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his collections to the Society, but the Council were compelled, in 

 conformity with the policy inaugurated forty years before, to decline 

 accepting them. In addition to insects these collections consisted 

 of shells, arranged geographically. 



' Dr. Walker was a Fellow of the Entomological Society, which 

 he joined in 1870, the year before he was elected into the Linneau 

 Society. [B. D. J.] 



June 1st, 1905. 



Prof. W. A. Heedman, E.R.S,, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting of the 24th May were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Prestdetst announced that he had appointed Mr. Frank 

 Crisp, Mr. Charles Bai-on Clarke, Mr. Horace W. Monckton, and 

 Dr. A. Smith Woodward to be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing 

 year. 



Mr. Arthur James Dicks was admitted a Fellow. 



The Eev. William Jenkins Webb Anderson, Mr. Edward 

 Russell Burden, Miss Kate Marion Hall, Mr. Frederick William 

 Lucas, and Mr. Hugh Fi'aser Macmillan, were severally balloted 

 for and elected Fellows. 



Mr. Jesse Reeves was proposed as a Fellow. 



Two letters received from Prof. E. Strasburger, of Bonn, 

 conveying his thanks for and appreciation of the Linnean Medal 

 awarded at the Anniversary, and forwarded through Sir Dietrich 

 Brandis, K.C.I.E., were read by order of Council (see pp. 31, 32). 



Mr. H. E. H. Smedley, F.L.S., exhibited models of restora- 

 tions of some extinct Dinosaurs, Ceratosaurus, and Dljplodocus, also 

 of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Scelidosnurus, and Sterjosaurus. 

 After the President had opened the discussion. Dr. A. Smith 

 Woodward remarked that many of these restorations must still be 

 considered hypothetical, for whilst the material for a recon- 

 struction of the Ichthyoscuu'us was abundant enough to show the 

 nature of its covering, in others we were still without accurate 

 knowledge, even of the position assumed by the animals during 

 life ; the Plesiosaurus, it is now known, could not possibly have 

 displayed the swan-like neck depicted, as its cervical vertebrae did 

 not permit of sufficient movement. Dr. C. W. Andrews (a 

 visitor) and the Eev. T. E. E. Stebbiug also contributed remarks, 

 and Mr. Smedley replied. 



The General Secretary showed two photographs and read a 

 letter from Mr. John F. Waby, F.L.S., with regard to the palms 

 mentioned as follows in the 'Proceedings' of 18th June, 1903 : — 



" A photograph sent by Mr. J. Waby was shown and an 

 extract from his letter was read, stating that two specimens of 



