lO PBOCEEDINGS OF THE 



1868, and showing the old colonnade, which had since been de- 

 molished and was lying still uncared for in Battersea Park. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " The Subterranean Crustacea of New Zealand, with some 

 Remarks on the Fauna of Caves and Wells." By Chas. Chilton, 



r.L.s. 



2. " Notes on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Histology of the 

 Chernetidse, with special reference to the Rudimentary Stigmata 

 and to a new form of Trachea." By H. M. Bernard. (Com- 

 municated by W. Percy Sladen, Sec.L.S.) 



May 4th, 1893. 



Prof. Chakles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. John Buchanan and Charles Henry Nichols were 

 elected Pellows. 



Prof Dr. Carl Claus, of Vienna, and Monsieur Casimir de 

 Candolle, of Geneva, were elected Foreign Members. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited some new and rare birds from 

 Borneo, and made remarks upon the singular distribution of the 

 genera to which they belonged. On behalf of Miss E. M. Sharpe 

 he also exhibited the sexes, larvae, and cocoons of a rare Silk- 

 worm Moth {Oonometa fascia) from Lagos. 



Prof. J. Bretland Farmer exhibited under the microscope some 

 preparations showing attraction spheres in spores of Hepatic£e, 

 and gave the result of his recent researches on the subject. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited some curious variations in 

 foliage in plants of a Sierculia from Brazil reared from the same 

 pod, and showed also a specimen of Erythroxylon Coca in fruit. 



Mr. W. Botting Hemsley showed two British plants which 

 were interesting on account of the localities, viz. Empetrum nigrum 

 from Dorset (where Mr. C. B. Clarke had seen it growing on 

 Poole Harbour spit, though it had not been included hitherto in 

 the county flora), and Scilla nutans, with prolonged bracts, 

 usually regarded as an introduced garden form, which had been 

 iound growing apparently wild in a wood near Ashford, Kent. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On the Nervous System of Myxine (/lutinosa." By Alfred 

 Sanders, F.L.S. 



