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an engraving by Ehrensverd in 1740, no original is known to 

 exist. In 1747, at the age of 40, two pencil sketches of Linnaeus, 

 one being a full length, were made by Eebn ; and five years 

 later a beautiful pastel was executed by Lundberg. Scheffel in 

 1755 painted him at the age of 48 ; and this portrait is preserved 

 at Hammarby in the house of Linnaeus, now public property 

 under the care of Prof. Fries of Upsala. Then came the medal- 

 lion by Inlander, executed in 1773, of which a copy (one of three) 

 is in possession of this Society. The following year, when Lin- 

 naeus was 67 years of age, his portrait was painted by Kralft, 

 and was placed originally in the Medical College of Stockholm, 

 of which Linnaeus was one of the founders. It was supposed to 

 be lost, but had been removed to the Eoyal Academy of Sciences 

 in Stockholm, where Mr. Carruthers discovered it. The latest 

 portrait was that by Eoslin, painted in 1775, when Linnaeus was 

 in his sixty-eighth year. A fine copy of this by Pasch, presented 

 to Sir Joseph Banks, and given by him to Robert Brown, now 

 hangs in the Society's Library. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On some new Earthworms from New Britain." By 

 Dr. W. B. Benham. (Communicated by Prof. Gr. B. Howes, 

 See.L.Soc.) 



2. " On a Triclwderma parasitic on Pellia epipliylla.^'' By 

 W. G. P. Ellis. (Communicated by Prof. H. M. Ward, 

 r.E.S., E.L.S.) 



March 18th, 1897. 



Dr. A. GtJNTHEfi, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Gr. E. Lodge was admitted, and Mr. William Martindale 

 was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Mir. Bernard Arnold, F.L.S., exhibited three contiguously- 

 built nests of the Chimney Swallow, Hirundo rustica, having a 

 continuous wall of mud as if cemented by one pair of birds ; 

 but from the evidence of the observer it appeared that there 

 were two pairs, one pair of which had made two of the adjacent 

 nests. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On Stipules, their Forms and Functions. — Part III." By 

 the Et. Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " On the Origin. of Transfusion-Tissue in Leaves of Gymno- 

 Bpermous Plants." By W. C. Worsdell. (Communicated by 

 Dr. Dukmtield H. Scott, F.E.S., F.L.S.) 



