2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Ferns, viz. a specimen oi Athyrium Filix foemina,Ya,v. clarissima, 

 with pinnae showing development of prothalli by soral apospory, 

 and a seedling Lastrcua Fseudo-mas, var. cristata, showing pro- 

 thalli developed aposporously over general surface of frond (pan- 

 apospory). 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited some live specimens of the Short- 

 tailed Field- Vole (Arvicola agrestis), and gave an account from 

 personal inspection of the serious damage done by this little 

 rodent upon the sheep pastures in the Lowlands of Scotland. 



Mr. A. B. Eendle exhibited some seedling plants of the Sugar- 

 cane which had been raised iu this country by Mr. Veitch. 



The discussion on several of these exhibits having continued 

 until a late hour, a paper by Prof. Henslow, on " A Theoretical 

 Origin of Endogens through an Aquatic Habit," was, by consent, 

 adjourned to the next Meeting on November l7th. 



November 17th, 1892. 



Prof. Charles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Frederick William Leslie was elected a Fellow. 



The President having announced a proposal by the Council to 

 present a congratulatory Address to the Rev. Leonard Blomefield 

 (formerly Jenyns), M.A., F.L.S., on the occasion of the 70th 

 anniversary of his election as a Fellow of the Society, and in re- 

 cognition of his continuous and useful labours as a Zoologist, it 

 was moved by Sir William Flower and seconded by Dr. St. Greorge 

 Mivart, that the Address be signed and forwarded as proposed. 

 This was carried unanimously. In moving the resolution Sir 

 William Flower took occasion to sketch the scientific career of 

 Mr. Blomefield, who is now in his 93rd year, and to recapitulate 

 the works of which he is the author under his earlier and better- 

 known name of Jenyns. The Address, which was illuminated on 

 vellum, was then signed by the Fellows present. 



Mr. Greorge Murray then exhibited and made remarks upon 

 Salicystis, a genus of Algse new to Britain, the species shown 

 being H. ventricosa, from the West Indies, and S. ovalis, from 

 the Clyde sea-area. 



The following papers were read • — 



1. " On a Theoretical Origin of Endogens through an Aquatic 

 Habit." By Eev. G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S. 



2. " On the Buprestidse of Japan." By George Lewis, F.L.S. 



