XXXVl PEOCEEDINftS OF THE 



June 7th, 1860. 

 Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 C. L. Bradley, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



The President nominated J. J. Bennett, Esq., George Bentham, 

 Esq., Eichard Owen, Esq., D.C.L., and W. W. Saunders, Esq., 

 Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



Bead, first, " On the Poisonous Properties of the Liver of a 

 species of Diodon inhabiting the Seas of South Africa ;" by Julius 

 Hellmuth and Mr, H. Jameson. Communicated (with a note) 

 by Sir John Eichardson, C.B., E.E.S., E.L.S. (See " Zoological 

 Proceedings," vol. v. p. 213.) 



Eead, secondly, " On some oceanic Entomostraca collected by 

 Capt. T. Toynbee ;" by John Lubbock, Esq., E.E.S., F.L.S. (See 

 " Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 173.) 



Eead, thirdly, " On the Nervous System of the Aster idee ;" by 

 Henry S. Wilson, M.D. Communicated by Thomas Anderson, 

 M.D., P.L.S. (See "Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 107.) 



June 21st, 1860. 

 Thomas BeU, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 The Eev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., was elected a PeUow. 



Eead, first, "On the Mutual Eelations of the Cold-blooded Ver- 

 tebrata ;" by J. Eeay Greene, B.A., Prof. Nat. Hist. Queen's Coll., 

 Cork. Communicated by George Busk, Esq., E.E.S., Sec. L.S. 1 

 (See " Zoological Proceedings," vol. v. p. 218.) 



Eead, secondly, " Observations on the Neuration of the Hind 

 Wings of Hymenoptera ; and on the Hooks which unite the Wings 

 tof^ether in flight ;" by Miss E. Staveley. Communicated by Dr. 

 J. E. Gray, P.E.S., F.L.S. (See " Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 125.) 



