TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



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Monthly Meeting held on January 19th, 1898, Mr. G. Derrick, 

 President, in the chair. 



Owing principally to an amount of sickness in the island, 

 the attendance was small. 



Dr. and Mrs. Lidderdale and Miss E. Collenette were 

 unanimously elected members of the Society. 



The Hon. Secretary acknowledged the receipt of the 

 " Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadel- 

 phia," Part II., 1897. 



The Hon. Secretary was requested to thank, on behalf 

 of the Society, Mr. Geo. Massee for his invaluable assistance 

 in naming Fungi, and Rev. W. Moyle Rogers for similar 

 assistance with the Rubi. 



During the month of December, 1897, forty-three new 

 species of Fungi were added to the list for Guernsey. One 

 of these is new to science, and has been named by Mr. Geo. 

 Massee, of Kew, Omphalia Luffii, in honour of its discoverer, 

 Mr. W. A. Luff, who found it at Icart Point on January 3. 



Monthly Meeting held on February 16th, 1898, Mr. G. Derrick, 

 President, in the chair. 



Mrs. Derrick was elected a member of the Society. 



The President read a letter from Mr. Massee, of Kew, 

 acknowledging the vote of thanks for help rendered to the 

 Society in naming Guernsey Fungi. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited coloured drawings by Mr. 

 Massee of Clitophilus Sarnicus and Omphalia Luffii, the two 

 species of Fungi, new to science, recently discovered by Mr. 

 Luff in Guernsey. Mr. Luff also exhibited swollen and 

 diseased buds of the black currant caused by the currant bud 

 mite, Phytoptus ribis. 



Pev. P. H. Tourtel, D.D., read an abstract of his paper 

 on " Ancient Names of Pocks, Bays, Creeks, &c, in Guernsey 

 and Sark." This was followed by an interesting discussion. 



