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The Society then elected G-. Dakyns and A. E. Darley, members 

 of the Committee. G. Dakyns was afterwards elected Secretary. 



Tlie President, J. G. Grenfell, Esq., then read a paper on "Super- 

 saturated Saline Solutions," illustrated with many experiments. [The 

 Editors regret that they are unable to print this paper, which has 

 been imfortunately lost.] 



MEETING, February 20th, 1873. 



The second meeting of the term was held in Mr. Grenfell's Eoom ; 

 there were forty-five members and twenty-seven visitors present. 



Donations acknowledged : — Fossils presented by A. Cole- Hamilton, 

 and Sea-weeds by C. Carriugton. 



J. Duncuft rose and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Grenfell for 

 his paper on Super-saturated Saline Solutions, which had been 

 omitted at the previous meeting from want of time. The motion was 

 seconded by R. M. Johnston, and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Stoddart read a paper on the " British Araneidte." The subject 

 was commenced with a brief sketch of the wonderful anatomy, and 

 the well-marked characteristics that distinguished the Spiders from 

 Insects, An account was afterwards given of their habits, their various 

 modes of constructing webs, which are so peculiar to each genus as 

 to be generally useful in naming them. Attention was particularly 

 drawn to the figure of each web, and the functions of the different 

 spinnerets, and the part which each takes in weaving the thread. 



Mr. Stoddart concluded by describing the ways of collecting the 

 several kinds of Spiders, and gave a short list of many rare species 

 that he had found in the neighbourhood of Bristol and Clifton. 



The paper was fully illustrated by drawings and diagrams. 



A vote of thanks was afterwards passed to Mr. Stoddart for his 

 interesting paper. 



MEETING, March 6th, 1873. 

 The President in the Chair, 



The third meeting for^the term was held in the ;Chemistry Room. 

 Forty members and fourteen visitors were present. 



Donations acknowledged : — Fossils from G. Spencer Percival, Esq. ; 

 Fossil Coral — Lithostrotion Arenea — fine polished sections by 

 Firth, ma. ; Pinna from Carboniferous Limestone, Clifton, by the 

 President. 



The following new members w^.re elected : — "Wansbro-Jones, Glynn- 

 Price, Browne, and Sherring. 



