vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
March 21st, 1861. 
Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. David Moore, F.L.S., exhibited a flowering specimen of 
Megacarpea polyandra, from the Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, 
where it was originally raised from seeds collected in the Hima- 
laya Mountains by the late Major Madden, and where it flowered 
for the first time in April, 1855. 
Read, first, “ On the Possibility of taking a Zoological Census ;”’ 
by Alfred Newton, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. (See “ Zoological Proceed- 
ings,’’ vol. vi.) 
Read, secondly, “ On the true Nature of certain Structures 
appended to the Feet of Insects and Arachnida, subservient to 
Locomotion ;” by Tuffen West, Esq., F.L.8. (See “ Transactions,” 
vol. xxiii. part 2.) 
April 4th, 1861. 
Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Major Cary Barnard was elected a Fellow. 
Mr. Heward, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of Calebogyne ilici- 
folia and Gyrostemon attenuatus from the Herbarium of the late 
Allan Cunningham ; and made some observations upon them. 
Read, first, “ On the Identification of the Grasses of the Lin- 
nean Herbarium;” by Col. William Munro, H.M. 39th Regt., 
C.B., F.L.8., &. (See “ Botanical Proceedings,”’ vol. vi.) 
Read, secondly, “ Note on an Unusual Mode of Germination 
in the Mango (Mangifera indica)’; by Maxwell T. Masters, 
Esq., F.L.S. (See “ Botanical Proceedings,”’ vol. vi.) 
Read, thirdly, “ Descriptions of some new Species of Ant from 
the Holy Land;’’ by Frederick Smith, Esq., Assist. Zool. Dep., 

