ii Proceedings. [October jrd, igo^. 



Mr. Thomas Thorp, F.R.A.S., exhibited a lantern slide 

 photograph of the total solar eclipse, taken at Burgos, in Spain, 

 on August 30th, 1905. The inner corona and several streamers, 

 extending nearly a degree from the sun, were shown very clearly, 

 as also a number of prominences. 



Mr. C. G. Hewitt, B.Sc, read a paper entitled " Note on 

 the Buccal Pits of Peripatus" 



In the discussion which followed Professor S. J. Hickson, 

 F.R.S., pointed out that the peculiar position which this small 

 creature occupied as a connecting link between the worms and 

 insects, and the probability that it would soon become extinct, 

 gave a special importance to any investigation which resulted in 

 additional knowledge of the anatomy of Peripatus. 



General Meeting, October 17th, 1905. 



The President, Sir William H. Bailey, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt, B.Sc, Assistant Lecturer and 

 Demonstrator in Zoology in the Manchester University, was 

 elected an ordinary member of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, October 17th, 1905. 



The President, Sir William H. Bailey, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



Mr. T. Thorp, F.R.A.S., made a short communication on 

 the " shadow bands " seen only during a total eclipse, which were 

 well observed at Burgos, in Old Castile, on August 30th, 1905. 



The President then delivered his Inaugural Address. 



The address is published in full in the " Memoirs." 



