PBOCEEDINGS OF THEf 



The President announced that the third and concluding part of 

 vol. ixiii. of the Society's ' Transactions ' was now ready for distri- 

 bution to the Fellows. 



November 20, 1862. 

 G-eorge Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 John Anderson, M.D., was elected a Pellow. 



The following Paper was read, viz. : — 



" On the early Stages of Development of Orthopterous Insects ; " 

 by Andrew Murray, Esq., E.L.S,, Assistant-Secretary R. Horti- 

 cultural Society, &c. (See ' Zoological Proceedings,' vol. vii.) 



December 4, 1862. 

 Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., V.P., in the Chair. 

 Prederic Bird, M.D., was elected a PeUow. 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Journal of an Expedition to the Coast and Capital of Ma- 

 dagascar, in the suite of the late Mission to King E-adama;" by 

 Charles Meller, M.D., Medical Attendant to the Embassy. Com- 

 municated by Sir W. J. Hooker, E.E.S. & L.S. (See ' Botanical 

 Proceedings,' vol, vii.) 



2. " On the Hairs of the Carcimcs Manas ;' by W. C, M<^Intosh, 

 M.D. Communicated by Thomas Spencer Cobbold, M.D., F.L.S. 

 (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxiv. pt. 2.) 



3. "Notes on the Pood and Parasites of the Salmo Solar of 

 the Tay ;" by "W. C. M<=Intosh, M.D. Communicated by Thomas 

 Spencer Cobbold, M.D., P.L.S. (See 'Zoological Proceedings,' 

 vol. vii.) 



December 18, 1862. 



George Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Daniel Hanbury, P.L.S. , exhibited specimens of the fruits 

 of Apeiba membranaeea ?, Enterolobium Timhouva, E. cyclocarpwn, 

 Prioria copaifera, Cassia moschata, Inga Mueuna, Jacaranda Jilici- 

 folia^ and Carludovica pahnata, from Central America. 



