(8 PnoCEEDIXGS OF THE 



^fr. Arthur Lionel (Toodday was adinitipd a Fellow, 



y\r. AVilliain Hciirv Kiti-liing, Mr. Cliiiitaman .Alaliadcr Temlx', 

 Mr. liowlaiid Maiirii-i; K'icliards, Louis, A^icomlc de .Sil)our, F.Z.S., 

 ^Ir. Jiuslom llonnasji J).i.stur, JJ. 8c. (Bombay), and Mr. .lolin 

 William IJodgcr, wvvv ])ro|)ost'd as Fellows. 



Certificates in i'avour of the i'ollowiuij; weie read for flie second 

 time: — JNIr. lOdniund (iustavus I^Iooiiideld Meade- Waldo, JNlr. 

 Pyari iNIoliau l)el)liarman, JJ.Se., I'rol. Otto \'eriioii Darhishire. 

 Ji.A., PI..1)., Mr. William Hiekalsou Dykes, .ALA.(()xon.), L.esL^ 

 (Paris), Prof. Sliaiduir J'urushottam Agliarkar. ^[.A., Ph.D., 

 Dr. John Wisliart, Howard Haiiip Crane, Capt. Eric Fitch 

 Dagli.sh, Ph.D., Mr. Bertram Henrv Buxton, and Prof. Otto 

 Ro.senheiiu, IMi.D., F.C.S. 



The following were balloted for and elected: — FcUoivs: Mr. 

 Sydney Percy-Lancaster, F.li.H.S., Herbert William Pugsley, 

 B.A.(Lontl.), Mr. Joseph Omer-Cooper, Miss Lucy Ellen Cox, 

 B..Sc.(Lond.), Dr. George Kenneih Sutherland, M. A., Mr. ILirry 

 Bertram Harding, F.K.AL.S., and -Mrs. Elinore Egerlon Harde; 

 Foreign Members: I'rof. Gaston J3onnier, Prof. A'ictor Ferdinantl 

 Brotherus, Prof. Giovanni Baltista de Toni, Prof. Louis Dollo, 

 Prof. Paul Marchal, and Prof. Poland Tbaxter, Ph.D. 



Tlie President remarked upon the recent issue of two new 

 volumes of the Ray Society, which were shown on the table, 

 namely, ' British Orthoptera,' by Mr. Lucas, and the first volume 

 of the ' British Ciiaroi)liyta,' by jMr. Groves aiul Canon Bullock- 

 AV'ebster. 



The following Auditors were proposed, and elected by show of 

 hands: — For the Council: ]Mr. Fj. T. Browne, Mr. Stanley 

 Edwards; for the Fellows : ^fr. T. A. Dymes, Mr. P. Paulson. 



Dr. G. P. Bidder, F.L.S., read three comnnmications on 

 Sponges, entitled : — (I )" Tiie Fragrance of Cahinean Sponges,'' 

 {2) '■^ Syncnjpta spo^giarum" and (3) " Xotes on the Physiology 

 of Sponges." 



The discussion which followed was maintained by Prof. Dendy. 

 Ah'. Jlarold Kussell, and Mr. J. J}, (iatenby (visitor), the Author 

 replying. 



Mr. Edwaki) J. BedI'Oiid showed a series of thirty exquisite 

 water-colour drawings of Jiritish Marsh and Spotted Orchids, 

 with tlieir numerous varieties and liybrids, further illustrated by 

 "<• lantern-slides from his photogra|)hs of the growing ])lants in 

 situ, and enlarged views of tlie li|), front and side \iews (See p. 65.) 



Mr. H. \V. Pugsley and Mr. T. A. Dymes contributed further 

 remarks: the latter exhibited a series of fruit cai)sules, and 

 remarked on the characters afforded by these variable plants in 

 their fruits and seeds; yiv. Piedfonl briefly replying. 



