SPARTINA TOWNSENDI. 



It is much to be regretted that, on account of an illness in 

 the autumn of 1918, Mr. R. V. Sherring, F.L.S., has been un- 

 able to continue the close investigation of the progress of the 

 Spartina in Poole Harbour which he has carried out for so many 

 years past. He has, however, noted that at Creekmoor Lake 

 in Holes Bay, south of the Weymouth line, tKere has been con- 

 siderable activity. Large patches composed of clumps of quite 

 young plants bid fair to form a meadow in the N.E. part of the 

 bay. 



HON. ED. 



(Entomological (Section. 



Chairman : F. G. Penrose, M.D., F.Z.S. 

 Secretary : W. G. Wallace. 



During the Session there were 9 evening meetings, and a 

 good deal of work was done besides in connection with the 

 Anopheles investigation. 



The first meeting was on November 8th, when the Chairman 

 made a statement on the request of the South-Eastern Union of 

 Scientific Societies, on behalf 1 of the Local Government Board, 

 for detailed information about the distribution of mosquitos in 

 the neighbourhood. 



At the second meeting, December 6th, Mr. Wilfred Parkin- 

 son Curtis exhibited the wonderful series- of butterflies and moths 

 which he had collected at Bridport in the previous June, and 

 gave a detailed description of the relation of the various species 

 to the geological formation of the district. 



On January 16t:h, 1918, Mr. Goodall, at a combined meeting 

 of the Entomological and Zoological Sections, lectured on the 

 work which he had done in former years on gnats and mosquitos, 

 and showed a large number of original slides to illustrate his 

 work. In March he gave another lecture in continuation of the 

 same subject. The next day, January 17th, there was another 

 meeting of the Section for the exhibition of specimens belonging 

 to members of the Section, and meetings for the same purpose 

 were held in February and March. 



During March excursions were undertaken to collect evidence 

 with reference to the distribution of mosquitos and gnats in the 

 district, and these were continued almost weekly for this purpose 

 during the remainder of the season : the report on this matter is 

 subjoined. 



In April, May and June there were the regular monthly 

 meetings for the exhibition of specimens. 



At the end of May the Chairman, as the delegate of our 

 Society, attended the meeting of the South-Eastern Union of 



