6 PROOEEDTTTaS OT" THE 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Contributions to tlie Plora of Madagascar. — III. Incom- 

 pleta? and Monocotyledons." By J. G. Baker, F.E.S. F.L.S. 



2. " Onthe Outer Peridiumof^/'oowew." By George Murray, 

 F.L.S. 



3. " The ' Manna ' or Lerp Insect." By J. G. Otto Tepper, 

 F.L.S. 



4. " On the Synonymy of Didymoplexis, Griffith, and the 

 Elongation of the Pedicel after flowering in D. pallens." By W. 

 B. Hemsley, A.L.S. 



March 1st, 1883. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



William Bowles Barrett, Esq., Lewis Jones Knight Brace, Esq., 

 John Brooks Bridgman, Esq., William Oldham Chambers, Esq., 

 William Eagle Clarke, Esq., Wilfred Golden, Esq., Dr. Francis 

 Henry Hill Guillemard, James Cory Havers, Esq., Dr. Thomas 

 Morland Hocken, Eev. Charles Henry Middleton-Wake, James 

 Stirling, Esq., and Eer. Paul Williams Wyatt were elected 

 Fellows. 



Two pieces of TeUow Pine from Quebec were exhibited on 

 behalf of Mr. E.Morton Middleton, damaged by supposed insect- 

 perforation. 



Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer showed leaves and fruit of Oranges 

 from the Bahamas infested with a scale insect {Mytilaspis 

 citricola, Packard). 



Mr. E. F. Towndrow exhibited a new variety of JRosn stylosa 

 from Madresfield, near Malvern, obtained by Mr. A. D. Mellin, 

 it being evergreen and ripening fruit in the second year. 



The following papers were read . — 



1. " On the Constancy of Insects in their Visits to Flowers." 

 By A. W. Bennett, F.L.S. 



2. " Ontiie Methodic Habits of Insects when visiting Flowers." 

 By E. M. Christy. (Communicated by A. W. Bennett, F.L.S.) 



3. " Observations on Living Echinoderms." By G. J. Eomanes, 

 F.E.S., Sec. L.S. 



4. "Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition."— Part 

 XVII. Pvramideliids. By the Eev. E. Boog AVatson, F.L.S. 



