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that heat might he requisite to cause the seeds to germinate 

 freely. 



The seeds were accordingly distributed amongst those present 

 at the meeting. 



February Ist, 1912. 



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



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 18th January, 1912 

 were read and confirmed. 



Dr. Ralph Vincent was admitted a Fellow. 



Mr. Charles Cumming Calder, B.Sc, Mr. Thomas Alfred 

 Dymes, Mr. Thomas Maldon Fitch, Miss Clara Ethelinda Larter, 

 Miss Maud Samuel, E.Sc, and Mr. David George Stead, were 

 proposed as Fellows, and Mr. Arthur Patterson and Mr. Ciiarles 

 Davies Sherborn for the vacant Zoological Associateship. 



Mr. F. N. Williams regretted the present method of postponing 

 exhibitions, which produced the greatest amount of discussion, 

 to the reading of papers of mere formal importance, with the 

 consequent inconvenience to those Fellows who, living at a 

 distance, had to leave early on account of their trains. 



The Vice-President in the Chair pointed out that the matter 

 was actually before the Council, and Mr. Williams's remarks 

 would receive attention ; and Prof. Dendy, Sec.L.S., explained 

 the reason why the alteration had been tried. 



The following live papers, relating to the fauna of the Seychelles 

 and other islands of the Indian Ocean, were communicated by 

 Prof. J. Stanley Gardinee, F.R.S., F.L.S. : — 



1. M. A. FoREL. — Four 111 is des Seychelles et des Aldabras, 



revues de M. Hugli Scott. 



2. Mr. F. W. Edwards. — Tipulidae. 



3. Di". GtJNTHER Enderlein. — Sciaridse. 



4. Mr. Claude Morley. — The Ic-hiieumonidae. 



5. C. Tate Eegan, M.A.— New Fishes. 



The Vice-President in the Chair, Prof. Dendy, Sec.L.S., the 

 Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, and Prof. W. A. Herdman contributed 

 some remarks on the value and importance of the results thus 

 briefly summarized. 



The Rev. 11. AsnixoTOX Bullen, F.L.S. , exhibited a snail found 

 by him at Potto Pi, near Palma, Mallorca, in March 1909. Its shell 

 puzzled him, because it had composite characters allying it on the 



