xliv. Proceedings. 
discretionary power such as that proposed by the Rev. Mr. 
Hawker on the committee, whom, he believed, for reasons. 
which he stated, would decline to receive it. 
The amendment, therefore, fell to the ground, and the 
motion of Mr. GELparRT being put to the meeting, 15 members 
voted for it, and the great majority of the meeting (over four- 
fifths) voted against it. The motion was therefore lost. 
Mr. A. R. WALLACE gave notice that at the meeting on 
February 18th, he would move the following addition to the 
rules :— 
“That the reader of a paper be allowed the privilege of having 
lady visitors introduced on the occasion when his paper is read, on 
announcing his wish at the previous meeting.” 
The following objects were exhibited:—J. S. Johnson, 
exuviated shell of Cray-fish from Crystal Palace Aquarium; K. 
McKean, larval form of leaf insect (phyllium) from Ceylon ; 
J. H. Baldock, double oxalate chromium and potass (polar) ; 
H. Long, section of mole’s jaw with teeth in situ; K. McKean, 
White ant, worker; H. R. Owen, diatoms, ‘Challenger’ 
dredgings; S. Palmer, scale of beetle; W. L. Sarjeant, gill of 
Mytilus edulis, showing movement of cilia; A. D. Taylor, 
wing of moth, (S. populi); A. Warner, tortoiseshell rim of 
eyeglass, from India, partly gnawed, supposed by white ants. 
Ordinary Meeting, Feb. 18th, 1880. 
Joun Fiower, M.A., F.Z.S., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. Richard Cooper, Mr. Henry Linton, Dr. Charles Dukes, 
and Mr. Herbert D. Price, were balloted for and elected. 
The PRESIDENT announced that Mr. F. J. Horniman had 
kindly sent a few more boxes of butterflies’ wings for distribu- 
tion among the members of the Club. 
Mr. A. R. WALLACE, in pursuance of notice given at the last 
meeting, moved that the following be added to the rules :— 
“That the reader of a paper be allowed the privilege of having 
lady visitors introduced on the occasion when his paper is read, on 
announcing his wish at the previous meeting.” 
—and supported the motion in a speech of considerable 
length, 
Dr. CARPENTER seconded the motion. 
The matter having been debated at considerable length, 
Mr. WatLAceE replied, and the motion was then put to the 
meeting, and negatived by a very large majority, only nine 
members voting in favour of the motion. 
