yi PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



December 17th, 1857. 



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



Edward "William Cooke, Esq., A.E.A., and Francis Day, Esq., 

 were elected Fellows. 



E^ad, first, a Memoir " On the Zoology of New Guinea;" by 

 Philip Lutley Sclater, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. (See " Zoological Pro- 

 ceedings," vol. ii. p. 149.) 



Eead, secondly, a " Botanical Eeport on the North- Australian 

 Expedition, under the command of A. C. Gregory, Esq. ;" by Dr. 

 Ferdinand Miiller, Botanist to the Expedition. Communicated 

 by the Colonial Office. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. ii. 

 p. 137.) 



Eead, thirdly, " Notes on Dr. Asa- Gray's Observations on the 

 Ovules and Seed-coats of Magnolia ;" by John Miers, Esq., F.E.S., 

 F.L.S. 



January 21st, 1858. 



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



Walter Lowry Buller, Esq. ; "William Charles Hood, Esq., M.D. ; 

 William Lauder Lindsay, Esq., M.D. ; John Lubbock, Esq.; Buxton 

 Shillitoe, Esq. ; and Francis Cornelius Webb, Esq., M.D., were 

 elected Fellows. 



Among the presents were specimens of the fruits of Physianthus 

 albens and StepJianotis Jlorihunda, ripened in Cornwall, the former 

 in the open air and the latter in a greenhouse, presented by Mrs. 

 Fox, of Grove Hill, near Falmouth ; of the fruit of Koelreuteria 

 paniculata, ripened (for the first time) during the past autumn, 

 in Chelsea Garden, presented by Thomas Moore, Esq., F.L.S. ; 

 and a specimen of the fruit of Ailcmtus glandulosa, ripened, last 

 autumn, at Stoke Newington, near London, presented by Eichard 

 Kippist, Esq., Librarian L.S. 



Eead, first, an Extract of a Letter from Dr. Baikie to Sir John 



