Ixxvi Proceed'uKjs. 



Our Hon. Secretary has Idndly furnished me with the follow- 

 ing particulars of the objects exhibited at the various meetings 

 of the session, and the new members elected at them. 



Exliihits, 1887. 



Feh. 9th. — J. Jenner Weir, diagi-ams illustrative of his paper, 

 " Domestic Birds and possible causes of their Domestication." H. S. 

 Eaton, fe-agmeut of chalk froua a water-bearing fissure in one of the 

 galleries of the new well at Addington, shewing gi-ooves and striiB 

 produced by faulting. B. Latham, shells of A»iodon cygneus. D. 

 Johnson, feathers of several species of birds. E. Lovett, native stone 

 axe from New Guinea, and English stone implements restored on the 

 same principle. J. H. Drage, specimens of barnacle geese. W. Murton 

 Holmes (iinder microscope), spicules of Geodia Barretii. M. E. 

 Lownds (under microscope), section of toe of white mouse. 



March 9th. — W. August Carter, drawings illustrative of his paper 

 on marine and freshwater fishes. E. Straker, photographic enlarge- 

 ments on Eastman paper. E. Lovett, microscopic slides illustrating 

 the embryology of fishes. J. H. Drage, drawing of a rare blenny 

 from the Scotch coast. 



April Vdth. — W. F. Stanley, photographic slides illustrating the 

 Essex earthquake of April, 1884. K. McKean, normal specimen of 

 Helix ericctorimi, and a sub-scalai'iform vaiiety of the same from 

 Marden Park. E. Lovett, dwarf form of the tortoiseshell butterfly 

 {Vanessa urticce). M. E. Lownds (under microscope), spore-cases of 

 ferns. 



Sept. nth. — J. H. D. Fox, foraminifera fi-om the Chalk, Margate. 

 E. Lovett, seventy-two slides of foraminifera, and carnelian containing 

 fossils. K. Mclieau (under microscope), Glob iff evince dredged from 

 2435 fathoms. Dr. A. Carpenter, iron arrowheads found near South 

 Croydon ; also arrowheads from North America. J. Epjjs, new Surrey 

 plant. Euphorbia esula. G. Corden, photographs of lightning taken 

 by him during the storm of August 17th in Croydon. P. Crowley, 

 series of sixty-four photogi'aphs of storks taken from nature. 



Oct. l'2th. — AV. H. S. Worsley-Benison, diagrams and drawings 

 illustrative of his paper, " The Power of Movement in Plants." 

 K. McKean (under microscope). Acme lineata. E. Lovett, fish-hooks. 

 E. B. Sturge (under microscope), QScidium compositum. W. M. 

 Holmes (under microscope), chert from Godstone, with spicules. 

 C. D. Goodman, seed-pods of yellow iris. 



Nov. 9th. — A. J. Crosfield, bird-skins from Iiulia. E. Lovett, 

 Kaffir stone-weights and digging-sticks. K. McKean (under micro- 

 scope), glands in leaf of Eucalyptus globiclits. W. Low Sarjeant, 

 bromide enlargements from j-plate negatives. M. E. Lownds (under 

 microscope), Echinus spines. P. Crowley, Gould's ' Bhds of Asia.' 



Dec. nth. — W. Murton Holmes, diagrams and microscopic slides 

 to illustrate his paper " On the Epidermic Growth of Vertebrate 

 Animals." E. Lovett, fig., description, and specimen of the large 

 earwig {Labidma gigautea). E. Straker, skin of a rattlosnalce from 

 To.\as. 11. T. Mennell, custard apple. 



