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habits and instincts of our common English species, he proceeded to sketch 
the habits of the Brazilian Satiba Ant, and to narrate some startling anecdotes 
about this insect. 
On the conclusion of the paper, a few questions were asked about the 
habits of the common garden ant by the President and others. 
There were twenty-five members, eight visitors, and twelve honorary 
members present at this meeting. 
The Twenty-sixth Meeting was held on Monday, May 18th. 
The President proposed, on behalf of the Committee, the following rules, 
which were accepted by the Society :-— 
J.—That Sections be formed in the Society. 
II.—That each Section have a Curator, whose duty it shall be, to act as 
its Secretary, to have charge of the collection of the Society 
belonging to his own Section, and to examine and register all 
additions to that collection. 
TII.—That each Section appoint its own Curator, and arrange its own 
meetings. 
It was also proposed to substitute for the first half of Rule III. the 
following :— 
That a Committee be appointed, to consist of not more than seven, of 
whom two shall be elected by the Society, the President, Secretary, 
and Curators being members ex officio. 
The amendment was passed unanimously. 
T. S. Lea then read a paper on “‘ The Solar System,’ accompanied by 
diagrams and drawings, to illustrate the theory of eclipses, the relative 
distance of the planets, and other points. 
There were seven honorary members, thirty-one members, and seven 
visitors present at this meeting. 
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The Twenty-seventh Meeting was held on Monday, June Ist. 
F. Popmore read a paper on the Darwinian Theory. 
At the conclusion of the paper, in consequence of the lateness of the 
time, all discussion on its subject was postponed. 
There were ten honorary members, twenty-six members, and fourteen 
visitors present at this meeting. 
The Twenty-eighth Meeting was held on Monday, June 15th. 
J. CHARRINGTON read a paper on Acoustics, with experiments illustrating 
the non-transmission of sound in a vacuum, and other phenomena. 
There were ten honorary members, twenty-six members, and twelve 
visitors present at this meeting. 
The Twenty-ninth Meeting was held on Monday, June 29th. 
In the absence of the President, the Szecrerary took the chair. 
R. T. ALLEN read a paper on the “Common Flea,’ in the course of 
which he gave some interesting details of the training and performances of 
those animals. In consequence, partly, of the concert rehearsal, which unfor- 
tunately was going on at the same time, the attendance at this meeting was 
unusually small. 
There were thirteen members and four visitors present. 
