PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. XVU 



March 4th, 1856. 



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



Eead, a " Note on some Larvae voided by Children," by Edward 

 Newman, Esq., F.L.S. 



Eead also, a " Notice on the occurrence of Sepia biserialis in 

 Cornwall," by Jonathan Couch, Esq., F.L.S. (See "Zoological 

 Proceedings," p. 99.) 



Bead further, a Memoir " On the Development of the Ovule of 

 Santalim album, with some remarks on the phenomena of impreg- 

 nation in Plants generally," by Arthur Henfrey, Esq., F.B.S., 

 F.L.S. &c. (See " Transactions," vol. xxii. p. 69.) 



March 18th, 1856. 



W. Yarrell, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Henry Adams, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. Longmulr, jun., exhibited a photograph oiNumenius borealis, 

 shot in Kincardineshire in September last. 



Eead, " Eemarks on the Influence of the Sexual Organ in mo- 

 difying external characters in Animals," by "William Yarrell, Esq , 

 V.P.L.S. &c. (See " Zoological Proceedings," p. 76.) 



Eead also, a Paper entitled " Eemarks on the covering of the 

 Seed in Clusiacece, Magnoliacece, &c, and on the development of 

 the raphe in general;" by John Miers, Esq., F.E.S., F.L.S. &c. 

 (See " Transactions," vol. xxii. p. 81.) 



April 1st, 1856. 



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



James Alexander Brewer, Esq., and Thomas Hawkes Tanner, 

 Esq., M.D., were elected Fellows. 



Eead, a " Note on the recent Discoveries in regard to the 

 Microgonidia of Freshwater Algae ;" by the Eev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S. &c. (See " Botanical Proceedings," p. 145.) 



Eead also, a " Note on some collections of Arctic Plants, chiefly 

 made by Dr. Lyall, Dr. Anderson, Herr Miertsching, and Mr. Eae, 

 during the Expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin ;" by J. D. 



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