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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



The members signified by standing their unanimous acceptance of 

 the resohition. 



The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following were elected members of the Society : — Walter 

 KiDD, M.D., proposed by G. D. Thane, E. Barclay Smith, G. B. 

 Howes. William K. Hutton, M.A., M.B., Senior Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy, University of Glasgow, proposed by J. Yule Mackay, 

 Alexander Macphail, A. Keith. E. H. S. Swan, M.B., B.S., Junior 

 Demonstrator of Anatomy, Guy's Hospital, proposed by R. Clement 

 Lucas, Y. G. Parsons, G. W. Thane. J. V. Worthixgton, Junior 

 Demonstrator of Anatomy, London Hospital Medical College, pro- 

 posed by T. Openshaw, H. Rigby, J. H. Sequeira. C. R. Box, M.D., 

 proposed by F. G. Parsons, G. H. Makins, A. Keith. 



The following communications Avere made : — 



(1) Mr L. H. Duckworth demonstrated, by means of lantern slides, 

 the following specimens :— 



(i.) An unusually large 0-s' innoviinatnm of Gorilla. The maximum 

 length of the bone is 412 ; the corresponding figures for the skeletons of 

 the large animals dissected by Duvernoy and by Owen being 350 mm. 

 and 360 mm. respectively. The specimen now shown also possesses 

 an unusually well developed anterior inferior iliac spine for a gorilla. 



(ii.) Crania of two young Gorillas, in which there is independent 



Fig. 1. — Specimen of Chimpanzee's Skull, showing divided parietal. 

 In Museum, Copenhagen. 



ossification of that part of the frontal bone adjoining the pterion 

 region. Such an independent ossification produces the appearance of 

 a post-frontal bone, though it is difilcult to determine whether the 

 morphological value of this is different from that of the smaller 

 Wormian bones so frequent in this region. 



(iii.) Some other skulls, human and anthropoid, were shown as 



