4 rnocEEDTNGS or the 



In Chapter XII. Section 1 the foUowinp; words shall be omitted : — 

 " provided that the position of the present Librarian elected by the Society 

 be not thereby affected." 



In Chapter XIII. Section 5, after the words " shall be immediately read 

 and " the following words shall be added, " if approved by the Fellows 

 present." 



In Chapter XIV. Section 5, after the words " Vice-President " shall be 

 inserted " or Chairman ; " and after the word " Society " shall be added 

 "and the terms of any such Resohition shall also be forthwith communi- 

 cated by circular to each Fellow having a known address in the United 

 Kingdom." 



Mr. George Brook exhibited, under the microscope, speci- 

 mens oi Noctiluca miliaris preserved in a weak solution of osmic 

 acid. The specimens had been obtained at the Mouth of the 

 Thames. 



Mr. Thomas Christy laid on the table a series of Fungi trans- 

 mitted by Dr. Bancroft, of Brisbane, Queensland. He also 

 showed some fruits of a species of Capsicum from Southern Europe, 

 distinguished by their short ovate shape aud their total absence of 

 pungency. 



The Eev. George Henslow showed diagrams of the structure 

 of a malformed example of Verba scum nit/rum, which formed the 

 subject of a paper read at the jirevious Meeting. 



Prof. T Spencer Cobbold exhibited a specimen of a rare 

 Chinese Fluke (Distoma sinense), showing the internal organs, 

 especially the vitellary sacs and other reproductive parts, ova, &c. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on British Tunicata (1. Ascidiida):' By W. A. 

 Herdman, D.Sc. Communicated by Prof. C. Wyville Thomson, 

 E.L.S. 



2. " On an Erythrcea new to England." By Frederick Towns- 

 end, E.L.S. 



3. " On the Conifers of Japan." By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, 

 E.L.S. 



4. "Mollusca of the 'Challenger' Expedition."— Part VII. 

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



The President afterwards announced that the next General 

 Meeting of the Eellows of the Society to be held Thursday, 

 December 16, at 8 p.m., would 'be made a Special Meeting for 

 the election of a Member of Council. 



December IGth, 1880. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and signed. 



II. A. Erlebach, Esq., W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, and Thomas E. 

 Innian, Esq., were elected Eellows. 



