134 THE NATURAL HISTOET EETIEW. 



municated by Sir E. I. Murchison, K.C.B., E.E.S., F.a.S.— This 

 paper contained a general explanation of a Sketch Map, illustrating 

 the past and present distribution of the glaciers on the eastern side 

 of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, as well as the author's views 

 on the excavation of Lake-basins in hard rocks, as shown by the 

 coincidence between the positions of the lakes and the terminations 

 of the ancient glaciers. 



3. LiNKEAN Society, (Burlington House). 



Novemler 17th, 1864. 



The following papers were read: — 1. "Facts relative to the 

 Movements of Insects on Polished Vertical Surfaces," by Mr. J. 

 Blackwall. — 2. *' On a Skeleton of Dinornis 7'obicstus, Owen, in the 

 York Museum," by Mr, T. Allis. — 3. " Account of a huge Banyan 

 Tree of S. India," by John Shortt, M.D. — 4. *' On Pceciloneuron, 

 a new genus of Ternstrcejniacice,^' by Captain Beddome. — 5. " On the 

 ^Naturalized Weeds of British Kaffraria," by Mr. D'Urban. — Dr. 

 Hooker laid before the Society a plate of a gigantic species of Aris- 

 tolocliia from the forests of Old Calabar, where it had been discovered 

 by the Eev. W. Thomson, of the United Presbyterian Church 

 Mission, who had transmitted a flower in spirits to Kew. At 

 Mr. Thomson's request it had been named A. Goldieana, after the 

 Eev. H. Goldie of the same mission. Dr. Hooker hoped to make 

 further observations on it at the forthcoming meeting of the Society. 

 Dr. Hooker also exhibited some hazel-nuts, said to have been taken 

 from a closed cavity of a large oak-tree at Llanelly in South "Wales, 

 and which were supposed to have lain there for many years. The 

 nuts presented a curious striped appearance, and the kernels were 

 quite sound and fleshy, though discoloured. They had been sent to 

 Dr. Hooker by Mr. J. Douglas, the proprietor of the saw-mills in 

 which the tree was cut up. 



Beeemler 1st, 1864. 



The following papers were read : — 1. *' On the Free Nematodes, 

 Marine and Fresh Water," by Dr. Bastian.— 2. "Brief Notices 

 of Eesults obtained by Experiments with Eutozoa," by Dr. Cobbold. 

 — o. " On Tubicolous Annelids from the Collection in the British 

 Museum," by Dr. Baird. 



