IT PEOCEEDINOS OF THE 



Harvey, Esq., M.D. ; Andrew Sinclair, Esq., M.D., E.N. ; and 

 Q-. H. Polyblank, Esq., were elected Eellows. 



Read, first, a " Notice of the Mechanism of the Stomach of the 

 ' Crustacea \'' by T. H Huxley, Esq., E.E.S. ; communicated by 

 Joseph Hooker, Esq., M.D., E.E.S., E.L.S. 



Eead, secondly, a " Note on ^iranthes gemmipara)^^ by Prof. 

 Lindley, E.R.S., F.L.S. (See "Botanical Proceedings," vol. i. 

 p. 168.) 



Bead, thirdly, " Contributions to Indian Orchidology, No. T. ;" 

 by Prof. Lindley, E.E.S., F.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," 

 vol. i. p. ] 70.) 



Read, fourthly, a " Note on the Exhibition of Fungi in Cases ;" 

 by the Rev. H. H, Higgins ; communicated by N. B. Ward, Esq., 

 F.L.S. 



February 3rd, 1857. 



Francis Boott, Esq., M.D., Y.P., in the Chair. 



Alexander H. Haliday, Esq., M.A. ; John Eliot Howard, Esq. ; 

 and E. J. Lowe, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Bentham, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of various kinds of 

 Jacaranda, or Rose- woods, sent from Rio Janeiro by Prof. Alemao, 

 and made some observations upon them. 



Read, first, a "Description of a new European species of 

 Faussus)'' by J. O. "Westwood, Esq., F.L.S. 



Read, secondly, a " Description of a new species of Fule:x! (P. 

 Imperator^ Westw.) found in a bedstead at Grateshead;" by J. 

 O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S. 



Read, thirdly, a " Note on the Cultivation of Mosses ;" by the 

 Rev. H. H. Higgins ; communicated by N. B. Ward, Esq., F.L.S. 

 (See "Botanical Proceedings," vol. ii. p. 44.) 



