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Mr. Ernest Melville Cutting, B.A. (Cantab.), Mr. Louis Charles 

 Deverell, F.Gr.S., Mr. James Montagu Francis Drummond, B.A. 

 (Cantab.), Mr. Cecil Hallworth Treadgold, M.A. (Cantab.), and 

 Miss Grace Wigglesworth, M.Sc. (Mane), were proposed as 

 Fellows. 



Miss Ethel Louise de Fraine, B.Sc, Mr. George Edward 

 Nicholls, B.Sc, A.R.C.S., and Mr. Richard Williams Harold Eow, 

 B.Sc, were elected Fellows ; and Prof. Otto Blitschli, of Heidel- 

 berg, and Prof. Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, of the Naturhistoriska 

 Eiksmuseum, Stockholm, Foreign Members. 



Prof. J. P. Hill, D.Sc, and Dr. A. B. Eendle, M.A., were 

 proposed as Auditors on behalf of the Council, and Mr. Herbert 

 Druce and Mr. Henry Groves on behalf of the Fellows ; and by 

 show of hands were elected Auditors. 



The President announced that on 1st July next, the President 

 and Council would entertain the Darwin- Wallace Medallists and 

 Foreign Guests to Dinner at the Princes' Restaurant, and Fellows 

 to a limited number could also purchase tickets, price one guinea, 

 including wine. 



Prof. F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, exhibited fruits of the " Buddha's 

 Claw " variety of Citrus Medica which he had obtained at Easter 

 from the gardens at La Mortola, formerly belonging to the late 

 Sir Thomas Hanbury, K.C.V.O., F.L.S., also a normal fruit for 

 comparison. M. de Yilmorin commented on the frequent por- 

 trayal of this fruit in Japanese art, and also the variety of preserves 

 made from it in China. 



Mr. F. Martin Duxcax, F.R.P.S., exhibited by means of the 

 IS'ewman fire-proof Kinematograph, a representation of the move- 

 ments of Peripatus and other invertebrate animals. The special 

 feature of the apparatus used was, that it enabled one to analyse 

 all movement, picture by picture, instead of having to run the 

 whole film through from end to end without a stop as in ordinar}^ 

 Kinematograph projectors. The effect of concentrated light 

 upon different species of Invertebrate animals had proved of 

 interest and frequently a difficulty, so that colour filters and 

 isochromatised negative films had in some cases to be used to 

 obtain a satisfactory record. 



In reply to the President, the exhibitor explained that he was 

 engaged in study of the complex movements displayed, and hoped 

 at a later period to bring his results before the Society. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Colony-formation as a Factor in Organic Evolution." By 

 H. M. Beexard, M.A. (Communicated by Prof. Dendt, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., Sec. L.S.) 



