Vm mOCEEDINGS OF THE 



May 3rd, 1860. 

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



J. Gr. WaiBwright, Esq., and Dr. D. Brandis, were elected 

 lY'Uows ; and M. Edmond Boissier and the Rev. M. Sars, Ph.D., 

 were elected Foreign Members. 



Eead, first, " On certain Sensory Organs in Insects, hitherto 

 undescribed ;" by J. B. Hicks, Esq., M.D., E.L.S. (See " Trans- 

 actions," vol. xxiii. p. 139.) 



Read, secondly, " Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects collected 

 by Mr. A. R. AVallace in the Islands of Batchian, Kaisaa, Am- 

 boyna, &c., and in New Guinea ;" by Frederick Smith, Esq. Com- 

 municated by W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.L.S. (See 

 " Zoological Proceedings," vol. v. p. 93.) 



Read, thirdly, " On two tuberiform vegetable productions from 

 Travancore;" by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. (See 

 "Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 91.) 



Read, foiirtlily, " Remarks on Sclerotium stipitatum, Pachyma 

 Cocos, and some similar productions ;" by Frederick Currey, Esq., 

 M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., and Daniel Hanbury, Esq., F.L.S. (See 

 " Transactions," vol. xxiii. p. 93.) 



Read, fifthly, " Notes on Anonacece, on Ventilago, a genus of 

 MliamnecB, and on Fissicalyx, a new genus of DaThergiece ;" by 

 Greorge Bentham, Esq., V.P.L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," 

 vol. V. p. 67.) 



May 24th, 1860. 



Anniversary Meeting. 



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



This day, the Anniversary of the birth of Linnajus, and the day 

 a[)pointed by the Charter for tlie Election of Council and Officers, 



