MEETINGS. 307 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited specimens of non-British 

 insects found in the Sarnian Islands, some of which 

 (Hemiptera) had recently been captured in Herm. 



Monthly Meeting held on October 19th, 1904, Dr. Aikman, 

 Presidents in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary announced the receipt of a number 

 of books and publications for the Society's Library, a full 

 list of which will be given in his Annual Report. 



Lieut.-Col. T. W. M. De Gruerin read a paper on 

 " The Early History and First Siege of Castle Cornet," 

 a very valuable contribution to our historical records, which 

 will be found printed in full in the following pages. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand exhibited an egg of the Kittiwake 

 Gull, taken by him at Herm this year. This is the first 

 authenticated instance of this bird breeding within the 

 Sarnian area. More will be said about it in the Ornitho- 

 logical Report. 



Mr. Gr. Derrick passed round for inspection a glass 

 bead about the size of a large pea, found at Le Crocq, 

 Richmond, by Mr. Le Messurier Avhilst collecting specimens 

 of ancient pottery (probably neolithic) from the deposit 

 discovered on the beach there several years ago by members 

 of this Society. 



Mr. W. A. Luff exhibited some flint flakes which had 

 been picked up on the same occasion ; and also a number 

 of living specimens of the Water Spider ( Argyroneta 

 aquatica) lately discovered at the Vale, by Mr. Marquand. 

 This species is new to the Channel Islands, and Mr. Luff 

 gave an interesting account of its habits. 



Monthly Meeting held on November 16th, 1904, Dr. Aikman, 

 President, in the chair. 



Miss M. Cox, Mr. B. T. Rowswell, and Mr. G. F. 

 Alles were unanimously elected members of the Society. 



On behalf of Mr. Gr. Dalgliesh, now on the Natural 

 History staff of the British Museum, Mr, W. A. Luff 

 read a paper on " British Bats," which is printed in the 

 following pages. In the general conversation which followed 

 it transpired that only three species of Bats had been 

 identified in Guernsey. Mr. Collenette traced the develop- 



