Ivi PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



The President announced to the Society the following Resolu- 

 tion of the Council, agreed to at a Meeting held this day : — 



" Eesolved, that in conformity with chapter 2, section 6, and 

 with chapter 7, section 2, of the Bye-laws, the name of Mr. 

 Nathaniel Haslope Mason, who has failed to pay his arrears of 

 aimual contributions, and neglected repeated applications made 

 to him for payment, be proposed to the Greneral Meeting, to be 

 held this day, for Ejection from the Society." 



The President then proposed the Ejection of Mr. N. H. Mason, 

 and announced that the ballot upon the question would be taken 

 at the next Meeting, on the 19 th instant. 



The followiag Papers were read : — 



1. " On a new Genus of Tunicata, occurring on one of the Bel- 

 lona Eeefs ;" by John D. Macdonald, Esq., E.N., E.E.S. Com- 

 municated by the Secretary. (See ' Zoological Proceedings,' 

 vol. vi.) 



2. " Note on the Occurrence of the Crustacean, Scylla/rusArctus, 

 in England;" by Jonathan Couch, Esq., F.L.S. (See 'Zoolo- 

 gical Proceedings,' vol. vi.) 



3. "A Note on the Eormation of Pearls ;" by Eobert Grarner, 

 Esq., E.L.S. In this communication the author stated that, in 

 his microscopical examination of pearls from mussels taken at the 

 mouth of the Conway, he was led to attribute their formation to 

 the deposit in the mantle of the exuviae or secretions of a small 

 species of Distoma. 



December 19th, 1861. 



The Meeting appointed to be held this day was postponed, by 

 direction of the President, in consequence of the death of His 

 Eoyal Highness The Prince Consort. 



