MEETINGS. (D 



A letter from Mr. J. J. Carey, stating his wish to resign 

 his Secretaryship of the Archaeological Section, owing to his 

 want of time, was read. The Secretary was requested to 

 thank Mr. Carey for his past services, for which the Society 

 is so much indebted. 



Mr. Weygang exhibited a good specimen of Smerinthiis 

 populi (Poplar Hawk Moth). 



Mr. Derrick then read a very interesting paper on " The 

 Flora of Sark," and exhibited specimens of those plants found 

 there, and hitherto unrecorded for Guernsey, viz. : — Dianthus 

 armeria (Deptford Pink) ; Lysbnachia nemorum (Yellow 

 Loosestrife) ; Sceleranthus annuus (Annual KnaWell). 



Mr. Luff then read an account of the work of the Ento- 

 mological Section, and exhibited the species (108 in 

 number) taken during the excursion to Sark on June 25th, 

 viz., of Lepidoptera 13, Coleoptera 16, Hymenoptera 21, 

 Diptera 40, Orthoptera 2, Hemiptera 16. 



The President then gave a resume of the geological work 

 done during the excursions. This was followed by a dis- 

 cussion. 



Monthly Meeting held September 9th, 1896, Mr. A. Collenette, 

 President, in the chair. 



A letter from Rev. F. E. Lowe was read, in which he 

 states that he had captured two specimens of Dianthcecia nana 

 flying over the flowers of Silene inflata in his garden on 

 June 21 and 25. He also mentioned that he captured a 

 female specimen of Fidonia atomaria (the Common Heath) in 

 Jersey. This specimen is noticeable as being of the male 

 colour. 



Mr. W. Luff exhibited British specimens of Dryophanta 

 longiventris (the Striped Gall), Dryophanta, scutellaris (the 

 Cherry Gall^), Aphilotrix fecundatrix (the Hop or Artichoke 

 Gall), none of which have yet been recorded for the island. 



Mr. Luff also mentioned that the larvae of A. atropos had 

 been rather abundant this season. Mr. Derrick noted that he 

 had already observed swallows gathering previous to mi- 

 grating. 



Mr. Collenette, in the absence of the Geological Secre- 

 tary, gave a resume of the work of the Geological Section 

 during the recent excursions, particulars of which will be 

 found in the Annual Report. The President also read a letter 

 from Dr. Dunlop, of Jersey, and also from E. Sydney 

 Hartland, F.S.A., Secretary of the Ethnographical Survey 



