X PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



AprH 15th, 1858. 



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



"WiUiam Frederick Saunders, Esq., was elected a EeUow. 



Eead, first, a " Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects, collected 

 at Celebes by Mr. A. R. Wallace;" by Frederick Smith, Esq. 

 Communicated by W. "W. Saunders, Esq., V.P.L.S. (See " Zoo- 

 logical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. 4.) 



Eead, secondly, a Paper " On some tuberiform "Vegetable Pro- 

 ductions from China;" by the Ilev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., E.L.S. 

 (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. 102.) 



Eead, thirdly, "Notes on Arctic Plants;" by George Dickie, 

 M.D., A.L.S., Prof. Nat. Hist. Queen's CoU. Belfast. (See 

 " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. 109.) 



May 6th, 1858. 



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



Eardley G. Culling Eardley, Esq., was elected a EeUow ; and 

 Professor Albert KoeUiker, and Professor Karl Theodor Ernest 

 von Siebold, were elected Foreign Members. 



S. James A. Salter, Esq., E.L.S., exhibited a living specimen of 

 a species of Eat, frequently observed of late on board of vessels in 

 British ports, and made some observations on the characters by 

 which it is distinguished from the original British Eat (Mus 

 Battus, L.). 



Eead, first, " Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australise cogni- 

 tionem;" by Dr. Ferdinand MiiUer. Communicated by George 

 Bentham, Esq., F.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. .) 



Eead, secondly, a Note " On a new species of Bellevalia from 

 Mount Ida;" by Maxwell T. Masters, Esq. Communicated by 

 the Secretary. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. iii. p. 113.) 



Eead, thirdly, an "Enumeration of the Mosses of India;" by 

 WiUiam Mitten, A.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," Supple- 

 ment for 1858.) 



