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The following papers were read : — 



1. " Plants collected by Mr. Joseph Thomson in the Mountains 

 of East Equatorial Africa." By Sir Joseph D. Hooker and 

 Prof. Oliver, F.L.S. 



2. " Botanical Notes from Darjeeliug to Tonglo and Sunduk- 

 phoo." By C. B. Clarke, F.L.S. 



3. " Further Contributions to the Flora of Madagascar." By 

 J. a. Baker, F.L.S. 



4. " Tlie Orchids of Madagascar." By H. N. Eidley, F.L.S. 



5. " Colydiidae collected by Mr. Lewis in Japan." By Mr. 

 David Sharp. (Communicated by George Lewis, F.L.S.) 



6. *' On some Colydiidae from Ceylon." By Mr. David Sharp. 

 (Communicated by George Lewis, F.L.S.) 



7. " Ornithological Notes." By T. E. Gunn, F.L.S, 



8. " On some North-Atlantic Species of CeritJiiopsis dredged 

 off Madeira." By the Hev. K. Boog Watson, F.L.S. 



February 5th, 1885. 



Frank Crisp, LL.B., Vice-President and Treasurer, in the 



Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



John Hodgkin, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Family Arbaciadse, Gray. — Part I. Tlie Mor- 

 phology of the Test in the Genera Coelopleurus and Arbacia." By 

 Prof P. Martin Duncan, Vice-Pres. L.S., and W. Percy Sladen, 

 F.L.S. 



2. " Burmese Desmidiea?, with Descriptions of New Species 

 occurring in the neighbourhood of Eaugoon." By W. Joshua, 

 F.L.S. 



3. " On the Employment of the Names proposed for Genera of 

 Orthoptera previously to 1840." By W. F. Kirby. (Communi- 

 cated by A. G. Butler, F.L.S.) 



February 19th, 1885. 

 Prof. P. Martin Duncan, F.E.S., Vice-President, in tlie Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The Eev. L. Martial Klein was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. W. T. Tliiselton Dyer exhibited and made remarks on 

 specimens of peculiar Chniese " Square Bamboo " {Bovihusa 

 quadranyularis, Fenzi), and of articles made from the Hairy 

 Bamboo (probably Dendrocalamus latiflorus, Munro), sent from 

 "Wencliou to the Kew Museum by Dr. Macgowan. 



