418 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



3. "The Periodic Growth of Scales in Gadidse as an Index of Age." By 



J. Stewart Thomson, Esq., F. L.S. 



4. "A Catalogue of Land, Fresh-Water, and Marine Crustacea found in the 



Basin of the River Forth and its Estuary. Part I. — Malacostraca, 

 Cladocera, and Branchiura." By Thomas Scott, Esq., LL.D., F.L.S. 



5. "The Odonata (Dragon Flies) of the Forth Area." By Wm. Evans, 



Esq., F.R.S.E. 



SESSION CXXX7. 



First Meeting, 22>rd October 1905.— Wm. Evans, Esq., F.R.S.E., President, 



in the Chair. 



Nigel Kennedy Worthington, Esq., was elected an Ordinary Fellow. 



The retiring Vice-President (B. N. Peach, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.) delivered 

 an Address on " The Higher Crustacea of the Scottish Carboniferous Rocks." 



Second Meeting, 27th November 1905. — Wm. Evans, Esq., F.R.S.E., President, 



in the Chair. 



The following Office-Bearers were elected for the current Session: 



President— Wm. Evans, F.F.A., F.R.S.E. 



Vice-Presidents — R. H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. ; W. Eagle Clarke, 

 F.L.S., F.R.S.E.; Professor Graham Kerr, M.A., F.R.S.E. 



Secretary— 0. Charnock Bradley, M.B., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. 



Assistant- Secretary — J. H. Ash worth, D.Sc. 



Treasurer — W. A. Middleton, C.A. 



Librarian— T. N Johnston, M.B., CM., F.R.S.E. 



Councillors — Gerald R. Leighton, M.D., F.R.S.E.; Professor J. C. Ewart 

 M.D., F.R.S.E.; W. S. Bruce, F.R.S.G.S.; D. Waterston, M.A., 

 M.D., F.E.S.E.; F. H. A. Marshall, B.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E.; Percy 

 H. Grimshaw, F.E.S. ; Malcolm Laurie, B.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E.; 

 Sir T. D. Gibson Carmichael, Bart.; Professor T. Hudson Beare, 

 B.A., B.Sc; R. C. Mossman, F.R.Met.S., F.R.S E.; E. B. Jamieson, 

 M.B., Ch.B ; B. N. Peach, LL.D., F.R.S. 



The Annual Reports of the Council, Librarian, and Treasurer were 

 submitted. 



Messrs Norman B. Kinnear, Nigel K. Worthington, and Arthur C. 

 Edmonds were formally admitted Fellows of the Society. 



The following communications were submitted : 

 1. " Bdelloid Rotifera from the Forth Area." By James Murray, Esq. 



