244 MEETINGS. 



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

 President, in the chair. 



Mr. A. Collenette read a communication from Mr. J. J. 

 Carey relative to the finding of beach stones at some depth 

 under gravel in his garden at Claire Mare, and other items 

 relating to the coast line of the island. 



Mr. A. Collenette exhibited a polished section of a 

 boulder of contorted Augen gneiss, found by himself at 

 La Vallette, the remaining portion being deposited in the 

 British Museum. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited a specimen of the beetle 

 Ptinus fur, captured on March 1. It is new to the Guernsey 

 list. 



Mr. A. Collenette exhibited examples of the tick Ixodes 

 erinaceus taken off a cat. 



The President read an article by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, 

 F.L.S., and F. A. Rogers, published in the Journal of Botany 

 for March, on " The Rubi and Rosa of the Channel Islands. 



The President then opened a discussion on his paper on 

 " Guernsey in Prehistoric Times," in which many of the 

 members took part. During the discussion Mr. Collenette 

 exhibited several flint and bronze implements found at various 

 times in the island, and kindly lent by Captain Lukis, from 

 the Lukis Museum. 



Monthly Meeting held on April 20th, 1898, Mr. A. Collenette, 

 Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Albert Hodges, of Delancey Hill, was elected a 

 member of the Society. 



There being so few members present, no further business 

 was transacted. 



Monthly Meeting held on May 18th, 1898, Mr. A. Collenette, 

 Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Th. De Mouilpied and Mr. W. Hopgood, Le Chalet, 

 were unanimously elected members of the Society. 



Mr. Luff exhibited a flint arrow head found at La C route 

 Havilland. 



Mr. Collenette exhibited the bones found in the peat at 

 l'Ancresse on April 8, and which had been identified by Dr. 

 Woodward, of the Natural History Museum. These included 

 lower jaw of Sus scrofa, toe bone of Bos taurus, lower jaw, 



