Journal. 483 



Wcdnesdaij, I6th March 1898.— Benj. N. Peach, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Wm. Gunn, Esq., F.G.S., H.M. Geological Survey; Kenneth J. Morton, 

 F.E.S.; Chas. W. Peach, Esq., M.B., CM. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "On the Influence of Muscular Attachments in producing Modifications 



of the Popliteal Surface of the Femur, and Alterations in the Diameters 

 of the Shaft of that Bone in the Popliteal Region." By David 

 Hepburn, Esq., M.D. 



2. "The Mammals and Birds of Franz Josef Land, with Exhibition of 



Specimens, and Lantern Illustrations." By Wm. S. Bruce, Esq., 

 of the Jackson - Harmsworth Expedition, and Wm. Eagle Clark, 

 Esq., F.L.S. 



3. "Exhibition of Specimen of Flexible Sandstone, and of the Nest of a 



Weaver Bird, from India." By Robert Munro, Esq., M.A., M.D., 

 F.R.S.E. 



Wednesday, 20/^ ^^wn 898.— Benj. N. Peach, Esq., F.E.S., F.G.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Fellows of the Society : 

 Charles Porter, Esq., M.B., CM.; John Crawford. Esq., M.B., CM. 



The following communications were read : 



1. "On some new Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous Myriapods." By 



the President. 



2. "A List of Collcmhola and Thysaniira collected in the Edinburgh District." 



By George H. Carpenter, Esq., B.'Sc, and William Evans, Esq., 

 F.R.S.E. 



3. "On the Validity of Pissodes validirostris as a Species." By R. Stewart 



MacDougall, Esq., M.A., D.Sc. 



4. "On the Maintenance of the Earth's Internal Heat." By J. G. Goodchild, 



Esq., F.G.S., M.B.O.U. 



5. "Solar Energy and Ice, with Lantern Illustrations." By J. G. Goodchild, 



Esq., F.G.S., M.B.O.U. 



6. " On a Rock allied to Limburgite at North Berwick, with Lantern Illustra- 



tions." By J. G. Goodchild, Esq., F.G.S., M.B.O.U. 



7. "Exhibition of Specimens of Crustacea from the Australian Coast, near 



Sydney " By J. Stuart Thomson, Esq. 



8. " Exhibition of Specimens of a Phalangid {Oligolophus ffansenii, Krsepelin) 



new to the British list." By Wm. Evans, Esq., F.R.S.E. 



