XXIV PEOCEEDINQS OP THE 



The followiug papers were read: — 



1. " On tlic Source of the Wiap^ed Cardamom of Nepaul." By 

 George King, M.B., F.L.S., Superintendent of the Botanic 

 Garden, Calcutta. 



2. " Note on Australian Finches of the Genus Po'cplnla.'" By 

 Captain William E. Armit, F.L.B. 



3. " On the Self-fertilization of Plants." By the Rev. George 

 Hen slow, F.L.S. 



" Revision of the llippida' (a Group of Anomurous Crus- 

 tncej 



riensiow, x' .Xi.r>. 



4'. " Revision of the llippida' (a Group of 

 tncea)." By E. J. Miers, Esq., F.L.S. 



November 15th, 1877. 

 J. Gavy>- Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair, 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting -were read and signed. 



William Stewart Lawson, Esq., the Rev. Murray Alexander 

 Mathew, f.nd William Joshua, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Captain Feilden, E.N., exhibited specimens of Lepidoptera and 

 otbcr insects collected by himself during the recent Arctic E.vpe- 

 dition at Grinnell Laud between 78" and 88° N. latitude. 



Mr. J. Jcnner Weir, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of Butterflies 

 captured on the Alps at an elevation of 8000 to 9000 feet. 



Dr. Trimen, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of the Olibanum, or 

 Frankincense-tree, BosweJlia Carterii, Birdwood, gathered by 

 Mr. James Collins at Aden in October 1877. He also made some 

 observations on the variability of the foliage of the species of 

 £osweJJia ; and expressed an opinion than £. Bhau-Dajiana, 

 Birdw., was not specifically separable from B. Carterii. B. Fre- 

 reana, in a wild state, is confined to Somali-land, where it was 

 recently gathered by Hildebraud. 



Mr. Holmes, F.L.S., exhibited dried specimens of Bosu'ellia 

 from the herbarium of the late Daniel Hanbury (now the pro- 

 perty of the Pharmaceutical Society) ; also specimens of the gum- 

 resins produced by BosioeUia Carterii and B. Frereana. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Report on the Insecta (including Arachnida) collected by 

 Captain Feilden and Mr. Hart during the recent Arctic Expedi- 

 tion." By Robert M''Lach]an, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



2. " Preliminary Notes on the Surface-fauna of the Arctic 

 Seas as observed in the recent Arctic Expedition." By Edward 

 L. Moss, IM.D. Communicated by Dr. Murie, F.L.S. 



3. " Ou the Annelids of the British Nortli-Polar Expedition," 

 ByAV. C. M'Intosh, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



December 4th, 1877. 

 Prof. G. J. Al!.ma^', M.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 

 Tbe Minutes of the last IMceting were read and signed. 



