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Miss T. L. Pravkeiid, B.Sc, read her paper " On the Structure 

 of the Palaeozoic Seed Larienostoma ovoides, AVill.," aud com- 

 municated by Prof. F. W. Oliver, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



The President, Prof. F. W. Oliver, and Dr. Marie Stopes 

 contributed further remarks on the subject of the memoir. 



A paper, by Dr. Karel Domin, was communicated and read 

 by Dr. O'rro Staff, Sec.L.S., and entitled: "Additions to the 

 Flora of Western and North-Western Australia." 



Dr. Rendle and Dr. Stapf commented on certain points of the 

 paper. 



The next paper was by Mr. G. H. Wailes, entitled " Fresh- 

 water Rhizopoda from the States of New York, New Jersey, and 

 Georgia, with a supplementary account of some species from the 

 Seychelles." 



Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb exhibited several specimens of the 

 extremely rare British AVoodlouse, Lyc/kUum liypnorum, and ex- 

 plained the circumstances under which lie obtained these specimens 

 from Great Warley, Essex. 



The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbiiig adverted to his first finding the 

 species in Britain, and the relations experienced \\ith the then 

 leading authorities on the group ; Prof. Dendy also joined in the 

 discussion. 



The Rev. R. Ashingtox Bullex had sent a box containing 

 cochineal insects for exhibition ; he expressed a fear that they 

 would be dead before they could be shown, which was the case. 



The General Secretary referred to the unfortunate experience 

 of Carl von Linne, who had laboured so hard to procure living 

 insects ; when at last they reached Uppsala they were cleaned off 

 by the gardener, without the Professor's knowledge, to his deep 

 chagrin. 



The General Secretary placed before the Meeting a summary 

 of his recent investigation of the Linuean Herbarium. He stated 

 that a full catalogue of its contents had long been desired, but 

 difficulties have stood in the way of a complete catalogue. The 

 present list was on a modest scale, and only aimed at indicating 

 which of the Linneau types are represented in the Herbai'ium 

 vei'ified by himself, and these will be shown in the list by special 

 type. This will probably obviate much correspondence, and 

 many useless references in search of species not contained in 

 the Hei'barium. It is hoped that the " Index " may be printed 

 by the autumn of the present year. 



It was found in the course of investigation that Sir J. E. Smith 

 had transferred no fewer than 110 species to genera other than 

 those assigned to them by Linnd ; these have now been restored 

 to their original positions. Three signs which had been a puzzle 



