1 6 PEOCEEDLNGS OF THE 



3. " Influence of Wave- Currents on Fauna inhabiting Shallow 

 Seas." By Arthur Roope Hunt. (Communicated by Dr. J, 

 Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



4. "The Longicorn Beetles of Japau." By Henry W. Bates, 

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



5. " Remarkable Forms of Metacrinus^ By Herbert P. 

 Carpenter. With a Note on a Species of 2Ii/zostoma, by Prof, 

 von G-raaf. (Communicated by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S.) 



June 19th, 1884. 



FiiANK Ceisp, LL.B., Treas. and Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Robert Carlisle Appleton, Esq., Arthur S. Atkinson, Esq., 

 John Morley Dennis, Esq., AVilliam Hancock, Esq., and Benjamin 

 Owen Meek, Esq., who were proposed as Fellows on the 24th May, 

 1884, were severally balloted for and elected. 



Mr. A. Gr. Bourne exhibited a series of marine animals chiefly 

 in spirit, and other examples of the new and excellent mode of 

 preservation used in the Naples Aquarium. Species of the fol- 

 lowing genera were commented on : — Alcyonium, Pleurohranchus, 

 Phoronis, Polycyclus, Ponellia, Sigalion, StylocTius, Sipimculus, 

 Asterope, Discocoelis, Tiedemannia, Pleurophyllidia, Pleuro- 

 branchcEa, Chcetopterus, Thysanosonia, &c. 



Mr. AV. T. Thiselton Dyer showed and made remarks on several 

 iuterestino; vegetable products. Among these were : — (1) Spanish 

 Barilla obtained by calcining plants of Halogeton sativa ; (2) The 

 Bark aud Caoutchouc of Paramenaglandulifera, a native of China ; 

 (3) Foulkooniaflorihunda, a vine from Jamaica, yielding a useful 

 mercantile rubber ; (4) Specimens of leaves and flowers and a 

 Necklace of the so-called "Velvet Seeds," Quina? jamaicensis, 

 forwarded by Mr. Daniel Morris, F.L.S., fi'om Jamaica ; (5) 

 Some leaves of the Chinese tree the wood of which is used for 

 making tea-chests. 



Mr. Thomaa Christy afterwards drew attention to fresh ex- 

 amples of the Japanese Menthol plant (Mentha arvensis, var. 

 piperescens) . 



There vrere shown, on behalf of JNIi'. R. IMorton Middleton, tAvo 

 I'ecently gathered specimens of the Lady's-slipper Orchis (Cypri- 

 pedmm Calceolus) from the old locality of Castle Eden, where a 

 few plants still linger in the Dene Woods on the magnesian 

 limestone. 



