4 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



. The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Anatomy of Gai(clina coriacea.'" By Prof. 

 Arthur Deudv, F.L.S. 



2. " On Protective Coloration in Mns miiscichis." By 

 Mr. H. L. Jameson. (Communicated by Prof. G. B. Howe.<, 

 Sec.L.S.) 



3. " On some Desmids from the United States." By Messrs. 

 W. West, F.L.S., and G. S. West. 



December 16th, 1897. 



Mr. Pkank Ckisp, LL.B., Yice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read find confirmed. 



Mr. W. J. H. McCorquodale was admitted a Fellow of the 

 Society ; and Messrs. Alfred Fryer nnd George Claries Champion 

 were elected ^Associates. 



Mr. W. Carruthers, F.E.S., exliibited and made remarks upon 

 a Fungus, i?ose7/mm ligQiiarin, ISitschke, wliich had been found to 

 attack living ash-trees, eventually causing the death of the tree. 

 Additional observations were made by Mr. George Murray and 

 Prof. Farmer. 



Mr. Edward Step, F.L.S., exhibited two specimens of a Hermit 

 Crab, Evpaqiirtts Prideavxi, from Portscatho, Cornwall. Both 

 were found naked and in rock-cavities, and special interest 

 att.iched to the fact that, in the absence of the well-known 

 Mollusoan shell which the species affects, each ipecimen was 

 incrusted at precisely the same regions of its exterior bv " acorn- 

 shells." 



The Eev. T. R. E. Stebbing, F.L.S., gave an account of the habits 

 of this find other species of the genus Eiipaguo^us. dire cting special 

 attention to the work of Aurivillius ; and Prof. Howes remarked 

 thnt it was on record that in the absence of a shell tiie bowl of a 

 clay-pijie did not come amiss to these animals, and that they will 

 readily utilize broken test-tubes. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Affinities of the Madreporarian genus Alveopora" 

 By H. M. Bernard, F.L.S. 



2. " On some Characese collected in the West Indies by 

 1\y. T. B. Blow, F.L.S." By Messrs. H. and J. Groves, F.L.S. 



Mr. B. Daydon Jackson referred to a correspondence which 

 had taken place between the first President of the Society, Sir 

 J. E. Smith, and Dr. Peter Camper, at a time when it Mas 

 proposed to elect the latter a Foreign Member, vw honour which 

 for curious reasons he declined. (See Appendix, ]>p. 55-57.) 



