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F. W. MOORK exhibited Bulbophylhim iremuluni, Wight. This is a very 

 scarce aud interesting orchid, a native of India, belonging to the small 

 gronp in which the labellum bears numerous hairs. In the present 

 instance, a heavy fringe of hairs hangs downwards from the labellum, 

 resembling a beard, these hairs being flat, strap-shaped, and in colour 

 dull red. Slight breaths of air cause these hairs to vibrate, and a strong, 

 breeze, sufficient slightly to shake the inflorescence, causes the labellum 

 of each flower, with the attached hairs, to oscillate. 



Prof. G. H. Carpenter showed Lohmannia insignis, an Oribatid mite, 

 from Tibradden, Co. Dublin, recentl}^ described as a new species by 

 Prof. Berlese {Redia, vol. ii., 1904, pp. 23-4, pi. ii., fig. 41). This mite 

 I occurred in numbers, and had proved injurious to bean seedlings in the , 



garden at Tibradden House, where it was detected by Mr. T. Bell. 

 I D. M'Ardi^E exhibited Feziza granulata^ Bull, a fungus which occurs 

 ! in considerable quantity on cow-dung, and presents the appearance of , 

 i scattered grains or seeds. When very young the cup is round ; it after- 

 wards expands flatly, is of a fulvous orange colour, and is composed . 

 of cylindrical asci containing eight eliptical sporidia, with stout linear 

 paraphyses, club-shaped at the apex, which is full of orange-red 

 granules; these present a beautiful object under the microscope. It is 

 common in Co. Dublin. There is an excellent figure of the plant in 

 Cooke's " Micrographia," page 34. plate 15, fig. 59. 



CORK NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



ApriIv II. — AnnqaIv Meeting. — The annual meeting was held in the 

 Club rooms, which are now open to members every evening, except 

 Thursday, from 7 to 9.45 o'clock. 



The following reports were read and adopted, the treasurer showing a . 

 balance in hand of over 



Thirteenth Annuai, Report— Session 1904-5.— The membership 

 of the Club is now fifty-four, including eleven lion, members, as against , 

 fifty-eight last year, and also we have eighteen junior members. 

 During the past session, a special effort w^as made to resuscitate the 

 excursions, which had fallen into abeyance during the Exhibition years. 

 A full programme was arranged, and your secretary issued a special 

 circular, stating that, as far as possible, he would personally superintend 

 them. The result has not come up to our expectations, for while the 

 excursions were fairlj'^ attended, many more members should have come, 

 and the practical results might have been more encouraging. 



At our last annual meeting our rules were altered so as to facilitate the 

 formation of a junior branch at the nominal subscription of is. ; this 

 resulted in about twenty joining, principally from the High School ; but 

 though several prizes were offered, none were competed for, which is 

 much to be regretted, as it was thought this would encourage collecting 

 and nature-study. 



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