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MEEttNGs, i88S. 



The Third Monthly Meeting was held January 16th, 1883, 

 Edgar MacCulloch, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Mr. G. T. Derrick read " Some notes on the comparison of 

 Ansted's list of flowering plants with Hooker's Students' 

 Flora." Miss Guille exhibited a collection of Seaweeds, named 

 and mounted. Mr. Luff exhibited a specimen of the Comma 

 Butterfly (Grapta C. Album) captured by Colonel A. H. Collings, 

 in the garden at Clifton. This is the first recorded. Mr. Z. 

 Eobert, of St. Andrew's, presented a collection of specimens 

 of local rocks, for which the cordial thanks of the Society 

 were presented. The Sky-lark first heard January 7th. 



Weekly Meetings, January 23rd and 30th. — Examination 

 and identification of botanical specimens. Mr. Hugo exhibited 

 several species of water beetles, alive, also caddis worms and 

 their cases. Mr. Luff exhibited more than thirty species of 

 beetles all caught in Guernsey:— C. Campestris. C. Margi- 

 natus. C. Fuscus. S. Caesareus. N. Mortuorum. C. Luna- 

 ris. H. Quadrimandatus. O. Taurus. O. Yacca. O. 

 Ccenobita. O. Fracticornis. G. Typhaeus. M. Vulgaris. E. 

 Solsitialis. C. Aurata. C. Aurata, black variety. D. Nobile. 

 O. modisagoe. H. Sabulosum. Meloe ? T. Coriaria. C. 

 Lamina. C. Arietes. C. Sulcirostris, and numerous other 

 smaller species. 



Weekly Meeting, February 6th, 1883.— Mr. Luff exhibited 

 a case of Guernsey Dragon flies, including Sympetrum flaves- 

 cens ; two species of Aeschna ; Calepteryx splendens. Pyr- 

 chosoma minimum. Agrion pulchellum. Also a case of Silk- 

 worm moths (4 species) reared in Guernsey, and their cocoons. 

 A number of flowers were examined and identified, and Mr. 

 MacCuIloch presented a list of large and rare fishes observed 

 by him in Guernsey. 



Scomberesox saurus, Sawry Pike or Skipper, Nov. 1860. 



Phycis furcatus, Great forked Hake, Dec. 1877. 



Hippoglossus Vulgaris, Holibut, July 1873. 



