LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. VU 



Bead, first, a Paper " On the Cranial Characters of a Rat new to 

 the British Fauna;" by S. James A. Salter, Esq., M.B., F.L.S. 



Read, secondly, " On the Moulting of the Common Lobster 

 (^Homarus vulgaris) and Shore-Crab {Carcinus mcBfias) ;" by S. 

 James A. Salter, Esq., M.B., F.L.S. (See " Zoological Proceed- 

 ings," vol. iv. p. 30.) 



Read, thirdly, a. Note " On the Habits of the Aye- Aye {^Chei- 

 romys madageiscariensis) ;" by Henry Sandwith, Esq., M.D., C.B., 

 in a letter to Professor Owen, E.R,S., V.P.L.S. (See " Zoological 

 Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 28.) 



April 21st, 1859. 



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



-John Forbes Watson, Esq., M.B., was elected a Fellow. 



A Letter was read from Mr. A. Gr. Moore, F.L.S., mentioning 

 the occurrence in considerable numbers of Squilla Desmareetii off 

 ^ea View and Bembridge, and of Vespertilio mtirmus about the 

 .cliffs at Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight. 



A Letter was also read from Thomas Forster, Esq., M.B., F.L.S., 

 giving some account of the phenomena of the present season on 

 the French coast ; and an Extract of a Letter from Albert Ham- 

 brough, Esq., F.L.S., announcing the discovery, on the sea-shore 

 at Ventnor, of a rather scarce shell. Vertigo cylindrica. 



Read, first, "Remarks on Gnetum-^'''' by the late William 

 Griffith, Esq., M.D., F.L.S. Communicated, with a Prefatory 

 Note, by Professor Henfrey, F.R.S., F.L.S. (See " Transactions," 

 vol. xxii. p. 299.) 



Read, secondly, a " Note on the species of Oroton described by 

 LinnsDus, under the names of Glutia Eluteria and Clutia Casca- 

 rilla-,'' by John Joseph Bennett, Esq., F.R.S., Sec. L.S. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iv. p. 26,) 



