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support of the observatious of A. S. CErsted, in 'Botaniska 

 Notiser ' for 1865 ; also examples of Puccinia graminis on 

 "Wheat, produced from uEcidium on Mahonia AquifoUum. The 

 iijlcidiospores were sown on the 2nd of June, 1S88, the Uredo- 

 spores appeared on the 10th of June, and the ripe P. graminis 

 was gathered on the 10th of September, 1883. He likewise called 

 attention to examples of ^cidium rumicis on Ruiuex ohtusifoUus, 

 R. Hgdrolapathum, S. conglomeratus, and Rheum officinale, the 

 same being produced by cultivation from Pwcciiiia Phragmitis. 



Professor P. Martin Duncan showed a specimen of Coral 

 {Desmopliyllum crista-galli) which had grown upon an Electric- 

 telegraph Cable off the shores of Spain ; it possessed radicles, 

 apparently due to the presence of a worm close beneath the base 

 of the coral. 



Mr. E. P. Ramsay exhibited a series of rare New- Guinea 

 Birds, prouiinent among which were: — Chamosyna Margarethece, 

 Geqffroyius heteroclitus, Ginnyris melanocephalus, Myragra ferro- 

 cyane, Pallopiis Riehardsii, and P. Lewisii. 



Mr. T. Christy exhibited a fine living specimen of the so-called 

 Gastonia palmata {Trevesia sundaica, Miq.), or possibly a new 

 species. 



Dr. J. Murie showed specimens of Ascaris hicolor from the 

 living Walrus at the Westminster Aquarium. 



Mr. E. J. Warner drew attention to a series oi Orchis incarnata 

 from Haiupshire, remarking on the great variation of colour of 

 the lip. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " The Reproduction of the Zygneinaceaj : a Contribution to 

 the solution of the question, Is it of a sexual character ? " By 

 Alfred W. Bennett, P.L.S. 



2. "Notes on the Antenna of the Honey-Bee." By T. J. 

 Briant. (Communicated by B. Daydon Jackson, Sec. L.S.) 



3. " Japanese Liguriidse ; with notes on their habits and ex- 

 ternal sexual structure." By Gfeorge Lewis, P.L.S. 



4. " On the Replacement of a true Theca or Wall by Epitheca 

 in some Serial Coralla, and on the Importance of the Structure 

 in the Grrowth of Incrusting Corals." By Professor P. Martin 

 Duncan, P.R.S., V.P.L.S. 



December 6th, 1883. 



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

 afterwards R. McLachlan, F.R.S. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 H.H. The Maharajah of Travancore, G.C.S.I., Charles Albert 



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