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L\ " Die von Herrn Hugh Scott iin Juli 1908-Marz 1909 auf 

 den Seychellen gesammelten Anthom^'idae, mit den Gatt- 

 ungeu lihinia uiid Idiella.'" By Prof. P. Stein. (Com- 

 municated by Prof. J. Stanley G-ardinee, M.A., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S.) 



3. "The Dermaptera of the Seychelles." By Dr. M. Burr, 



F.L.S., F.E.S. 



4. '• The Pteropoda aud Heteropoda collected by the Percy 



Sladen Trust Expedition in the Indian Ocean." By Dr. J 

 J. Tescii. (Communicated by Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S.) 



5. "Die Pilzmiieken Fauna der Seychellen.'' By Dr. G. En- 



DERLEiN. (Comuuinicated by the same.) 



May 5th, 1910. 

 Prof. E. B. PouLTON, D.Sc, F.E.S. , Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 21st April, 1910, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mr. John Charles Wilson, Mr. Thomas Parkin, Mr. Walter 

 Ambrose Heath Hai'ding, Mr. Robert Lawrence Heinig, and 

 Mr. llltyd Buller Pole Evans were admitted Fellows. 



Mr. Cecil Hanbury was proposed as a Fellow. 



Mr. E. M. Holmes exhibited specimens of a rare British lichen, 

 Pannelia rugosa, var. concentrica, Cromb., from the chalk hills 

 between Eastbourne and Seaford, which had previously only been 

 recorded from Melbury Hill near Shaftesbury in Dorset, where it 

 was noticed in 1856 by Sir W. C. Trevelyan. This lichen grows 

 in a concentric manner forming rounded nodules 1-2 inches in 

 diameter, and is apparently formed at first on pebbles, but be- 

 coming detached and blown about by strong winds, ultimately 

 forms more or less spherical growths. 



He also exhibited specimens of the preserved fruits of a large 

 variety of the Jujube, Zizi/phas Jajuha, which is cultivated in China 

 as a dessert sweetmeat, aud is known by the name of " Mei-tsao," 

 or honey-date. The fruits are preserved by boiling in honey, and 

 are then pressed flat and dried and by mechanical means are given 

 a striated appearance, having longitudinal lines from base to apex. 

 The fruit has not as yet been imported into this country. It was 

 received from Mr. McDougall of Swatow. 



Mr. Holmes also directed attention to a volume of water-colour 

 and pencil drawings, from which the plates of the very scarce 

 work Postel and liuprecht's ' lllustrationesAlgarum' had evidently 

 been prepared, the majority representing the plates being reversed, 

 but also included some algaj which had not been utilised. The 

 work consisted of only 200 copies, and the plates had been 



