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phlceus Waltli, captured near Richmond Barracks in August. 

 It is new to the Guernsey list of Hemiptera, and has not been 

 found in Great Britain or Ireland. Mr. Luff then read the 

 following note : — 



" Three years ago I captured a hemipteron at St. Ouen's 

 Bay, in Jersey, which is not described in any work on the 

 British Hemiptera. I sent the specimen to Mr. E. Saunders, 

 who said it was most likely Strachia cognata, but it was quite 

 out of its latitude in Jersey, and that he would like to see 

 more specimens before deciding. Last week I again visited 

 St. Ouen's Bay, and after a good search came away with more 

 than fifty specimens ; these turn out to be Strachia cognata. 

 I also took many specimens of another beautiful insect, viz., 

 Therapha Hyoscyami, which is very rare in England. On the 

 sand a very curious light coloured spider was found. It is so 

 much the colour of the sand that had I not been looking very 

 closely for bugs, I would not have seen it. Larvae of the 

 glow-worm were abundant under stones." 



Mr. Hocart exhibited bones found in digging a well in 

 Mr. Bichard's field, near Grande Rocque. 



Mr. Collenette described a kist found in Mr. Hocart's 

 field at Hougue Nermont, east coast of the Vale. He also 

 exhibited specimens of the rocks of Sark found during the 

 excursion on August 26th. 



Monthly Meeting held on October 20th, 1897, Mr. G. Derrick, 

 President, in the chair. 



The minutes of last meeting having been read and signed, 

 Mrs. Foreman was proposed for election by Mr. Collenette. 



The Hon. Secretary reported the receipt of Reports of 

 the Smithsonian U.S. Museum for 1893 and 1894, and Smith- 

 sonian Report for 1895. 



Mr. Royle exhibited dried specimens of Euphorbia peplis, 

 found in Herm on September 7th. This is the first record of 

 its being found since the days of Babington. 



He also read a most interesting letter from Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand, describing briefly what had been done in the 

 collection of fungi since August last. The total number of 

 species identified up to the present is 226. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited a very fine wasps' nest found 

 in a hedgebank at Bouet, and read a short paper on the 

 ordinary wasp. 



He also exhibited specimens of Monanthia capucina, un- 

 known in England, Brachysteles parvicornis, very rare in 





