimen in the 

 marsh in Moidin Huet Yallej. Mr. Marquand also exhibited 

 a Fan-tail Mussel, which was taken alive in the spring of this 

 year bv Mr. R. P. Spencer at low-water mark on the north- 

 western side of Herm. Mr. S])encer had presented the s])e- 

 cimen to the Museum. 



Mr. W. A. LufF exhibited a specimen of the Silver- 

 striped Hawkmoth ( Chcerocanipd celeno) recently captured in 

 the Bordage, and also a fine specimen of the Camberwell 

 Beauty ( Vanessa antiopa) taken by Mr. Thompson at the 

 Yrangue in September. This is the first occurrence of this 

 beautiful butterfly in Guernsey, but one was captiu-ed in 

 Jersey some thirty years ago. 



Mr. J. Sinel, of Jersey, contributed a paper on the 

 " Lizards of the Channel Islands," which is published in the 

 following pages. Mr. Luff' said the concluding remarks could 

 not apply to the whole of Jersey, for he had himself seen two 

 years ago both the Lizards on the lower walls of Mont 

 Orgueil Castle. It was said on good authority that the 

 Green Lizard used to be found on I'Ancresse Common, but 

 it had disappeared from there many years ago. 



Mr. E. Sharp contributed a ))[iper on the " Echinoderms 

 of Guernsey,"' with a list of thirty-eight species, and their 

 localities. This paper is published in the present Trans- 

 actions. 



Mr. J. Linwood Pitts read a paper (printed further on) 

 giving several cases of Wart-charming in (Guernsey. In the 

 discussion Avhich followed it was suggested that mental 

 impression might be the operating cause of the disappearance 

 of warts. A lady member said years ago she had warts on 

 her hands and they suddenly disappeared without anything 

 having been said or done to her knowledge. Other charms 

 mentioned were the rubbing of the warts witli a living snail, 

 and burying it ; then when the snail died the warts disap- 

 peared ; also impaling a snail on a thorn till it died, or 

 cutting an apple into the same number of pieces as the warts, 

 and burying them ; but warts had also been known to 

 disapppear simply by someone else looking at them intently. 

 This superstition about the possibility of removing warts by 

 '^charaiing" was still very prevalent among the rural folk of 

 Guernsey. 



