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batched on 24th. Moults occurred on the 1st and 5th July ; 

 the melaniorphosis to pupa L4'th July ; and the imago appeared 

 23rd July. 



Dr. T. S. Cobbold showed under the microscope about one 

 hundred eggs of Bilharzia h<xmatohia, taken from a patient re- 

 cently ari-ived from Egypt, suffering from hsematuria. By adding 

 water, nearly all the eggs were hatched during the Meeting. 



Dr. M. T. Masters showed a spike of Calanthe Veitcliii, inter- 

 esting as a hybrid between species of two reputed distinct genera, 

 Liviatodes rosea and Calanthe vestita, the characteristics of both 

 genera being curiously combined. 



Mr. J. E. Jackson called attention to a box of skinned and 

 sun-dried Bananas, recently imported from Jamaica, as an expe- 

 riment for sale in the English market. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on Graminese." By George Bentham, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " Description of some new Birds from the Solomon Islands 

 and New Britain." By Edw. P. Eamsay, F.L.S. 



3. "Eeport on the Arctic Drift-wood collected by Capt. 

 Feilden and Mr. H. C. Hart in 1875-76." By Dr. W. E. M-'Nab, 

 F.L.S. 



The President gave notice that the next Meeting would be 

 made Special, to elect a Treasurer and Member of Council. 



November 17th, 1881. 



Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The President having declared the Meeting mnde Special, pur- 

 suant to notice, announced that the Ballot would be taken for 

 1 he election of a Treasurer and a Member of Council, and that it 

 would remain open until 9 p.m. He then nominated Mr. C. J. 

 Breese, Mr, T. Christy, and Mr. P. Duffy as Scrutineers. 



A Letter was read from Mr. F. Innes Currey, conveying the 

 thanks of the family of the late Treasurer to the Society for their 

 kind expression of sympathy. 



Mr. George Murray exhibited a bough of Pinus Pinaster with 

 suppressed intern odes of the lateral branches, the result of injury 

 to the axis from which they sprang. 



Dr. Francis Day showed examples of the stomachs of the Pil- 

 chard, with special reference to points in their digestion. These 

 fishes ai'rive on the coast of Cornwall in the evening to feed ; and 

 at sunset the nets arc shot between their feeding-grounds and 

 the deep water. Examination immediately after landing the fish 

 proved that in every instance the food was the Zota stage of 

 Crustaceans ; and whilst lying loosely in the pyloric division of 



