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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



AN ORDINARY MEETING 



OF THE Society was Held at 20 Hanover Square, W., on 

 "Wednesday, June 19tr, 1918, Mr. J. E. Barnard, President, 

 IN the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of May 15 were read, confirmed, and 

 signed by the President. 



New Fellows. — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows of the 

 Society ;— 



Major Robert Cattley, M.B., B.Sc, etc., 



Miss Annie Dixon, 



Mr. Harry Godfrey Skepper, 

 and Lady Mary Elizabeth Bruce was elected an Honorary Fellow. 



Mr. Scourfield reported that the Biological Section of the Society 

 bad paid a visit on the previous Saturday to the John Innes Horticultural 

 Institution at Merton, and had been shown round the gardens and 

 laboratories by Professor Bateson. Yery wonderful results were being 

 obtained there in reference to heredity, etc. 



At the suggestion of the President the Meeting expressed its warm 

 appreciation of Professor Bateson's kindness. 



Donation. — The President reported that Mrs. Hebb had kindly 



offered the Microscope by Baker, with Polariscope and other accessories, 



which had been in constant use by the late Dr. Hebb. He moved from 



the Chair the following resolution, which was carried unanimously : — 



" That a very hearty vote of thanks be accorded to Mrs. Hebb 



for her kindness in presenting to the Society the Microscope 



used by the late Dr. Hebb." 



Mr. J. M. Offord exhibited slides prepared by Mr. Waddington 

 showing : Gnat larva emerging from ova ; lids of ova opening ; early 

 pupating and late pupating stages of gnat larva, showing growth of the 

 breathing-tubes at the head ; gnat pupa emerging from larval case ; gnat 

 imago emerging from pupal case ; Anopheles emerging from pupal case ; 

 Corethra larvae, with inverted pharyngeal tube ; species of Chiro- 

 nomous (?), very fine colours ; Machalomjx, a rare gnat. 



A communication by Mr. Waddington was read, in which he said 

 that the Anopheles hifurcatus, which is a malaria-carrying mosquito, is 



