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In the absence of the Authoress, Miss Joan B. Procter's paper 

 " On the Variation of the Scapula in the Batrachian Groups 

 A^^lossa and Arcifera " was taken as read. 



Dr. W. T. Calman, F.R S., F.Z.S., gave a resume of his paper 

 " Notes on Marine Wood-borinsr Animals. — II. Crustacea." 



Sir S. F. Harmer, K.B.E., F.R.S., F.Z.S. , gave a resume of 

 Dr. Augusta Arnback Ohristie-Linde's paper "On the Repro- 

 ductive Organs of the Ascidian Kiikenthcdia borealis Gottschaldt." 



In the absence of the Author, Mr. B. P. Uvarov's paper on 

 " The Geographical Distribution of Orthopterous Insects in tlie 

 Caucasus and in Western Asia " was taken as read. 



The next Meeting of the Society for Scientific Business will 

 be held on Tuesday, March 22nd, 1921, at 5.30 p.m., when the 

 following communications will be made : — 



The Secretary. 



Report on the Additions to the Society's Menagerie during 

 the month of Febi'uary, 1921. 



J. CossAR EwART, M.D., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



The Nestling Feathers of tlie Mallard, with (Observations on 

 the Composition, Origin, and History of Feathers. 



E. T. Newton, F.R.S. 



Fossil Bird-remains from Sardinia, Corsica, and Greece, 

 collected by Dr. Forsyth Major. 



G. C. RoBsoN, E.A. 



On the Molluscan Genus Cochlitoma and its Anatomy, with 

 Remarks upon the Variation of Two closely-allied Forms. 



