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arranging the general geological collection has been made with 
leaves and plant remains from the Bournemouth Cliffs, which have 
been placed, preparatory to proper naming and arranging, in one 
of the cases. Of these specimens two-thirds have been collected 
and presented by the Chairman. Mr. Sherring and several other 
members have kindly contributed the remainder. It is believed 
that adequately to arrange and display the whole of the geological 
collection of the Society (excluding the T)ent Fossils) at least 
twenty more museum cases will be necessary. No doubt'j the 
Council will, so far as funds permit, purchase further cases from 
time to time, but it will be several years before the needful number 
could be obtained in this way, and it is probable that an appeal 
may some day have to be made to the members* for funds to 
supply this deficiency. Another difficulty will be providing space 
for the museum ceses. The Society’s room is much too small, 
unless it were given up entirely to Museum purposes and another 
obtained for sectional meetings. Thanks are due to all those who 
have kindly contributed specimens to the geological collection 
during the past year, especially to Mr. Sherring, Mr. St. Barbe, 
Mr. Grey, Mr. Morden Bennett, the .Rev. T. S. Ross, Miss Buck- 
land, and Miss Laidlav. 
Zoological -anb itticvescopical Section. 
Chairman (1912-13): H. B. Wells, F.R.M S. 
Secretary : J. Omer-Coopjbr. 
Dec. 7th, 1912. A lecture was given by Mr. Aubrey Edwards. 
A report of this appears on a later page. 
Feb. Sth, 1913. The Chairman of the Section, Mr. H. B. Wells, 
F.R.M.S., exhibited slides of organisms found 
and mounted during the Session, 1911—12, and gave the life 
history of several of them, specimens of which were afterwards 
exhibited to the audience under the microscope. These included 
Artemia salina and its fresh-water relative Chiroceplialus 
diaphanus (see note by Mr. Waddington, Vol. IV., pages 57, 58), 
Lernia branchialus -> Serpula contortuplicata , and the hydroid 
zoophyte, Hydractinici squamata. 
Mar. 6th, 1913. A lecture was given by Mr. Richard Beck on 
“ A few of our English Beetles.” This lecture 
was very profusely illustrated by large diagrams. The lecturer 
first described the benefits derived from the habits of many of 
the beetle tribe, who devour and bury decaying animal and 
vegetable matter; then the destructive habits of others. Next 
came a description of the different organs of beetles and 
their uses; the life-history of many of the tribe was sketched, 
