LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. V 



species of PeropJiora ; " by J. D. Macdonald, Esq. Communi- 

 cated by the Eoyal Society. (See "Transactions," vol. xxii. 

 p. 377.) 



Read, fourthly, a " Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera 

 collected at Singapore by M. A. U. Wallace, with Descriptions of 

 New Species ; " by Francis Walker, Esq., E.L.S. (See " Zoolo- 

 gical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. 196.) 



March 3rd, 1859. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



George Vernon Blunt, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Among the presents was a Collection of Dried Specimens of 

 British Algae, formed by Dr. Cocks, of Plymouth ; presented by, 

 the Subscribers for its purchase, to whom the special thanks of 

 the Society were voted. 



Read, first, a Letter from Mr. Charles Barter, A.L.S., to Sii? 

 William Jackson Hooker, F.L.S., on the Vegetation of the West 

 Coast of Africa. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 17.) 



Read, secondly, a Letter from M. Emile Bourgeau, addressed 

 to Sir W. J. Hooker, on the Vegetation and Climate of the 

 Saskatchewan. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 1.) 



Read, thirdly, " Observations on the growth and times of ap- 

 pearance of some of the Marine Algae ; " by John Cocks, Esq., 

 M.D. Communicated by Robert Hudson, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. 

 (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iv. p. .) 



Read, fourthly, a Note " On five new plants of Eastern Peru ; " 

 by Richard Spruce, Esq. Communicated by Greorge Bentham, 

 Esq., V.P.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. 191.) 



March l7th, 1859. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. George Weare Braikenridge ; H. B. Brady, Esq. ; and 

 Samuel Gurney, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



