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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Linnean Society or Lonpon. 
May 2, 1889.—Mr. C. B. Crane, M.A., F.R.S., in the chair. 
Messrs. H. B. Hewetson (of Leeds), M. B. Slater and T. W. Shore 
were admitted Fellows of the Society; and Messrs. C. Hedley, T. W. 
Girdlestone, and E. EK. Prince were elected. Prof. W. Pfeffer, of the 
University of Tubingen, was elected a Foreign Member. 
With reference to a recent exhibition, by Mr. D. Morris, of leaves of 
different species or varieties of plants included under H'rythroxylon Coca, 
Lamarck, Mr. Thomas Christy made some remarks on the leaves of a 
variety from Japan. These he described as brittle and thin, with hardly 
any trace of cocaine, though yielding 8 per cent. of crystallizable substance. 
The thicker leaves of the Peruvian plant yielded more cocaine, though at 
first rejected on account of their more glutinous nature. 
Mr. John Carruthers read a short paper on the cystocarps, hitherto 
undescribed, of a well-known sea-weed, Rhodymenia palmata, upon which 
remarks were made by Mr. G. Murray and Mr. A. W. Bennett. 
The second part of a monograph of the Thelephoree was communicated 
by Mr. G. Massee. 
Mr. Mitten contributed a paper on all the known species of Musci 
and Hepatica recorded from Japan. An interesting discussion followed 
on the character of the Japanese Flora, in which Mr. J. G. Baker, 
Dr. Braithwaite, and Mr. G. Murray took part. 
The meeting adjourned to May 24th. 
ZoouoaicaL Society oF Lonpon. 
April 16, 1889.—Dr. A. GiinrHER, F'.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 
The Secretary exhibited a pair of a fine large Buprestine Beetle of the 
genus Julodis (J. Ffinchi), obtained by Mr. B. 'T. Ffinch near Karachi; 
and a Mole-cricket, Gryllotalpa vulgaris, sent by Mrs. Talbot from Bagdad. 
Mr. Sclater made some remarks on the animals he had noticed during 
a recent visit to the Zoological Gardens of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and 
Antwerp. 
A communication was read from Mr. A. H. Everett, containing remarks 
on the zoo-geographical relationships of the Island of Palawan and some 
adjacent islands, In this paper it was contended that Palawan and the 
