MEETINGS. 03 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF THE COLEOPTERA OF 

 GUERNSEY. 



Lebia ehloroeephala, Hoff. One specimen under a stone on the cliffs near 



Saints' Bay. 

 Treehus lapidOSUS, Daws. Two specimens found under stones near the 



shore at Vazon Bay. 

 Homolata triangulum, Kr. Common in haystack refuse near Vazon. 

 H. angustulata, Gyll. One specimen, Gouffre, April 30th, 1895. 

 Hister purpureseens. One, path going down to Saints' Bay. 

 Clythra quadripunetata. Found amongst some beetles collected by the 



late Mrs. Collings and labelled " Sark." 

 Tribolium ferrugineum, F. One specimen captured, crawling in shop in 



Mansell Street. 



ADDITION TO THE LIST OF HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA. 



TrapezonotUS distinguendus, Flor. One specimen taken by sweeping 

 near the Gouffre. 



W. A. Luff, Sec. Ent. Sect. 

 REPORT OF THE FOLKLORE SECTION. 



The report of this section for the past year is a brief but 

 mingled yarn of congratulation and regret — congratulation 

 that the work of the section continues to open up most satis- 

 factorily, but regret that three of our most esteemed and 

 valued members have recently been removed by death. The 

 fatal accident to Mr. Zachary Robert (March 5th, 1896) ; 

 also the deaths of Sir Edgar MacCulloch (July 31st, 

 1896), and of Mr. Thomas Guille (December 4, 1896),— the 

 two latter at different times ably occupying the presidential 

 chair of the Society — have deprived us of coadjutors in the 

 cause of scientific investigation, whose places will be very 

 difficult to fill, and whose loss we all sincerely deplore. 



It will interest the members to know that Sir Edgar 

 MacCulloch has left a valuable and voluminous manuscript 

 on the Folklore of this island, the materials for which he 

 gathered some fifty years ago, when the old customs and 

 traditions were much more prevalent than they are now. 

 This manuscript was left by Sir Edgar to the Guernsey 

 Royal Court, who have decided to publish it very shortly. 

 It is to be edited by Miss Carey, of the Vallon, and will be a 

 most interesting and valuable addition to our local knowledge 

 of the subject. Miss Carey, who recently became a member 

 of our Society, is a young lady who has already done much 

 excellent work in the investigation of our insular Folklore, in 

 which she takes a deep and genuine interest. This section 

 also is indebted to her for the communication of a number 

 of interesting items of information, 



