LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. xlvii 



Mr. J. G. Baker, F.L.S., exhibited, from the Herbarium of the 

 Royal Gardens, Kcw, an interesting series of specimens of the British 

 species of Primula described in Mr. Darwin's paper, and made some 

 observations upon the characters by which they are distinguished. 



Mr. W. Andrews, M.R.I.A., Chairman of the Natural-History 

 Section of the lloyal Dublin Society, exhibited drawings, the size of 

 life, of the head of Ziplinis Soiuerhiensis, a specimen of which rare 

 Cetacean was stranded in Brandon Bay, county Kerry, about three 

 years since. The head was photographed on the spot, and the draw- 

 ings were made from the photographs. 



April 2nd, 1868. 



George Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair, 



James Edmund Harting, Esq., and Thomas Howse, jun., Esq., 

 were elected Fellows ; and Mr. John Jackson, Mr. William Mudd, 

 and Mr. Charles WUliam Peach, Associates. 



The following Report on the Additions to the Library since the 

 last meeting, was read : — 



The Publications of Scientific Bodies received since the last meet- 

 ing have been the following : — 



Germany : — 



Academy Naturcc Curiosorum, Dresden. Transactions (Nova 

 Acta) xxxiii. Proceedings (Leopoldina) v. n. 9 to 15, vi. n. 1. 



NoETH America : — 



Nova-Scotian Institute of Natural Science. Proceedings and 

 Transactions ii. part 1. 



Great Britain : — 



Royal Horticultural Society. Journal ii. n. 5. 



Pharmaceutical Society . Journal and Transactions, 2nd Ser. ix. 

 n. 10. 



Cambridge Philosophical Society. Transactions x. part 2, and xi. 

 part 1. 



