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plant preserved in glycerine. The plant had been obtained by 

 crossing several good varieties, seeds having been obtained from 

 the South of France &c., and grown by him near Brighton under 

 conditions imitating the natural habitat of the plant. 



Mr. A. Hammond drew attention to a microscopic section of 

 tlie integument of the larva of a Dipterous insect, Stratioonys 

 Chamceleon, raising the question as to whether the polygonal 

 areas, described by M. Viallanes, on the external surface of the 

 cuticle are cellular in their natiire, as Mr. Hammond suggested, 

 or mere surface-markings. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Relation between the Bloom on Leaves and the 

 Distribution of the Stomata." By Fraucis Darwin, F.L.S. 



2. "On Slavina and Ojjhidonais." By Edward C. Bousfield, 

 Esq. (Communicated by Dr. .J. Murie, F.L.vS.) 



3. " On the probable Wild Source of the whole Group of 

 Cultivated True Limes." By Brigade-Surgeon E. Bonavia, Lid. 

 Med. Depart. (Commuuicated by W. T. Thiselton Dyer, C.M.G., 

 F.L.S.) 



4. " The Relative Length of the Segments of Limbs in the 

 Chick during Development." By Prof. Richard J. Anderson, 

 F.L.S. 



February 18th, 1886. 



Professor St. Gteokge J. Mivart, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Prof. Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett was elected a Fellow. 



There was exhibited, for Mr. William Joshua, a series of over 

 180 specimens of Lieliens from Jamaica, tliese having been col- 

 lected and jjreserved by Mr. J. Hart, of Gordon Town, and after- 

 wards identified by Dr. J. Miiller (Arg.) of Geneva. A mounted 

 set of some of the rarer and most interesting of the above were 

 shown under low powers of the microscope. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited some flowers preserved by a 

 new chemical process, wliich is said to retain the original colour- 

 ing very well. He also called attention to a new C/'ncJiona-hark 

 from South Africa, and to a j)lant of Erythoxylon Coca in fruit. 



Mr. Herbert Goss showed examples of the Wild Parsnip {Pas- 

 tinaca sativa, L.) gathered by him on the Thames-side near 

 Moulsey, Surrey. 



The following specimens were shown under the microscope, 

 in illustration of Mr. Michael's communication, viz. the S and 

 § of Glycipliagus platygaster, and the two sexes in coitu of 

 O. dispar. 



