LIXNEAN SOCIETY OP LOXDOK. Iv 



and by his researches had largely advanced our knowledge of the 

 fauna of the British Isles. His labours have left their mark on 

 the Zoology of Britain ; and it is hard to say vrlio can take his 

 place in the department of Natural History in which he had shown 

 himself so loving and conscientious an observer. He was known 

 personally to many here present, and by re2)utation to all of us ; 

 and tlie Meeting will receive with sincere sorrow the sad announce- 

 ment that he has his j)lace no longer among our Fellows." 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited a collection of dried flowers from 

 Western Australia made by Mrs. Bunbury. She observes that 

 the once common native plants are becoming scarce in the pasture- 

 land of the Colony, and that it is now difficult to propagate them 

 even by culture. 



Mr. J. T. Carrington exhibited male and female specimens of 

 the northern Stone-Crab (Lithodes arctica) which had lived in the 

 "Westminster Aquarium. The peculiar asymmetry of tlie abdo- 

 minal segments of the female was adverted to ; and from this 

 and other reasons an affinity with the Hermit Crab {Pagurus) 

 was pointed out. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. " Ou the Indigenous Timber, and on the Plants introduced 

 into New Zealand." By H. M. Brewer, of Waugauui, New 

 Zealand. Communicated by Dr. Murie, F.L.S. 



2. " On a supposed Polymorphic Butterfly from India." By 

 Prof. J. 0. Westwood, F.L.S. 



April 1st, 1880. 



Prof. Gr. J. Allmak, M.D., P.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed, 



T. L. Bancroft, Esq., and Gr. T. Bettany, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows. 



Mr. J. E. Jackson exhibited the stems of Arundo Donax with 

 a portion of the rhizome attached. Enormous quantities of these 

 have recently been imported into this country from Algeria, and 

 made up into parasol-handles, a firm of wholesale manufacturers 

 having made a speciality of them for this season. 



A series of specimens of Japanese Conifers was exhibited by 

 Dr. Maxw^ell Masters. These Conifers had been collected by 

 Mr. Maries ; fifty or sixty species are said to be found in the 

 Japanese and Chinese regions. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "A new Genus {Pyramocera) of Moths of the Family Lipa- 

 rid£e from Madagascar." By A. Gr. Butler, F.L.S. 



