8 MEETINGS, 



Monthly Meeting held July 10th, 1895, Mr, A, Collenette, 

 President, in the chair. 



The following ladies and gentlemen were unanimously 

 elected members of the Society : — Mrs. Hervey, Belvidere, 

 Miss Brown, Miss Chant, Kev. Walter Brock, Mr. B, 

 Nesfield, Mr. Overman, Mr. E. H. L. Roberts, M.I.C.E. 



Three coins — two Roman and one English — found near 

 the large Cromlech, l'Ancresse, in 1888, by Miss Smith, were 

 exhibited and presented to the Society. Miss Boley also 

 exhibited a silver half -groat of Elizabeth, probable date 1580, 

 found by her on Lihou Island, about six or eight inches below 

 the surface, during the excursion of June 25th. 



The Secretaries of the various sections gave a detailed 

 account of the work done during the excursions of the past 

 month. 



[No indoor meeting was held during August.] 



Monthly Meeting held September 11th, 1895, Mr, A, Collenette, 

 President, in the chair, 



Mr. Royle reported on the work of the Botanical Section 

 and exhibited fine specimens of Datura Stramonium (Thorn 

 Apple), locally known as Pommier du Diable, 



Mr. Luff reported the capture of a large Saw Ely (Abia 

 nigrocornis), extremely rare in Britain, and a large Dipteron 

 (Asilus crabroniformis ). He also stated that butterflies 

 scarce last year are very plentiful this. 



Mr. De La Mare detailed the geological work done 

 during the excursions of the past month. 



The Secretary stated that the " Proceedings of the 

 Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 1895," had been 

 received. Mr. Collenette gave an account of the exploration 

 of well-shaped excavations found at l'Ancresse, and recently 

 explored by members of the Society. Their exact use was 

 undetermined. Pieces of pottery found in one of them were 

 also exhibited. The President also referred to Dr. H. 

 Woodward's report on the bones found in the peat at l'An- 

 cresse ; these were mainly those belonging to Bos longifrons 

 and Cervus elaphus. He also read extracts from Professor 

 Prestwich's recent work on Geology, in which he refers to the 

 geological work of the Society, which in some measure goes 

 to confirm the Professor's theories, 



