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of King's Island, on Padaw, one of the Mergui Archipelago, 

 coast of Burniah." By H. J. Carter, T.E.S. (Communicated 

 by Prof. J. Anderson, F.L.S.) 



6. " On the Ophiuridse of the Mergui Archipelago." By Prof. 

 P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



7. "On some Parts of the Anatomy of Ophiothrix variabilis 

 (Dune.) and Opliiokampsis peUucida (Dune.)." By Prof. P. 

 Martin Duncan, F.R S., F.L.S. 



8. "The Holothurians of IMergui." By Prof. Jeffrey Bell, 

 M.A., Sec. P. M.S. (Communicated by Prof. John Anderson, 

 F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



9. " A Monograph of Eecent Braehiopoda. — Part II." By the 

 late Dr. Thomas Davidson, F.Il.S., F.L.S. 



June 17th, 1886. 



"William Caeruthees, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



John Brazier, E.^q., James A. Dobson, Esq., and Peter Lund 

 Simmouds, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Photographs of Uydnora JoJiannis, a plant from Tropical Africa, 

 were exhibited for Mr. William Fawcett. 



The Botanical Secretary called attention to, and made some 

 remarks on, specimens ot" malformed Dait^ies, shown for Mr. 

 Robert Draoe, F.L.S. These were characterized by the suppres- 

 sion of the ligulate florets of the ray, giving the flowers a 

 peculiar appearance. They had been found growing in patches 

 Dear Cardiff, and observed by Mr. Drane in the same spot for at 

 least two years. 



Prof. John Macoun exhibited a fine series of dried Ferns from 

 Canada. He stated that several of t)iese were quite local iu 

 habitat, but where fouud they grew in abundance. 



Mr. Thos. Christy showed examples of Jamaican plants 

 ornamentally mounted on the fibre of Lagetta lintearia and 

 Oreodoxa oleracea. 



The follo\\ing papers were then read : — 



1. "Sv}iopsis of the Genera of the Chalcididae, subfamily 

 Eiicharinfe, with Des-criptions of several new Genera and Species 

 of Chahididfp and Tenthredinidfe." By AVilliam F. Kirby. 

 (Communicated by Dr. J. Murie, F.L S.) 



2. " Eocer.e representatives of /S'/«//«.r in Great Britain." By 

 J. Starkie Gardner. F.L.S. 



3. " List of tlie Lepidoptera of the Mergui Archipelago." By 

 Frederick Moore, A.L.S. 



4. "Index Flora} Smens^is. — Part II," By Francis B. Forbes, 

 F.L.S., and W. Betting Ilemsley, A.L.S. 



