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Mr. J". C. Melvill exhibited a specimen of the rare 
Goliath Beetle Goliathus Druryi (Westwood), captured by 
a sailor on a palm tree near the Cameroon Mountains in 
Western Africa. 
Mr. Charles Bailey mentioned that last summer he 
had noticed the blue Pimpernel Anagallis Cerulsea growing 
in the garden of the Whalley Hotel, Brooks’s Bar. 
Professor A. M. Marshall gave some particulars of the 
dredging excursions conducted by the Birmingham Natural 
History Society, and proposed that the Section should 
organise a dredging excursion during the coming summer. 
After some discussion, in which Mr. B. D. Darbishire, Mr. 
C. Bailey, Dr. Alcock, Mr. Melvill, and Mr. Stirrup took 
part, it was resolved on the motion of Professor Marshall, 
seconded by Mr. Stirrup: — “That a Committee be formed 
to make enquiries and report upon the best method of 
carrying out such an expedition.” 
And upon the motion of Mr. Kogers, seconded by Mr. J. 
Boyd : — “That the Committee be composed of Mr. J. C. 
Melvill, Mr. R. D. Darbishire, Dr. Marshall, Mr. Stirrup, 
Dr. Alcock, and Mr. C. Bailey. 
Mr. R. D. Darbishire exhibited a series of land and 
fresh-water Shells, from Budapesth, with corresponding 
English species for comparison. 
