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Mr. Thomas Christy afterwards called attention to examples 

 o£ silk received from Auckland, New Zealand. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Eecent Ephemeridfe or Mayflies.— Part III." By the Rev. 

 A. E. Eaton. (Communicated by the President.) 



2. " European and North-American Species of Mosses of the 

 Genus Fiss/dens.'' By W. Mitten, A.L.S. 



3. " Anatomy of the Ambulacra of the Eecent Diadematidse." 

 By Prof. P. Martin Duncan, E.L.S. 



March 5th, 1885. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



James Epps, Esq., James Grroves, Esq., and "Wilham Ransom, 

 Esq., were elected Eellows. 



Mr. E. M. Holmes exhibited and made remarks on new British 

 Marine Alga^, viz. : — Casfagnea contorta, Ceramium divaricatum, 

 Chantransia luxurimis, Cladopliora prolifera, Ectocarpus insignis, 

 E. repians, Qratelovpia dicliotonia, Polgsiphonia cermnicceformis, 

 P. rhunensis, Caloilirix parasitica, Vaucheria pilohoJoides, from 

 the south coast of England ; and Porpltyra seucosticta, Caloilirix 

 Crustacea, Clado]}liora arctiusctila, Codiolum longipes, Phyllitis 

 fascia, and Sphacelaria ccespitula, from Berwick on Tweed and 

 Eifeshire. Mr. Holmes also called attention to specimens of the 

 leaves of Eucalyptus Staigeriana, which are remarkable for their 

 fragrant odour, resembling that of Verbena, due to a volatile oil, 

 which is stated by Mr. Bailey, the Government botanist at Bris- 

 bane, to be likely to form an article of commerce in the future. 



There likewise was shown by Mr. Holmes a set of plant-labels 

 made from the leaves of the Talifat Palm. 



Mr. "William Brockbank exhibited specimens of Leucojttm car- 

 pathicum, a variety of L. vernuvi, differing from the tyj)e by 

 having the flowers tipped with yellow instead of green. This 

 species of Leucojum is said now to be seldom m^-t with in English 

 gardens. 



Mr. C. B. Plo Wright exhibited and made remarks on examples 

 of a Ranunculus infected with spores of Urocystis pompJiolgodes. 



Mr. E. "Wethered exhibited some microscopic sections of the 

 " Better Bed " coal-seam of Yorkshire, and of the " Splint " coal 

 from "Whitehill Colliery, near Edinburgh. He mentioned that 

 Prof. Huxley had drawn attention to the former as containing an 

 unusual quantity of sporangia and spores of plants allied to the 

 recent Club-Mosses. Mr. Wethered averred that the spores 



