72 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



wliicli ihe bbedding and uew growth of horn is effected in this 

 animal. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On the Production of Seed in some Varieties of the Common 

 Sugar-Cane." By Daniel Morris, M.A., 1\L.S. 



2. "An Investigation into the True Nature of Callus. — The 

 A'egctahle-Marrow and Ballia callitricha.'" By Spencer Moore, 

 F.L.S. 



March 20th, 1890. 



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



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Henry Ernest Milner, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The President announced the presentation to the Society by 

 Mr. Prank Crisp, the Treasurer, of a nev\' Oak Table for the 

 Meeting Eoom, and moved the following resolution, which was 

 unanimously adopted, viz. : — " That tlie Linnean Society desire, 

 on the occasion of the gift of a handsome oak table for their 

 Meeting Koora, to record their deep sense of tlie valuable services 

 rendered to the Society by Mr. Crisp, not only as their Treasurer, 

 but by numerous acts which are not generally appreciated because 

 they are practically unknown to the Fellows." 



Prof. P. Martin Duncan, F.E.S., exliibited several specimens 

 of DesmopliyUum crista galU obtained from an electric cable at a 

 depth of 550 fathoms. Though showing great variation in the 

 shape and nature of the wall, the specific characters of the septa 

 were maintained. The base, extending as a thin lamina far be- 

 yond the peduncle, had no connexion with the septa. A section 

 of CaryopliyJlia lorealis showed theca? between the septa, and a 

 BQction oH Loj)]io7ielia jjrolifera exh\hited a true theca extending 

 far beyond the septa. 



Mr. E. B. Poulton, F.E.S., exhibited some Lepidopterous larvae 

 showing the variation in colour induced by natural surroundings, 

 and some Lizards in spirit from the West Indies showing the 

 pineal eye very clearly. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "The External Morphology of the Lepidopterous Pupa. — 

 Part II. The Antenna and Wings." By E. B. Poulton, F.ll S., 

 F.L.S. 



2. " On the Intestinal Canal of the Ichthyopsida, with especial 

 reference to its Arterial Supply." By G. Bond Howes, F.L.S. 



3. " Heredity and Sex in the Honey-Bee." By II. A, Grim- 

 shaw. (Communicated by T. B. Blow, F.L.S.) 



