306 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



MONDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 1878. 



The President, W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., in the Chair. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



W. R. Campbell, Esq., of Trigamon Station, Warialda. 



G. H. Raynor, Esq., of Kings School, Parramatta. 

 The Secretary reported that F. W. Button, Esq., Professor 

 of Zoology at the Otago University, had been elected an Hon. 

 Member. 



DONATIONS. 



From " La Societe HoUandaise des Sciences a Haarleam." 



1. Archives, Tom. XIII., pars 1 — 3. 



2. 3 Catalogues of the Netherland Section of the Phila- 



delphia Exhibition. 



3. Sketch of Public Works in the Netherlanda. 

 From La Soc. Entomolgique de Belgique — 



Compte Rendu, Serie II., No. 54. 



PAPERS READ. 



PLAGIOSTOMATA OF THE PACIFIC. 



BY 



N. DE Miklouho-Maclat and William Macleay. 



Part I. 

 (With 5 Plates.) 



INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTION. 



BY 



William Macleay, F.L.S. 



The Sharks and Rays of the Pacific Ocean have, as a whole, 

 from time to time, attracted their full share of the attention of 

 Naturalists, in so far as the observation and examination of dried 



