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The following papers were read : — • 



1. " On the Fall of Brauchlets in the Aspen {Pojyulus tremula)." 

 Bj Samuel Gr. Shattock. (Commuuicated by Sir James Paget, 

 Bart., F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



2. " Ou certain Points in the Anatomy of Polynoma, aad on 

 Polynoe clava, Montagu." By Alfred W. Bourne. (Communi- 

 cated by Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



3. " On the Internal Hard Parts of the Fungidae. — I." By 

 Prof. P. M. Duncan, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



February 1st, 1883. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Frederick William Burbidge, Esq., and Joseph Johnson, Esq., 

 were elected Fellows. 



Dr. "W. C. Ondaatje exhibited a peculiar Red Coral found by 

 him in Ceylon. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer showed a model of the fruit of the 

 Double Cocoa-nut, Lodoicea seychellarum, Lab. 



Microscopic sections of English Coal were shown for Mr. J. 

 Norman. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Structure, Development, and Life-history of a Tro- 

 pical Epiphyllous Lichen." By H. Marshall Ward. (Commu- 

 nicated by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



2. " On the Pairing of Tegenaria Guyonii, and Description of 

 certain Organs in the Male Abdominal Sexual Region." By 

 F. Maule Campbell, F.L.S. 



February 15th, 1883. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited a perfect hermaphrodite Ly- 

 ccena Icarus, with a blue male and brown female of the same species 

 for comparison. The hermaphrodite possessed two spotless blue 

 wings ou the left and two spotted brown wings on the right, thus 

 being intermediate in colour between the two sexes. 



Dr.W. C. Ondaatje exhibited a collection of thirty Ceylon Corals, 



Mr. T. Christy exhibited Carnauba Palm-leaves with wax in 

 sitti ; also a supposed hybrid of Primula japonica and P. sinensis 

 with double whorls of flowers. 



