394 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 
4. **On some Newly-Hatched Specimens and a late Embryo of Opisthoph- 
thalmus.” By Professor Maucotm LauriE, D.Sc. 
5. ‘*Note on the High Mean Barometric Pressure of January.” By R. C. 
MossMAN, Esq., F.R. Met.S. 
Wednesday, 18th March 1896.—Professor SrrurHERs, M.D., LL.D., 
President, in the Chair. 
The following gentleman was elected an Ordinary Fellow of the Society: 
Andrew J. Ramsay, Esq. 
The following communications were read: 
1. ‘‘On the Nests and Eggs of the Emus and the Cassowary of Australia.” 
By A. J. CAmpBELL, Esq., Melbourne; communicated by Joun J. 
DALGLEISH, Esq. 
2. ‘River Temperature. Part III. Comparison of the Thermal Conditions 
of Rivers and Ponds in the South of England.” By H. B. Guppy, 
Esq., M.B. 
3. ‘*Notes on the Collecting and Breeding of Butterflies in Kanara, Western 
India.” By E. H. ArrKen, Esq. 
4, ‘*Resuits of Meteorological Observations taken at Edinburgh in the Year 
1895.” By R. C. Mossman, Esq., F.R.S.E., F.R. Met.S. 
*, 
Wednesday, 15th April 1896.—Professor SrrurHERs, M.D., LL.D., 
President, in the Chair, 
Messrs R. C. Millar, C.A., and Richard Brown, C.A., were re-elected as 
Auditors for the current Session. 
The following communications were read : 
1. ‘Some Additions to the List of Edinburgh Spiders.” By G. H. Car- 
PENTER, Esq., B.Sc., and WILLIAM Evans, Esq., F.R.S.E. 
. “On Sigillaria Brardii, Brongt., and its Variations.” By R. Kipsron, 
Esq., F.G.S., F.R.S.E. 
3. ‘*A Preliminary Notice of a Parasitic Copepod from the vas deferens of 
Nephrops norvegicus.” By J, StuART THomson, Esq. 
4. ‘Exhibition of Photographs illustrating Insect Attack on Spruce and 
Pine, with Notes on the possibilities of recovery after defoliation.” 
By R. Srewart MacDovea.., Esq., B.Se. 
5. ‘*Exhibition, with Remarks, of a dark Variety of the Barn Owl (Stria 
flammea).” By W. EAGLE CLARKE, Esq., F.LS. 
6. ‘Exhibition of a Specimen of Nycteribia Latreillii, Leach, a Dipterous 
Parasite from Daubenton’s Bat.” By Percy H. GrimsHaw, Esq., 
F.K.S. 
