28 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



The President took occasion to refer to the loss whicli the 

 Society had sustained by the recent death of one of its Vice- 

 Presidents, Prof. Peter Martin Duncan, whose genial presence 

 at the Meetings, no less than his valued contributions to the 

 publications of the Society, would, he felt sure, be missed by 

 €very one. 



The President nominated Mr. Alfred "William Bennett, Dr. 

 Eobert Braithwaite, Mr. Frank Crisp, and Dr. St. George J. 

 Mivart, to be Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



Sir Walter Sendall, K.C.M.Gr., exhibited a curious Cocoon of 

 a Moth belonging to the genus Tinea, and made some remarks 

 on its construction and peculiar coloration. 



The President exhibited a case of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera 

 to illustrate some of the more notable secondary sexual 

 characters in insects, and made explanatory observations 

 thereon. 



Dr. John Lowe exhibited some eggs of Mantis religiosa which 

 he had found adhering to the underside of stones on mountain- 

 sides in the Eiviera. 



On behalf of Mr. P. J. Hanbury a sterile form of Banunculus 

 acris was exhibited by Mr. W. H. Beeby, who made some remarks 

 on the same. 



The followdng papers were read : — 



1. " Observations on the Diseases of the Cocoanut Leaf." By 

 Michael Cresse Potter, P.L.S. 



2. "Notes on some Arctic Comatulse." By P. Herbert Car- 

 penter, P.E.S., P.L.S. 



3. " Notes on Crinoids from the Neighbourhood of Madeira." 

 By P. Herbert Carpenter, P.E.S., F.L.S. 



4. " Eemarks on a Hermaphrodite Mackerel." By Prof. 

 Chas. Stewart, Pres. Linn. Soc. 



June 18th, 1891. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewaet, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, 



Charles WiUiam Slater, Esq., was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. W. H. Beeby exhibited specimens of Sieracium pro- 

 tractum and other plants collected in Shetland. 



