BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH XXV 
The foliowing candidates were elected Resident Fellows :— 
Miss Dororuy Court, B.Sc, 
Wm. G. Smita, Ph.D. 
The following communications were read :— 
THE GENERAL ASPECT OF SOUTHERN ABYSSINIA AND ITS 
VEGETATION. With Lantern Illustrations. By GEORGE 
Bryce, B.Se. 
In the absence of Mr. L. Cockayne, Corresponding 
Member, Professor BAYLEY BaLrour, F.R.S., gave a lantern 
demonstration on New Zealand Vegetation. 
Dr. StanLtEy L. Haynes sent leaves of Aristolochia 
Sipho to show variation in shape. 
The ASSISTANT SECRETARY read a letter from Mr. G. M. 
HorspurGH to record the fruiting of Podophyllum Emodi 
in Orkney by the Rev. D. W. Yair. 
The Rev. JAMES WATERSTON, B.D., B.Sc., showed specimens 
of Malacosoma neustria, Linn. (the Lackey moth), a horti- 
cultural pest supposed to be new to Scotland. 
Mr. R. L. Harrow showed the following plants in flower 
from the Royal Botanic Garden :—Bulbophyllwm comosum, 
Calanthe W. Murray, Cypripedium <Arthwrianum, var. 
pulchellum, Elephantopus scaber, Huchlena luxwrians, 
Helichrysum subulifoliwm, Hibbertia dentata, Ligusticum 
antipodum, Lycopodium dendroidewm, Odontoglosswim 
erocidipterum, Oneoba aristatu, Peliosanthes hwmilis, 
Scaphosepalum anchoriferwin. 
JANUARY 13, 1910. 
T. Bennet Ciark, Esq., C.A., President, in the Chair. 
The PRESIDENT alluded to the death of Mr. GEORGE 
STABLER, elected a Non-Resident Fellow in 1883. 
The following communications were read :-— 
1. SHortT NoTE UPON THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE POIs 
Doux TREE (Jnga lawrina) bythe Hercules Beetle (Dynastes 
Hercules) in Dominica, B.W.I. By Mr. SYMINGTON GRIEVE. 
