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“On some Entomostraca from Castlemilk, near Rutherglen,” by 
Mr. Thomas Scott, F.L.S., Corresponding Member (see page 69). 
This paper was illustrated by a series of specimens dredged by 
Mr. James Steel at Castlemilk. 
26TH DeEcemBER, 1893. 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
The following were elected Ordinary Members :—Mr. George 
Bell Todd, M.B., C.M., Professor of Zoology in Anderson's 
College Medical School; Mr. James Rankin, B.Se., Zoological 
Laboratory, Glasgow University; Mr. Thomas Robertson, 9 
Westbank Quadrant. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd exhibited specimens of Trametes mollis 
(Sommerf.) Fr., Hydnum ochraceum, Pers., and fully-developed 
green cups of Chlorospleniwm ceruginosum (Fl. Dan.) Tul., all 
which had been gathered by him at West Kilbride. 
The Chairman showed specimens of Bougainvillea spectabilis, 
Juss., a showy South American shrub; also Chroolepus aureus, 
Linn., a fresh-water alga, from West Kilbride. 
Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., submitted specimens of Lolium 
temulentum, Linn., a rare casual, which has occurred as a garden- 
weed at Stepps, near Glasgow. 
Mr. G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., read a paper entitled “Some 
Remarks on the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of Palestine” 
(see page 9), and exhibited a collection of illustrative specimens 
which he had gathered during a short visit to that country last 
summer. _ 
Mr. D. A. Boyd submitted a paper entitled ‘“ Further Sug- 
gestions towards a better method of Local Scientific Research.” 
30TH January, 1894. 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
Mr. George M‘Crie made some remarks on the method of 
establishing marine aquaria adapted for microscopic observations, 
and also on the use of the microscope in examining the organisms 
contained in the aquaria. Numerous illustrative specimens were 
exhibited by him. 
