XXVI PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



with slender cylindrical spines, very similar to, but more slender 

 than, those of C. spinosa. 



Mr. S. AV. Silver, F.L.S., exhibited a scries of Weapons and 

 other objects from New Caledonia ; and also Arrows and Poison 

 from the Fiji Islands obtained by Consul Edgar Layard. 



Mr. Worthiugton Smith, F. L.S., exliiblted, and made remarks 

 on, a fossil Fungus {Peronosporites antiquarins) with zoospores 

 in aitu. He also cxhiliitod drawin;:^s of IBnlefu-^ frnhfoiuriifosus 

 and other Fungi. 



The following ])apers were read : — 



1. " On the Alga; found during the Arctic Expedition.'' By 

 George Dickie, M.D., F.L.S. 



2. " Descriptions of new (xenera and Species of Phytophagous 

 Coleoptera." By Joseph Baly, F.L.S. 



ij. " On the Anatomy of the Elk (Alces macJiUs).'^ By Prof. 

 M. Watson, M.D., and A. II. Young, M.B. Communicated by 

 Dr. Murie, F.L.S. 



4. " On the Minnte Structure of Stromatopora and its Allies." 

 By Prof. 11. A. Xicliolsou, F.L.S., and Dr. Murie, F.L.S. 



January l7th, 1S7S. 



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



John Bedford Kerswill, M.E.C.P., was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. Tliiselton Dyer, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of the Dipte- 

 rocarpea; (three species) collected by Beccari in New Guinea. 



Mr. Jackson, A.L.S., exhibited a nest of the Wool-bird con- 

 structed of cotton-pod wool, which had been forvvarded to the 

 Kew !}.[us( um by Sir Bartle Frerc from Malmesbury, South Africa, 

 lie also exhibited fasciated stems of Dipsacus fuUonum, which 

 had been largely imported by Messrs. Marshall and Snelgi'ove, 

 and employed by them as handles for parasols c^"c. 



The following papers were read :- — 



1. " On Ili/psiprjjinnodon, a Genus indicative of a distinct 

 Family in the Diprotodont Section of the Marsupialia." By Prof. 

 Owen,' F.E.S., F.L.S., &c. 



2. " On tlie Nutrition of Broaera rofinulifoh'n." By Francis 

 Darwin, ]\LB., F.L.S. 



3. "Notes touching Eeccnt Eesearches on the Eadiolaria," 

 By Prof. St. George Mivart, F.E.S., F.L.S., «fcc. 



Febriuiry 7th, 1878. 



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



John Giraud .Agar, Esq., and Charles Berjeau, E:<c[., were elected 

 Fellows. 



