Meetings, 1883. 



The Fifth Monthly Meeting was held March IZth, 1883, E. Mac- 

 Culloch, Esq., President, in the chair. 



A large number of Geological specimens and fossils were ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Derrick, many of them picked up on the Guern- 

 sey beaches, having been brought by vessels as ballast. Mr. 

 Luff exhibited a collection of Hawk moths, including speci- 

 mens of S. Ocellatus. S. populi. A. Atropos. S. Convolvuli. 

 S. Ligustri, and M. Stellatarum, all captured in Guernsey. He 

 also exhibited a larva of the Goat moth, living, and preserved 

 specimens of the pupa and the moth. 



The meetings were continued through the summer, the 

 members being principally engaged with the botanical list and 

 general conversation on Natural History subjects. The follow- 

 ing specimens had been exhibited. The Mole cricket (Grylloptera 

 Campestris), Death's Head Moth (A. Atropos), Tiger Beetle (C. 

 Campestris), and the large Star fish or Spiney cross fish 

 (Uraster glacialis). Colonel Jerome exhibited a stone celt he 

 had recently found, also the celt picked up by Captain Lukis 

 at Icart. 



An excursion was made to the beach and caves at Icart, 

 March 24th, and one to inspect the raised beach at Capelles, 

 and the Vale, May loth, an account of these is inserted further 

 on. Another was made on June 26th to the Vazon marshes, of 

 which there was nothing to record of much importance. 



The Annual Meeting was held at the Guille-Alles Library, on 

 Tuesday, October 9th 1883, Edgar MacCidloch, Esq., Lieutenant- 

 Bailiff, and President of the Society, in the chair. 

 The following report was read by Mr, G. T. Derrick : — 

 The attendance at the preliminary meetings, and the num- 

 ber of members enrolled during this,— the first year of the 

 Society's existence, show that the importance of an acquaintance 

 with Natural Science is well recognised amongst us, and 



