5^ PaoCEEDlAGS OF THE 



were strikingly diverse in form, but he yet believed them to be the 

 same species. 



The following papers w ere read : — 



1. " Elm Seedlings showing Mendelian Besults." By Auqustinb 



Henry, M.A., F.L.S. 



2, " Foraminifera and Ostracoda from Funafuti." ByFREDEEiCK 



Chapman, A.L.S. 



April 21st, 1910. 

 Dr. D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 7th April, 1910, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Miss Winifred Elsie Brenchley, B.Sc. (Lond.), was admitted a 

 Fellow. 



Mr. Henry Smith Holden, B.Sc, Mr. Charles William Mally, 

 M.Sc. (Iowa), Mr. Sydney Gross Paine, and Mr. Percv Alfred 

 Talbot, B.A. (Oxon.), F.R.A.S., were proposed as Fellows. 



Miss Nellie Bancroft, Mr. Sidney Guest, and Mr. John Charles 

 Wilson, were severally balloted for and elected Fellows. 



The President having explained that Mr. JoHX Hopkixson, who 

 had been elected an Auditor at the last Meeting, could not take 

 part in the Audit, Mr. Leonabd Alfred Boodle was proposed in 

 his stead, and, by show of hands, unanimously elected. 



Mr. John Hopkinsox, F.L.S., exhibited eight coloured plates, 

 in quarto, of British Nudibranchs, which will be shortly issued by 

 the Ray Society, and explained that they were from drawings by 

 Messrs. Alder and Hancock. 



Prof. Dendy and the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing commented on 

 these illustrations. 



The Rev. T. R. R, Stebbing drew attention toa " AVitch-knot" 

 or " Witch-broom " on a Spruce Fir, Picm c.ccelsa. Link, from 

 Walton-on-the-Hill. Surrey, where it had been detected by his 

 nephew, Mr. William P. D. Stebbing. 



A discussion followed in which Mr. A. D. Cotton, Mr. H. W. 

 Mouckton, Treasurer and Vice-President, Prof. F. W. Oliver, 

 Mr. John Hopkinson, and the President took part. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " The Anatomv of Welwitschia mirahilis, in the Seedling and 

 Adult states." B7 Miss M. G. Sykes. (Communicated by 

 Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, M.A., Sc.D., F.L.S.) 



