6 I'ltOCEEDINOS OF THE 



Mr. G. C. Drucc exhibited some rare British rinnta from 

 Scotland, amongst whieli were Calamar/rostis hormlis, Ranunculus 

 arris \ar. pumifus, Bromus mollis var. interruptus, and Saccifraga 

 decipiens var. groenlandiea. 



Prof. ]\rars^hall Ward exhibited a Sclerotium of a Fungus pro- 

 duced from a Botrytis spore, and explained the method by which 

 it had been obtained. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Notes on Euphrasia officinalis:' By Frederick Townsend, 

 M.P., F.L.S. 



2. " On Soral Apospory in PolysticTium angularey By Charles 

 Thomas Druery, F.L.S. (For Abstract, see p. 55.) 



3. •' On Boodlea, a new Genus of Green Alga;." By George 

 E. M. Murray, F.L.S. 



4. " On the Eetiua of the Blowfly." By Benjamin T. Lowne, 

 F.L.S. 



March 7th, 1889. 



William Carruthees, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



JohnBigwood, Esq., and Christopher Mudd, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited specimens of a South-American 

 Bat, Noctilio leporinus, alleged to be of piscivorous habits, 

 which, tlirough the kindness of Sir William Eobinson, K.C.M.G., 

 the Governor of Trinidad, had been forwarded from that island 

 by Professor M'^Carthy, together with a report on the subject. 

 From this report it appeared that the stomach of one specimen, 

 opened within half an hour after it had been shot, on the evening 

 of December 29th, " contained much fish in a finely divided and 

 partly digested state." In three others procured at G a.m. the 

 following morning the stomachs were empty. On the morning 

 of December Slst at 3 a.m. numbers of these Bats were observed 

 rctuniiug to their caves: two were shot, and " both contained 

 considerable quantities of fish." Professor M*^Carthy added, 

 that in the sttmiachs of other specimens examined by him fish- 

 scales were undoubtedly present. Of the specimens forwarded 

 in spirit to this country, two had been skinned, and the 

 stomach and intestines examined by Mr. JIarting. The sac-like 

 stomach was much less muscular than might have been expected 

 in a fish-eating mammal ; but in one of them (the other being 

 empty) fragments of a finely striated and iridescent substance 

 rcsemblin<r fish-scales were found. 



