LIXXEAN SOCIETY OP LOXDOX. I i 



Mr. Edward Aslulown Bunyard, and Miss Ellen Marion DelF, 

 B.A. (Dubl.), D.>Sc, (Lond.), were proposed as Eellows. 



Mr. Thomas Buxton Hardie, Mr. Eric Marsden Jones, Mr. John 

 Kitchino;, Mr. John Eamsbottoin, M.A. (Cantab.), and Mr. Her- 

 bert Fuller Wernham, B.8c. (Lond.), were elected Eellows. 



Dr. JoHx P. LoTST, of Haarlem, read a paper entitled " On the 

 Origin of Species by Crossing," ilkistrating his points by diagrams, 

 lantern-slides, and dried specimens, (xibstract, pp. 73-89.) 



A discussion followed, in which the follov\ing speakers took 

 part:— Prof. W. Bateson, Prof. J. B. Parmer, Mr. P. L. de Vil- 

 morin. Dr. E. E. Gates, Prof. P. Keeble, Prof. A. Dendy, 

 Sir Francis Darwin, Dr. A. B. Eendle, Prof. E. W. MacBride, 

 P.E.S. (visitor). Prof. F. E. Weiss, Major C. 0. Hurst, Mr. Arthur 

 ^V. Sutton, Dr. O. Stapf, Miss E. E. Saunders, and the President, 

 the author btieliy replying. (Abstracts, pp. 89-98.) 



March 5th, 1914. 

 Prof. E. B. PouLTOX, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of tlie General Meeting of the 19th February, 1014, 

 were read and contirmed. 



Miss Agnes Whateley Thomson and Mr. Arthur Eeginald 

 Horwood were admitted Fellows. 



Mnior Frank Wall, I.M.S., C.M.Z.S., was proposed as a Fellow, 

 and Prof. Eobert Chodat of Geneva, and Prof. Eichard Wettstein 

 Eitter von Westersheim as Foreign Members. 



A paper by the Misses Katiiakike Foot and E. C. Strobell, 

 on " Eesults of crossing Euschisius varioJarlus and E. servus, witli 

 reference to the Inheritance of an exclusively Male Chai-acter," 

 was explained by Miss Foot, by the aid of lantern-shdes. 



The President opened a discussion in which Dr. E. E. Gates, 

 Prof. Eamsay Wright (\'isicor), and Prof. Bourne, Sec.L.S., took 

 part. 



The second paper was by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnertox, entitled 

 "Short Cuts by Birds to Nectaries," illustrated by lantern-slides 

 from photographs and drawings by the author. 



Dr. Stapf, Sec.L.S., added a few remarks, and the author 

 stated that he hoped to continue his observations on his return 

 to Africa. 



