PEOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(SESSION 1876-77.) 



Noveinbei" 2ud, 1876. 

 Prof. Gr. J. Allman, M.D., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



Mr. D. Crotch, P.L.S., exhibited live Lemmings, with drawings, 

 and maps of their migrations. 



Mr. Algernon Peckover, P.L.S., exhibited specimens of youDg 

 Insectivora, Hemicentetes nigriceps, and Insects from Mada- 

 gascar. 



Mr. A. Gr. Butler, P.L.S., exhibited specimens of Insects be- 

 longing to the genus Euptijcliia. 



Mr. A. de Crespigny exhibited specimens of Toi'dylium maxi- 

 mum, which he had gathered in August last in considerable quan- 

 tity near Tilbury Fort. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Distribution of the Monocotyledonous Orders into 

 primary Groups, more especially with reference to the Australian 

 Plora." By George Bentham, P.R.S., V.P.L.S. 



2. " On some Irish Sticklebacks ( (7«6Yerosfe«6^)." By Surgeon- 

 Major Francis Day, P.L.S. 



3. " On the Eespiratory Action of the Carnivorous Water- 

 Beetles {Bytiscidce)^ By D. Sharpe, Esq., and 



4. "Descriptions of some new ScarahceiclcB from Central Ame- 

 rica." By D. Sharpe, Esq. Both communicated by H. "W . Bates, 

 F.L.S. 



5. "Descriptions of two new Lepidopterous Insects from 

 Malacca." By A. G. Butler, F.L.S. 



6. " Descriptions of new Species of the Lepidopterous genus 

 EujJtychia:' By A. Or. Butler, F.L.S. 



7. "Botany of the 'Challenger': Supplemental Note on the 

 Algse of the ' Challenger' Expedition." By George Dickie, M.D. 

 F.L.S. 



