ANNOUNCEMENTS. 635 



The President commended the following three matters to the 

 favourable consideration of the Members : — 



(1.) A circular received from the Philosophical Institute of 

 Canterbury, N.Z., giving particulars of the projected Hutton 

 Memorial Research Fund. 



(2.) A circular from the Director of the British Museum 

 (Natural History), London, forwarded by the Department of 

 Public Health, Sydney, asking for collections of blood-sucking 

 Diptera (other than Mosquitoes) for scientific purposes. 



(3.) A letter from Mr. C. G. Lloyd, of the Lloyd Library, 

 Cincinnati, asking for specimens of Puff-balls {Ly coper daceoi), to 

 aid him in the study of this group of the Fungi. 



On the conclusion of the formal business of the Meeting, a 

 very hearty vote of thanks to the President for his interesting 

 address and for his assiduous attention to the Society's interests 

 was carried by acclamation, on the motion of Professor David. 



