:xiv CONTENTS. 



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^3. Eeport of the 'Close Time' Committee 598 



4. Report of tlie Committee on the Zoological Station at Naples 598 



-5. On the Development of Lepidosteus. By F. M. Balfouk, F.R.S., and 



W. N. Pakker 599 



'6. On the Classification of Cryptogams. By Alfred W. Bennetx, M.A., 



F.L. S,, Lecturer on Botany at St. Thomas's Hospital 699 



7. A Reformed System of Terminology of the Reproductive Organs of Thal- 

 lophytes. By Alfred W. Bennett, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S., Lecturer on 

 Botany at St. Thomas's Hospital, and George Murray, F.L.S., Assistant, 

 Botanical Department, British Museum 600 



FRIDA Y, A UG VST 27. 



1. Report of the Committee for the investigation of the Natural History of 



the Island of Socotra 601 



2. On the French Deep-sea Exploration in the Bay of Biscay. By J. Gwtn 

 Jeffreys, LL.D., F.RS 601 



•3. Further Remarks on the MoUusca of the Mediterranean. By J. Gwtn 

 Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S 601 



MONDAY, AUGUST 30. 



1. Report on Accessions to our Knowledge of the Chiroptera during the past 

 two years (1878-1880). By G. E. Dobson, M.A., M.B., &c 603 



2. The Cruise of the 'Knight Errant.' By Professor Sir C. Wyville 

 Thomson, F.R.S 603 



a. Ou the Relation of the Lepidoptera of Great Britain to those of other 

 Countries. By Captain H. J. Elwes 604 



4. On the Double Malar Bone. By Professor G. Rolleston, M.D., F.R.S... . 604 



6. On the Classification of Rodents. By Professor G. Rolleston, M.D., 

 F.RS W4: 



6. On the ' Drumming ' of the Snipe. By Captain W. V. Legse, R.A., 



F.L.S., F.Z.S 604 



7. On the Migration of Birds, and Messrs. Brown and Cordeaux's Method of 



obtaining Systematic Observations of the same at Lighthouses and Light- 

 ships. By Alfred Newton, M.A., F.RS 605 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 31. 



1. Exhibition of some of the Zoological Reports of the ' Challenger ' Expedi- 

 tion. By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S 606 



2. On the Classification of Birds. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.... 606 



3. Notes on the French Deep-sea Exploration in the Bay of Biscay. By the 

 Rev. A. M. Norman, F.L.S 609 



4. Report on the Marine Zoology of South Devon 609 



Department op Anthropology. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 

 Address by F. W. Rttbler, F.G.S., Chaii-man of the Department 609 



1. Notes on the Origin of the Malagasy. By C. Staniland Wake 620 



2. On the Antiquities of Loughor Castle. By B. Jones 620 



