LINNEASr SOCIETY OF LONDON. vii 



a cl. Eatou colleetis." Aucfc. Paul Fred. Reiiiscli Couiuiimi- 

 cated by Dr. Hooker, C.B,, P.E.S., F.L.S. 



May 4tli, 1876. 

 Geoeqe Bentham, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



George Henry Parke, Esq., and George Dawson Eowley, Esq., 

 were elected Fellows, and Don Jose Vincente Barboza du Bocage 

 and Prof. AYilliam Nylander were elected Foreign Members. 



Mr. Duppa Crotch, F.L.S., exhibited skins of the Silver Fox, 

 Canis fidviis var. arcjentata, and of the Norwegian Lemming, 

 Lemmus norvegicus, Desm. 



Dr. Buxton Shillitoe, F.L.S., exhibited a specimen of parasitic 

 fungoid growth, in the fresh state, formed on the larva of an iVus- 

 tralian beetle. 



Dr. John Anderson, F.L.S,, exhibited the eye of the Gaugetie 

 Dolphin, PJatanista r/angetica, and specimens of two grasses 

 {Ischcemum rugosum and Faspalum scrobiculafum) taken from its 

 stomach. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Trematode Parasites from the Dolphins of the Ganges." 

 By T. S. Cobbold, M.D., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " On the Genus HooJia, with a Diagnosis of a new Species." 

 By W. T. Thiselton Dyer, M.A., F.L.S. 



3. " On the Migration and Habits of the Norwegian Lemming." 

 By W. Duppa Crotch, F.L.S. 



4. " Report on the Fungi collected in Kerguelen Island during 

 the stay of the Transit-of- Venus Expedition of 1874-75." By 

 the Eev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



5. ^^'^oic on Arctomgs cUcJirous." By John Anderson, M.D., 

 F.L.S. 



May 24th, 1876. 



Annivcrsm'y Ileefing. 



Prof. G. J. Allmak, M.D., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



The President announced that Mrs. Bennett had presented, on 

 the part of her late husband, three Linnean Medals — one of gold, 

 two of silver ; these formerly belonged to Eobert Brown, and 

 were bequeathed by him to Mr. Bennett. The special thanks of 

 the Society were directed to be presented to Mrs, Bennett for 

 this very acceptable addition to the Society's collection of Linnean 

 memorials. 



Dr. Prior, from the Committee appointed to audit the Trea- 

 surer's accounts, reported the state of lliem to be as follows, viz. ; — 



