LINireAJf SOCIETY OF LONDOJJ". 5 



Mr. Lewis A. Bernays, Dr. Greorge Godfrey Gray, and Mr. 

 William Whitwell were elected Fellows. 



The President announced the death of Mr. H. T. Stainton, a 

 Fellow and former Vice-President of the Society, and a distin- 

 guished Entomologist. 



Mr. D. Morris exhibited a series of Botanical Photographs 

 from the West Coast of Africa, and gave some interesting details 

 about the appearance and mode of growth of some of the more 

 remarkable forest-trees and plants of that region. 



The Secretary exhibited a large collection of photographs of 

 typical Lichens, which had been recently presented to the Society 

 by Prof. Arnold of Munich. 



Oil behalf of Mr. George Swainson, Mr. A. E. Hammond 

 exhibited a microscope-slide projected on the screen showing an 

 aquatic Dipterous larva belonging to the genus Dixa. He 

 referred to the different views which had prevailed concerning 

 this or similar larvse : Eeaumur and De Geer having assigned 

 the prolegs to the dorsal surface ; while Staeger and. Meinert, on 

 the contrary, regarded that to which they were attached as the 

 ventral aspect of the larva. The question was one which could 

 be most conclusively settled by the determination of the position 

 of the ventral cord in living specimens. It was pointed out that 

 the comb-like anal plates possessed features which in allied forms 

 were characteristic not so much of the larval as of the pupal stage 

 of development. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Kotes on the Genera of Taxaceae and Coniferae." By Dr. 

 Maxwell T. Masters, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " Xote on the AflBuities of the Genus Madre^ora." By 

 George Brook, F.L.S. 



3. " Note on the Lens of the Albino Eat." By Prof. Eichard 

 J. Anderson, F.L.S. 



January 19th, 1893. 

 Prof. Chaeles Stewabt, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following Eesolution was put from the Chair and carried 

 unanimously : — 



" The Linnean Society desires to record its sense of the 

 loss Science has sustained by the deaths of Sir Eichard 

 Owen and Prof. West wood, and also its gratification at their 

 names having been numbered among the Fellows darin<' 

 their scientific career for the periods of 56 and 64 years 

 respectively." 



