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The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " Notes on Medicago sativa, as apparently affording facilities 

 for the intercrossing of distinct flowers;" by the Eev. Greorge 

 Henslow, M.A., F.L.S. (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



2. " Contributions to a Monograph of the ^^Aro<?^Yaeea; part 2;" 

 by WiUiam Baird, M.D., F.L.S. (See ' Zoological Proceedings,' 

 vol. ix.) 



3. "On the Spicula of the Eegular JE'e^^■«o^■^m ; " by Charles 

 Stewart, Esq. Communicated by Professor Huxley, F.E.S. & L.S. 

 (See ' Transactions,' vol. xxv. part 3.) 



4. "Account of a newly discovered British Fish, of the Family 

 Oadidce and the genus Concilia ;'' by Jonathan Couch, Esq., F.L.S. 

 (See ' Zoological Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



5. " Some Observations on British Salpce-" by "W. C. M^Litosh, 

 M.D,, F.L.S. (See ' Zoological Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



December 7, 1865. 

 G-eorge Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



John Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., and the Eev. Samuel Tarratt Nevill 

 were elected Fellows. 



Dr. Kirk, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of the "Tsetse Fly," re- 

 ceived by him from the Basle Mission, near Accra, West Africa, 

 a locality in which that insect has hitherto been unknown. The 

 cattle there had suffered for some time, and had died in great 

 numbers, from a disease which was eventually found to be due to 

 the attacks of the "Tsetse." 



The following Papers were read, viz. : — 



1. " ]S"otes on some of the Climbing-Plants near Desterro, in 

 South Brazil ;" by Herr Fritz Miiller, in a letter to Charles Dar- 

 win, Esq., F.E.S. & L.S. (See ' Botanical Proceedings,' vol. ix.) 



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