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the Indian Ocean, in continuation of a former paper by Mr. & 

 Mrs. Gepp ; the paper was communicated by Prof. J. Stanley 

 Gaedujek, r.E.S., F.L.S. 



The two following papers were also communicated by liim : — 

 Mr. James G. Needham, on Myrmeleonidse, and Mr. "W. 

 L. Distant, on Ehynchota from the Seychelles — Part I. 

 Heteroptera. 



The last paper, by Prof. K. J. Habvey Gibson, M.A., P.L.S., 

 on Mj/stropetalon, Harv., was briefly explained by Dr. Stapf. 

 The material was sent by Mrs. Solly of Sir Lowry's Pass as 

 J\I. Thomii, but was found to differ ; the rhizome was attached to 

 roots of Protea. A'very intractable brown deposit in the cells is 

 not ' Balanophorin,' but some unknown carbohydrate of the 

 cellulose group, for which the name 'Mystrin ' is proposed. The 

 male and female flowers are described, and the name of 31. Solhji 

 proposed for the species. 



June 19th, 1913. 



Prof. E. B. PouLTON, P.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 5th June, 1913, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Leslie Prank Newman, M.A. (Cantab.), Mr. Eobert Paulson, 

 and Dr. Thomas Harvey Johnston, M.A., were admitted Fellows. 



Mr. Charles Daley and Dr. George Blundell Longstaff, M.A. 

 (Oxon.), were elected Pellows. 



The President announced that a dinner would take place on 

 Thursday, 30th October next, at 7 p.m., to inaugurate the new 

 Session, and that details would be circulated in due course. 



Mrs. LoNGSTAFE, P.L.S., exhibited feeding-tracks of Gastero- 

 poda, stating that these had been obtained from Twitchen, 

 Mortehoe, N. Devon. (Abstract, p. 70.) 



The President and Mr. H. N. Eidley spoke on the subject thus 

 brought forward. 



Mrs. LoNGSTAEF also showed two specimens of Poxgloves, the 

 stems of both being spirally twisted, and in one there was cohesion 

 of two stems for about two-thirds of their length, the flowers being 

 confined to the tipper free third. 



A discussion followed in which the following joined : — Dr. A. 

 B. Eendle, the General Secretary, Prof. G. C. Bourne, Sec.L.S., 

 Mr. A. 0. Walker, and Dr. E. E. Gates. 



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