Journal of Proceedings.
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Donations to the Library were announced and thanks voted to the
donors.
At the commencement of the meeting, the President congratulated
the members on the change of meeting-place, which had been rendered
necessary by the rapid development of the Club.
Mr. White exhibited some species of Hymenoptera taken during the
recent visit to Colchester. They had been named for him by Mr. Edward
Saunders.
The Secretary exhibited on behalf of Mr. English a collection of Galls
from the neighbourhood of the Forest, preserved by Mr. English's pro-
cess. The Secretary considered the process to be even more valuable in
the case of galls than when applied to flowering plants, and he was con-
vinced that it would be welcomed by entomologists. One of the galls
on the wild thyme appeared to be new to England, but Mr. Fitch had
not yet been able to identify it with certainty.
Mr. Worthington Smith exhibited twelve Palaeolithic implements of
quartzite from the Madras Presidency. He said that they were part of
a considerable collection of Indian Drift implements, acquired through
the kind assistance of Dr. George Bidie, of Madras. Quartzite is the
native rock in the positions where these implements are found, flint
being unknown. The native people are shown real examples and draw-
ings, and are then requested to look for the implements in return for a
small money reward. The quest by the natives is then more or less keen
according to the amount of money offered or the immediate need of cash
by the searchers. As in Europe, some of the Madras implements are
keen and others abraded. Although the implements are often a fine
Turkey red in colour, they are found to be bluish grey inside when
broken. This change of colour from grey to red is caused by their
having been embedded for a vast period of time in a sort of compact
red clay or Laterite.
Mr. W. Cole exhibited a Club-like implement from Loughton [see
description by Mr. Worthington Smith, ' Pre-historic Stone Pestle from
Epping Forest' with figure, in ' Essex Naturalist' vol ii., pp 4-5].
The Secretary, in the absence of the author, read a short paper,
" Entomological Notes from an old Pocket-book," by Mr. J. L. English
[see ' Essex Naturalist,' vol. i., pp. 109-112]. In commenting upon the
paper Mr. Cole said that he thought Mr. English had rather exaggerated
as to the scarcity of some species of insects in the Forest. There had
latterly been some bad seasons for insect life, and that might have some-
what diminished the numbers of certain species, but preserved as the
Forest now was, he had no doubt that they would return again.—A vote
of thanks was accorded Mr. English for his paper, on the motion of the
President, who remarked that the Club was frequently indebted to Mr.
English for interesting information on fungi, mosses, and insect life,
Mr. William H. Smith, of Canning Town, read a paper entitled " River-
Drift Man in South-West Essex." The paper was mainly devoted to a