348 MEETINGS. 



Mr. W. A. Luff read a letter from Dr. F. O. Pickard- 



Cambridge on the Black Eat (Mus rattus), which still exists 

 plentifully in Sark and occasionally in Herm and Alderney. 

 A discussion followed. 



Monthly Meeting held on March 15th, 1899, Mr. W. A. Luff, 

 President, in the chair. 



The Secretary reported the receipt of 



a. The Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, 



Arts and Letters, Vol. XL, 1896-97. 



b. Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1896. 

 Mr. J. S. Hocart exhibited vertebrae of Red Deer found 



in Vazon Bay peat after the late storm. 



Mr. E. Ch. Ozanne exhibited specimens of peat fuel, 

 prepared by being passed under enormous pressure through 

 cylinders — a Canadian process. 



A letter from Mr. Andrews, of St. John's College, 

 Battersea, describing several caves noticed by him on the 

 south coast of the island, was read. 



Mr. Collenette exhibited a number of slides of extinct 

 animals. 



Monthly Meeting held on April 19th, 1899, Mr. W. A. Luff, 

 President, in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary announced the receipt of 



1. Principal Poisonous Plants of U.S.A., by V. K. Chesnut, 



from U.S. Department of Agriculture. 



2. The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 



Philadelphia, 1898.— Part III. 



Mr. T. C. Boyle exhibited a specimen of Helianthemum 

 polyfolium from Brean Down. 



Mr. W. A. Luff announced that the larvae of the Glan- 

 ville Fritillary are abundant. 



He also read an extremely interesting account of the 

 Ammophila (one of the Solitary Wasps) and her caterpillars 

 from a paper on " The Instincts and Habits of the Solitary 

 Wasps," by G. W. and E. Gr. Peckham. 



Monthly Meeting held on May 17th, 1899, Mr. W. A. Luff, 

 President, in the chair. 



Rev. J. B. P enfold was proposed for election. 



