LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 3 



The following papers were read :— 



1. " Coutribvitious to the Flora of Madagascar. — I. Polype- 

 talje." By J. G. Baker, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " The Passifloreae of Ecuador and IS'ew Grrauada collected by 

 M. Edouard Andi-e." By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, E.E.S., 

 F.L.S. 



3. " Note on the Type Specimen of Finscli's Fruit-Pigeon." By 

 E. P. Eamsay, F.L.S'. 



4. " On Cerebral Homologies in Vertebrates and Invertebrates." 

 By Prof E. Owen, C.B., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



5.. "I^ote on the Origin of 'Cassia lignea: " By W. T. 

 Thiselton Dyer, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



6. " The Mollusca of the ' Challenger ' Expedition."— Part 

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



December 7tli, 1882. 



Sir John Lubbock, Bart., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Eev. Eichard Baron, Frederick Orpen Bowers, Esq., 

 Thomas Hughes Corry, Esq., Oscar Louis Eraser, Esq., David 

 Houston, Esq., Alfred "William Howitt, Esq., H. Tattersall 

 Knowles Kempton, Esq., Hugh M'Callum, Esq., Edward Au- 

 gustus Petherick, Esq., Sloman Eous, Esq., and Henry Charles 

 Stone, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



The Eev. A. P. Murray showed AWicea Mrsuta, Vicia Oroius, 

 and Plilomis fruticosa collected by him in Somersetshire. He 

 also gave an instance of cleistogamic flowers of Soya carnosa 

 producing fertile seed. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer showed maps to display the progress 

 of the Phylloxera in Spain and Portugal. He also exhibited pho- 

 tographs of Cinchona-culture in Ceylon. 



Mr. "W. P. Espeut exhibited Kola-nuts, stated to have sobering 

 effects after spirituous intoxication. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on some little-known CoUembola, and on the British 

 Species of the Grenus Tomocerits." By Greorge Brook, F.L.S. 



2. " Discovery of Tasmanian Plants near Adelaide, South Aus- 

 tralia." By J. G-. Otto Tepper, F.L.S. 



3. " On a Collection of Exotic Lichens made by the late Dr. A. 

 C. Maingay in Eastern Asia." By Dr. "W. Nvlander and Eev. 

 J. M. Crombie, F.L.S. 



4. " Eemarks on the Genera of the Subfamily Chalcidinse, with 

 Synonymic Notes and Descriptions of new Species of Leucospi- 



