LINNEAN SOL'IETV Of LOXDON. 2 1 



Dr. AV. Batesox, F.E.S., having couipliineuted the lecturer on 

 liis entliusiastic devotion to liis subject, dissented from several of 

 liis conclusions. 



Mr. J. T. CL'JS■^•l^GIIA^r (visitor) said that he was not altogether 

 in agreement with Dv. Kam merer, nor with the criticisms made 

 by Dr. Bateson. He maintained that adaptive characters have 

 nothing to do with speciilc characters, and that species are not 

 distinguished b}' adaptations. He thought that Dr. Kammerer's 

 evidence was not presented with sufficient precision, and the 

 relation between the exteriuil stiuiuli and the results described 

 has been left too vague, as in the case of Al;/tes. In Proteus and 

 Salamaadra that is not the case, but the evidence of heredity in 

 the latter case is somewhat vague. In Proteus the increase of the 

 eye under the action of light is evidence that the reduction of the 

 eye in evolution was due to the absence of light. 



Prof. E. S. GooBHicii, F.B..S., Sec.L.iS., while admiring the 

 interesting results of Dr. Kainmerer, was not satisfied as to his 

 interpretations. For instance, the reappearance of the large eye 

 in Proteus on the application of red light seems to prove that the 

 factors of inlieritance necessary for their production remained 

 unchanged during the long period in which Proteus has lived in 

 the dark since its large-eyed ancestor first entered the caves. 



The lecturer replied, Prof. JNIacBride acting as interpreter. He 

 submitted that the criticisms of Dr. Bateson and Mr. Cunningliam 

 were irrelevant, and remarked that control experiments would be 

 carried out in Cambridge. The number of individuals subjected 

 to his experiments varied from as few as twenty to as many as a 

 hundred in different cases. 



May 24th, 1923. 



Anniversanj Meeting. 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of tlie General Meeting of the 10th May, 1023, 

 wore read and confirmed. 



Mr. AViUiam Henry Wilkiiis, Hr. Clarence Tierney, and the 

 Rev. Kosslyn Bruce, JJ.D., were adnntted Fellows. 



Mrs. Nora Lilian Alcock was proposed as a Fellow. 



The Treasurer made his Annual Report on the Accounts of the 

 Society, and the Statement (see pp. 24-26), duly audited, was 

 received and adopted. 



