VIU PROCEEDINGS OE THE 



May 3rcl, 1860. 

 Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in tlie Chair. 



J. G. Wainwright, Esq., and Dr. D. Brandis, were elected 

 Eellows; and M. Edmond Boissier and the Rev. M. Sars, Ph.D., 

 were elected Foreign Members. 



Eead, first, " On certain Sensory Organs in Insects, hitherto 

 undescribed ;" by J. B. Hicks, Esq., M.D., F.L.S. (See " Trans- 

 actions," vol. xxiii. p. 139.) 



Read, secondly, " Catalogue of Hymeuopterous Insects collected 

 by Mr. A. K. Wallace in the Islands of Batchian, Kaisaa, Am- 

 boyna, &c., and in New Guinea ;" by Frederick Smith, Esq. Com- 

 municated by W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.E.S., V.P.L.S. (See 

 " Zoological Proceedings," vol. v. p. 93.) 



Head, thirdly, " On two tuberiform vegetable productions from 

 Travancore;" by the Eev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. (See 

 "Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 91.) 



Head, fourthly, " Remarks on Sclerotium stipitatum, PacJiyma 

 Cocos, and some similar productions ;" by Frederick Currey, Esq., 

 M.A., F.E.S., F.L.S., and Daniel Hanbury, Esq., F.L.S. (See 

 " Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 93.) 



Read, fifthly, " Notes on Anonacece, on Ventilago, a genus of 

 Mhamnecs, ^cudt. on Fissicalyx, a new genus of Dalhergiece ^^ by 

 George Bentham, Esq., V.P.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," 

 vol. V. p. 67.) 



May 24th, 1860. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



This day, the Anniversary of the birth of Linnaeus, and tlie day 

 appointed by the Charter for the Election of Coxmcil and Officers, 



