272 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Some years ago a good many were taken off Brighton (see 'Zoologist,' 1850, 

 p. 2929). According to Turton, this fish is sometimes found in the rivers 

 about Swansea, but never in shoals. Thomas Edward, the Banffshire 

 uaturalist, thought he had recognized it on the Banffshire coast. It is a 

 wanderer from the Mediterranean, and apparently does not go far north. 

 —Ed.] 



CRUSTACEA. 



Dromia vulgaris in Cornwall— It may interest some of your readers 

 to learn that two specimens of the rare crab, Dromia vulgaris, have 

 recently been procured off this coast. — G. Tregelles. 



[We do not think this species is quite so rare as supposed. It is 

 common (as its specific name would imply) in the Mediterranean, and has 

 been found not only on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, but also in some 

 numbers in an immature state in the Scilly Islands. — Ed.] 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Linnean Society of London. 



The Centenary Anniversary Meeting, May 24, 1888. — W. Carruthers, 

 F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Messrs. R. Barron, L. A. Boodle, Sydney Klein, and E. B. Poulton 

 were admitted Fellows of the Society. 



The following Reports were presented: — (1) Report of the Secretary on 

 the history of the Society and its collections ; (2) Report of the Treasurer 

 on the financial history of the Society from its commencement; (3) Report 

 of the Librarian on donatious, and additions by purchase, to the Library. 



The President then delivered his annual address. A vote of thanks to 

 him having been moved by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., seconded by 

 Dr. Maxwell Masters, and carried unanimously, the following Eulogia were 

 pronounced : — 



On Liunseus, by Prof. Fries, of Upsala. 

 ,, Robert Brown, by Sir Joseph Hooker, K.C.S.I. 

 ,, Charles Darwin, by Prof. Flower, C.B. 

 „ George Bentham, by W. Thiselton Dver, C.M.G. 



A vote of thanks to the speakers having been moved by Dr. St. George 

 Mivart, seconded by the Rt. Hon. Sir M. E. Grant Duff, aud carried 

 unanimously, the Linnean Gold Medal, struck in commemoration of the 

 Centenary, and awarded for researches in Botany to Sir Joseph Hooker 

 aud for researches in Zoology to Sir Richard Owen, was presented by the 

 President to the recipients. 



