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Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEBN SOCIETY OF LONDON, (SESSION 1881-82.) November 3rd, 1881. Sir JOHNLUBBOCP, Bart., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. The President, in announcing the death of the Treasurer, Xr. Frederick Currey, spoke of the universal esteem in which he was held, and put the follomiug Minutes of Council to the Meeting :- “That the Council and Fellows of the Linnean Society of London, having heard with the deepest regret of the death of the Treasurer, MY. Frederick Currey, desire to placeupon record their sense of the great loss sustained by the Society in his death, and their sincere appreciation of the valuable ser- vices rendered by him during twenty years as Secretary, and afterwards as Treasurer. I‘ That a copy of the foregoing Resolution be communicated to the family of the late Treasurer.” These Resolutions having been spoken to by Mr. 8.Bentham, Mr. H. T. Stainton, and Prof. St. George Mivart, were carried unanimously. The Rev. William Henry Jones and the Rev. William Moyle Rogers were elected Fellows. Mr. R. M‘Lachian exhibited a parthenogenetically-bred Beetle (Gnshophysa rnphnni), which was the second reared by Dr. J. A. Osborne in Ireland. The egg which produced it was one of a batch of forty-two laid by a virgin female on 14th June, and was 22 PROCEEDINGS OF ‘PHE hatched on 24th. Moults occurred on the 1st and 5th July j the met.amorphosis to pupa 14th July ; and the imago appeared 23rd July. Dr. T. 8. Cobbold showed under the microscope about one hundred eggs of Bibharzlia hczematobia, taken from a patient re- cently arrived from Egypt, suffering from haematuria. By adding water, nearly all the eggs were hatched during the Meeting. Dr. M. T. Masters showed a spike of Calanthe Peitchii, inter- esting as a hybrid between species of two reputed distinct genera, Limatodees rosea and Calmthe vestita, the characteristics of both genera being curiously combined. Mr. J. R. Jackson called attention to a box of skinned and sun-dried Bananas, recently imported from Jamaica, as an expe- riment for sale in the English market. The following papers were read :- 1. “ Notes on Graminese.” By George Bentham, F.R.S., F.L.S. 2. “ Description of some new Birds from the Solomon Islands and New Britain.” By Edw. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. 3. “Report on the Arctic Drift-wood collected by Capt. Feilden and Mr. H. C.Hart in 1875-76.” By Dr. W. R. MNab, F.L.S. The President gave notice that the next Meeting would be made Special, to elect a Treasurer and Member of Council. November 17th, 1881. Sir JOHNLUBROCE, Bart., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. The President haring declared the Meeting mede Special, pur- suant to notice, announced that the Ballot would be taken for the election of a Treasurer and a Member of Council, and that it would remain open until 9 P.W. He then nominated Mr. C. J. Breese, Mr. T. Christy, and Mr. P. Duffy as Scrutineers. A Letter was read from Mr. F. Innes Currey, conveying the thanks of the family of the late Treasurer to the Society for their kind expression of sympathy. Mr. George Murray exhibited a bough of Pinus Pinaster with suppressed internodes of the lateral branches, the result of injury to the axis from which they sprang. Dr. Francis Day showed examples of the stomachs of the Pil- chard, with special reference to points in their digestion. These fishes arrive on the coast of‘ Cornwall in the eyening to feed; and at sunset the nets are shot between their feeding-grounds and the deep water. Examination immediately after landing the fish proved that in every instance the food TT~Sthe Zoea stage of Crustaceans ; and whilst lying loosely in the pyloric division of LIPI‘NEAN SOCIETY OF LONDOPI’. 23 the stomach, it was enclosed in a sac or sausage-shaped body. He was notprepared to statewhat might be the function of this membranous envelope. The following papers were read :- 1. (I On Cross-fertilization in Roscoea purpwrea and S’alvia Grahami.” By A. Irwin Lynch, A.L.S. 2. ‘(On the Habits of Ants, Bees, and Wmps.”-Part IX. By Sir John Lubbock, Bart., President. 3. (( On a Hampshire Orchis not figured in ’ English Botany;’ ” By 0.B. Clarke, M.A., F.L.S. 4. (‘A new Eutozoon from the Ostrich, Xtrofigylus Douglasii.” By Dr. T. Spencer Cobbold, F.R.S., F.L.S. The Scrutineers ha&g examined the Ballot, and reported thereon to the President, it was announced from the Chair that Sir John Kirk, E.C.M.G., had been elected a Member of Council, and Mr. Frank Crisp had been elected Treasurer in the room of Mr. Frederick Currey, deceased. December lst, 1881. Sir JOHNLUBBOCK, Bart., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. The following were elected Fellows :-Capt. P. Greene, Lieut.- Col. Sninhoe, G. S. Jenman, Esq., G. 8. Walton, Esq., Dr. Wil- helm Landau, C. S. Wilkiuson, Esq., Charles George Warnford Lock,Esq., George Samuel Valentine Wills, Esq., Rev. T. R. H. Bturges, and the Rev. George Wilson. Mr. J. Harris Stone showed specimens of Lychnis Viscaria, and made remarks on it as a trap for ants. He had noticed that in Norway 95 per cent. of the specimens had dead ants, mostly on the glutinous nodes. Dr. T. S. Cobbold exhibited diseased roots of S’tephanotis which he had receired from Dr. Masters ; these were swarming with myriads of Nematoid worms, and also had minute Acari. Hereferred the rrorms to the genus Leptodera; and stated that thirty-three years before he had found similar parasites in the shrivelled leaves of Gloxifiia. The following papers were read :- 1. (‘Note on the Foliation and Ramification of Bzcdclleia auri- culata.” By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., F.L.S. 2. ‘I On the Homology of the Conario-hypophysial Tract, or the so-called Pineal and Pituitary ‘ Glands.’ ” By Prof. Owen, C.B., F.R.S., F.L.S. 3. On the Sense of Colour among some of the Lower Ani- mals.” By Sir John Lubbock, Bart., President. 4. ‘I Note on a Proliferous Double Mignonette.” By the Re?. G. Henalow, M.A., F.L.S. 24 PROUEEDINQS OF THE December 15th, 1881. GEORGEBUSK, F.R.S., Vice-president, in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. W. H. Coffin, Esq., E. Mihers, Esq., andH. Parkes, Esq., mere elected Fellows. Dr. T. 8. Cobbold exhibited a large Guinea-worm (Dracwnm- lus) taken from a pony in Madras by Vet.-Surg. Frederick Smith. Only one previous instance of the occurrence of this parasite in the horse had been mentioned, and its authenticity had been doubted by Fedschenko and others. Mr. G. S. Boulger showed a set of papier-miIch6 models of insectivorous plants for teaching-purposes, made under the super- intendence of Prof. Cohn by Herr Brendel of Breslau. Mr. T. Christy called attention to the volume of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1879, issued at Washington, containing much valuable information on the insects and other agents destructive to crops. The following papers were read :- 1. “ On some Points in the Morphology of the Temncvplewida” By Prof. P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., F.L.S. 2. “ On a new Species of Gossypim from East Tropical Africa.” By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S.,F.L.S. 3. “ Note on Abies Pattonii.” By W. R. McNab, M.D. 4. “ On the Digastric Muscle, its Modifications and Functions.” By G. E. Dobson, M.B., P.L.S. 6. “ The Mollusca of H.M.S. ‘ Challenger ’ Expedition.”-€’arts XI. and XII. By the Rev. R. Boog Watson, B.A., F.L S. January 19th, 1882. Sir JOHNLUBBOCK, Bart., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. The President announced tbe death of Mr. Richard Eippist, aged 70, who died on the 14th January, 1882. He had spent upwards of Wty years in the service of the Society, at first as Prof. Don’s Assistant and afterwards as Librarian himself. The following resolution was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously, that “ The Fellows in Meeting assembled, on learning of the death of Mr. Kippist, desire to record their sense of the efficient and faithful service rendered to the Society by its former Librarian during more than half a century.” A list n as read of 189 volumes and pamphlets presented to the Library as a Donation from the family of the late Mr. Frederick LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 25 Currey, in memory of his long connexion with the Society. In accepting this donation, a special vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. F. Innes Currey and the rest of the donors. Mr. T. B. Flower sent for exhibition Potentilla mpestris, L., from Montgomeryshire, Polygonma maritimwn, L., and 8enecio spuaZidus, L., from North Devon. Mr. W. Bancroft Espeut, of Jamaica, forwarded for exhibition an albino specimen of Bat (Mo$ossus obsczcrus, Geofl.), albinism in the Cheiroptera being of rare occurrence. Dr. T. S. Cobbold showed living specimens of Leptodera under the microscope. The following papers were read :- 1. “ The Life-history of a Crocus, and Notes on the Classifica- tion and Geographical Distribution of the Genus.” By George Maw, F.L.S. 2. “ The Asteroidea of H.M.S.
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