EEPOKTS OF MEETINGS. 57 



BIOLOGICAL SECTION. 



A T the Monthly Meetings held between October and 

 -^--^ April, Dr. Francis H. Edgworth gave a paper " On 

 the Sensory Nerves of the Thoracic and Abdominal Organs 

 in Mammals " in relation to some recent advances in our 

 knowledge of the subject. 



The President exhibited and discoursed on " Odontophores 

 {Radidai) of the genera Helix, Limax, Testacella, Patella, 

 Chiton, Trochus, Nassa, and other gasteropods. 



Mr. Robert Prideaux explained the life-history of the 

 Clematis Emerald Moth (lodos vernaria), and Mr. C. King 

 Riidge exhibited some Echini and Starfishes, and drew 

 attention to their main structural features. 



In field botany the most noteworthy event in connection 

 with the Bristol Flora has been the discovery on Brandon 

 Hill, by Mr. David Fry, of Trigonella (Falcatula) ornithopo- 

 dioides, a plant anciently reported to grow near the city, 

 but which is not known to have been observed in the district 

 by any living botanist. Its presence in such a spot is of 

 interest from several points of view. 



JAS. W. WHITE, F.L.S. 



CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SECTION. 



"TXURING the past Session four Meetings have been held, 

 -■-^ at which papers were read as follows : — 



Nov. 12. " What is a Wave ? " by Mr. E. G. Crawford. 



Dec. 15. " The Spark Discharge," by Dr. E. H. Cook. 

 Preparation of Nickel Carbonyl, and exhibition of glass 

 blowing with the oxyhydrogen blowpipe, by the President. 



Feb. 23. " Corresponding Conditions of Matter," Prof. S. 

 Young. 



