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elected, viz. : — Presicletit, Prof. Gr. J. Allman, M.D. '; Treasurer, 

 J. Gwyn Jeffreys, LL.D. ; Secretaries, Frederick Currey, Esq., 

 and St. George J. Mivart, Esq. 



After tlie reading of the President's Address, it was moved by 

 Prof. Busk, and resolved, That the thanks of the Society be given 

 to Dr. Allman for his excellent Address, and that he be requested 

 to allow it to be printed. [It will be found in the Journal, Zoo- 

 logy (No. 81), XV. pp. 1-8.] 



Mr. Stainton proposed, and Sir John Lubbock seconded, a vote 

 of thanks to Mr. Kippist in consideration of his long and fiiithful 

 services to the Society, while expressing regret at his illness during 

 the last winter. This was carried unanimously. 



June 5th, 1879. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



Mr. A. D. Michael was elected a Fellow. 



The President according to Charter nominated as Vice-Presi- 

 dents for the ensuing year : — Mr. J. Ball, Mr. W. Carruthers, 

 Mr. A. Grote, Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys. 



The President called attention to an article " On Cinchona in 

 India," by John Eliot Howard, F.L.S., which extract from the 

 ' Gardener's Chronicle ' was placed on the table for perusal. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Morphology of the Skull in the Amphibia Uro- 

 dela." By Prof. W. K. Parker, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " On the Lichens of the English Polar Expedition, 1875-76." 

 By Prof. Theodore M. Fries. Communicated by Sir J. D. Hooker, 

 F.L.S. 



3. " Mollusca of the ' Challenger ' Expedition."— Part IV. By 

 the Eev. E. Boog Watson, F.L.S. 



4. " On a new Species of Helvella." By William Phillips, 

 F.L.S. 



5. " Ferns of Northern India." By Charles B. Clarke, F.L.S. 



June 19th, 1879. 

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

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 

 Charles Holme, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On a remarkably Branched Si/llis dredged in the ' Chal- 

 lenger' Expedition." By Dr. W. C'. M'Intosh, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " Eemarks on Caiyesium as Indigenous to Australia." By 

 F. Manson Bailey, F.L.S. 



