IiIUNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. Vll 



from Martaban ;" by Dr. J. D. Hooker and Dr. T. Thomson. 

 (See * Botanical Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



5. " Notes on the Fecundation of Orchids and their Morpho- 

 logy ;" by Dr. H. Criiger, Director of the Botanic Garden, Tri- 

 nidad. Communicated by Charles Darwin, Esq., F.E. & L.S. 

 (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



6. " Observations on a peciiliar Mo^e of Fecundation in Chio- 

 nyphe Carteri, Berk. ;" by the Eev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S,. 

 (See 'Botanical Proceedings,' vol. viii). 



7. " Descriptions of new species of the Dipterous Insects of 

 New Guinea ;" by Francis Walker, Esq., F Jj.S. (See ' Zoolo- 

 gical Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



8. " Descriptions of new species of Dipterous Insects from the 

 Island of Salwatty, near New Guinea ;" by the same. (See ' Zoo- 

 logical Proceedings,' vol. viii.) 



March 17, 1864. . 

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



The Eev. George Henslow, M.A., and Gervase F. Matthews, 

 Esq., were elected Fellows. 



The following Paper was read, viz. : — 



" On the Phenomena of Variation and Geographical Distribu- 

 tion, as illustrated by the PapilionidcB of the Malayan Eegion ;" by 

 Alfred E. Wallace, Esq. (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxv. Part 1.) 



AprQ 7, 1864. 

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

 William Eassie, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 

 Dr. H. J. Carter exhibited leaves of Ficus glomerata, Eoxb., in 



