Xl PaOCEEDINGS OF THE 



February 6th, 1879. 

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

 The Minutea of the last Meeting were read aud signed. 



Mr. J. R. Jackson exhibited a collection of Fruits, Seeds, &c. 

 from the tombs of Ancient Thebes. Among these were fruits of 

 two species of Doum Palm {Hyphtrne thehnica and of H. Arc/un), 

 this latter formerly and erroneously described as an Areca. Some 

 small berries were also identified with those of Juniperus 

 phoenicea. 



Mr. J. Gr. Baker showed dried specimens of the Bulb Bupliane 

 ioxicaria, which furnishes one of the ingredients of the poison 

 used by the Bushmen to tip their arrows. The bulb is remark- 

 able for its numerous tunics, and its geographical range, as now 

 known, is from Cape Karroo to Tanganyika. 



Mr. "W. Thiselton Dyer drew attention to the chief features of 

 a new fodder Grass, EiiMcena Iiixurians ; he also exhibited in- 

 struments used for weaving fibre of CurcuJicjo latifolia by the 

 natives of Borneo. 



Mr. T. Christy showed a sample of Tea grown at Natal ; and 

 likewise a bottle of the fresh-drawn India-rubber secretion of a 

 species of Landolphia. 



The Eev. G. Henslow passed round for examination a reputed 

 female Mistletoe bearing male shoots, which was regarded as pro- 

 bably an androgynous condition rather than a male parasitic on 

 a female plant. 



Mr. E. Irwin Lynch exhibited a series of specimens of parts of 

 Acacia spJicerocrpJiaJa, Cecropia peltata, and two Orchids {Epiden- 

 drtim licormtivm and ScliombxirgJcia iihicina), as exemplifying their 

 economy in aftbrding hollows of protection and so-called food- 

 bodies for ants. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Note as to the Position of the Genus Bequenzia among the 

 Gastropoda." By J. Gwyn Jeffreys, LL.D., F.li.S., F.L.S. 



2. " On the Anatomy of Ants." By Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 

 M.P., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



3. " On the Habits of Ants, Bees, and Wasps."— Part VI. 

 By the same. 



February 20th, 1879. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



Edward A. Fitch, Esq., Lawrence Scott, Esq., and William Stone, 

 Esq., were elected Fellows. 



