1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



F. Buchanan. Eifects of Lightning on Querciis pedunculata, 

 Ehrh. Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xxxiii. 



Gasparrini. On the ripening- of Figs. (Translation, see above 

 p. xlv.) Journ. 11. Ilort. Soc. ii. 



Prof. Miinter. Haw and manufactured products of Palms in the 

 Paris Exhibition 18G7. Flora 1868. 



Cbtptogamtc Botany : — 



F. Arnold. Lichenological Fragments, 1 plate. Flora 1868. 



E. Hallier. Microscopical Eesearches on Micrococcus. Flora 

 1868. 



J. Miiller. Four Lichens from the canton of Bern. Flora 1868. 



W. P. Schimper. Supplement to the genus Spiridens, 1 plate. 

 Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xxxiii. 



Miscellaneous : — 



C. Collingwood. llambles of a Naturalist on the shores and waters 

 of the China sea. 1 vol. 8vo. Presented by the Author. 



Zoology of the Voyage of the Erebus and Terror, parts 5 and 8 

 (wanting in the Society's copy). Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



Geological Magazine, vols. 1 and 2 (completing the Society's series). 

 Purchased. 



The following papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Contributions towards a Monograph of the species of Anne- 

 lides belonging to the Ampldnomacea ; with a List of tlie known 

 species and Descriptions of several new species, belonging to the 

 group, contained in the National Collection of the British Museum ; 

 to which is appended a short account of two hitherto nondescript 

 Annulose Animals of a larval character," by William Baird, M.D., 

 F.U.S., F.L.S. 



2. " The effects of Selection in the cultivation of Plants," by 

 James Buckman, F.L.S., late Professor of Botany and Rural Economy 

 in the Royal Agricultural College. 



April 16th, 1868. 

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



Henry Collinson, Esq., and Swann Ilurrell, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows. 



