yo PKOCEEDINGS OF THE 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On Intensive Segregation and Divergent Evolution in 

 Land-Mollusca." By Rev. John T. Grulick. (Communicated by 

 W. Percy Sladen, Sec. L.S.) 



2. " On Bicti/optcris, with Eemarks on the Systematic Position 

 of the Dicti/otacece." By T. Johnson. (Communicated by Prof. 

 D. H. Scott, FX.S.) 



January 16th, 1890. 



John Gilbert Bakee, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Samuel Lithgow, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. Clement Eeid exhibited, and made remarks upon, a col- 

 lection of fruit of Trapa nutans from the Cromer Forest-bed at 

 Mundesley. 



Mr. J. G-. Baker exhibited and described a collection of Crypto- 

 gamie Plants from New Gruiuea. 



The following papers were read: — 



1. " On the Life-history of a remarkable Urediue on Jasminum 

 qrandijlorumP By Surgeon -Major A. Barclay. (Communicated 

 by G. E. M. Murray, EX.S.) 



2. " On some Protective Provisions in certain Larval British 

 Teleosteans." By Edward E. Prince, F.L.S. 



February 6th, 1890. 



William Cabbuthees, F.E.S., President, in the Ciiair. 



The Miuutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Thomas W. Kirk, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The vacancies among the Foreigu Members caused by the 

 deaths of Prof . H. G. Eeicheiibach and Dr. Ernest Cosson having 

 been announced by the President, the following nominations 

 were made and the Certificates oi-dered to be suspended : — 



Geheimrath Dr.Eduard von Eegel, Director of the Imperial 

 Botanic Gardens at St. Peter^burg. 



Sereno Watson, Esq., Curator of the Harvard Herbarium, 

 Cambridge, Massachuseli^, U.S.A. 



Eeferring to an exhibition at u previous meeting, Prof. Charles 

 Stewart communicated some interesting observations on the habits 

 of certain seaweed- covered Crabs. He also made some I'^marks 

 on the pitchers of Nepenthes Mastersiana, 



