Proceed ill ij.i of (he Rojjal Sociefij of Virtor'ui. 207 



Mr Dudley Dobson, M.i.C.E., F.(t.S., of W;uin;inibool, was 

 nominated as a Memb(M'. 



Dr. \Vm. L. Mullen, M.A., M.D., was elected as an Associate 

 of the Society. 



The President said he regretted having to make the announce- 

 ment that Mr. Howitt had felt compelled to resign his position as 

 a Member of the Council, owing to the pressure of official duties. 

 It \\'ould, therefore, be necessary to fill the vacancy by ballot, in 

 accordance with Rule 13. 



Mr. Whitio nominated Dr. Dendy, and Professor Spencer 

 seconded the nomination. 



No other nominations being forthcoming, the President said 

 it was his duty to declare Dr. Dendy duly elected a member of 

 the Council of the Royal Society. He desired to express his 

 satisfaction at Dr. Dendy being added to the membership of the 

 Council. He had been so very active in connection with the 

 Society, that he felt sure he would be equally active as a Member 

 of the Council. 



Dr. Dendy tlianked the Members for the honor they had done 

 him, in electing him to till such an important post, and trusted 

 he would be able to perform the duties connected with it to the 

 satisfaction of the Society. 



Dr. Neild, the Hon. Librarian, reported that 172 publications 

 hail been added to the labraiy since the last meeting. 



Papers. 



Dr. Dendy read a paper entitled, " On the Mode of Reproduc- 

 tion of Peripatus leuckartii." 



Mr J. Bracebridge Wilson remarked that the structure of 

 the reproductive organs of the species described by Dr. Dendy 

 appeared to ditier from that of species hither'to desci-ibed. 



Dr. Dendy said the structure of the reproductive organs was 

 essentially the same. There were only some superficial points of 

 difi'erence. 



3Ir. J. B. Wilson said that a remarkable point in the structure 

 of these organs was the presence of two curious little sacs, which 

 held the spermatic fluid, and fertilized the eggs as they passed 

 down. That seemed to indicate that the female was fertilized 

 per] taps only once in its life. 



Dr. Dendy said that, in this point Peripatus leuckartii agreed 

 with the otiier species. In regai-d to the lower part of the ovi- 

 duct, however, there certainly was a diffei-ence. In other species, 

 the uterus was specially modified to allow the embryos to develop 



