622 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



A SPECIAL MEETING 



OF THE Society was Held at 20 Hanover Square, W., on 

 Wednesday, Xoyejiber 15th, 1916, at 7.30 p.m., Mr. E. 

 Heron-Allen, F.L.S. F.Gr.S., etc.. President, in the Chair. 



The Notice, dated November 3, 1916, convening a Special Meeting 

 for the purpose of discussing a proposal to alter Bye-lays 76 and 79, by 

 the insertion after " 8 o'clock p.m." of the words " or at any such other 

 time as the Council may appoint," having been read, and the result of a 

 post-card vote on a proposal to alter the time of meeting to 5 . 80 p.m.^ — 

 which was decidedly in favour of the earlier hour — having been declared, 

 the President invited the opinion of Fellows on the subject. 



A very animated discussiou took place, in which many Fellows par- 

 ticipated, as the result of which Mr. Maurice Blood proposed, and 

 Mr. Cuzner seconded, the following amendment : — 



" That, so far as relates to the time of meeting. Bye-laws 76 

 and 79 be suspended for the duration of the War, and that the 

 Society meet at 7 o'clock p.m." 



The amendment having been carried, by a large majority, it was put 

 by the President as a substantive motion, and was agreed nam. con. 

 The Meeting then adjourned. 



AN ORDINARY MEETING 



of the Society was held at No. 20 Hanover Square, W., 

 ON Wednesday, November 15th, 1916, Mr. E. Heron-Allen, 

 F.L.S. F.G.S, ETC., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting, having been circulated, 

 were taken as read, and confirmed and signed by the President. 



The President announced the following donations to the Society : — 



From 



Boyer, C. S., The Diatomacese of Philadelphia The Publishers. 



Stopes M. C., Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the| ^^.^-^^ Museum. 



British Museum . . . . j 



Cummings, B. F., The Louse and its Relation to Disease Ditto. 



Guide to the enlarged models of Insects and Ticks) Ditto 



exhibited in the British Museum / 



Hanitsch, R., Malayan Blattidae Captain Warrington. 



Van Heurck, H., Le Microscope aux dtudes d'Anat.) j^ p j^ ^Qhotham 



Vegetale j 



He was sure it would be the pleasure of the Society to return thanks to 

 these donors for their gifts. 



Mr. Sydney C. Akehurst exhibited a New Tank, and Pond-weed. 

 Holder, for use with the Greenough Microscope, a full description of 

 which appears in the Journal of the Society. 



