74 rnocEEDTNOS of the 



were only found iu nuinbcrs in tlie topmost 3 inches of the coal- 

 bed, hut very spnrscly in the lower portion of the seam. In the 

 Edinburgh Splint Coal only 4 inches of the basal and but a small 

 part of the upper layer contained spores, Macrospores and 

 microspores, however, were present in both the coals ; and, judfi;ing 

 from these, he regarded them as belonging to plants resembling 

 or allied to the recent forms Selaginella or Isoefes. 



The folloAving papers were 4'ead : — 



1. " On the Breeding of Salmon from Parents which have never 

 descended to the Sea." By Dr. F. Day, F.L.S. 



2. " On recently discovered Flowering Plants from the Inte- 

 rior of New Zealand (North Island), 1883-84." By the Eev. 

 W. Coleuso, F.L.S. 



March 19th, 1885. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Dr. John Grieve and Charles Thomas Druery, Esq., were 

 elected Fellows. 



Dr. Gr. J. Romanes exhibited two human crania from South 

 Africa. One was that of an aboriginal Bushman from Kruis 

 Hiver, Cango district, Gudsthoora, obtained through Dr. Stroud. 



Mr. J. G. Baker exhibited a dried specimen of a supposed 

 hybrid between the two genera ^Zoe and Gasteria, which had been 

 grown in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. He also ishowed and 

 made remarks on a curious new Fern, Polypodivm {^ Nij^liololus) 

 foJydaciylon, Han{ e, discovered by Mr. William Hancock, F.L.S., 

 iu tlie island of Formosa. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. " Diagnoses of new Genera and Species of Hydroids from 

 the Collection of Miss Gatty." By Prof. Allmann, F.L.S. 



2. " List of Plants noticed on Moret^by, Basilisk, O'Neill, and 

 Margaret Islands, South-eastern New Guinea." By Capl. 

 William E. Armit, F.L.S. 



April 2nd, 1885. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Charles Hastings Dent, Esq., Thomas Gulliver, Esq., and Peter 

 Macowan, Esq., B.A., were elected Fellows. 



