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The following papers were read : — 



1. " Oa the Anatomy of the Genus Appendiculana, with the 

 Description of a new Form occurring ofF^the Coast of Portugal," by 

 E. L. Moss, M.D., Assist. Surg. R.N. Communicated by Professor 

 Huxley, F.E. & L.S. 



2. " Note on some photographed Wasps' Nests," by John Hogg, 

 Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



3. " Descriptions of 10 new Species of Paracupta, Deyr., and 10 

 new Species of GonognatJia, Esch.," by Edward Saunders, Esq. Com- 

 municated by W. "W. Saunders, Esq., V.P.L.S. 



4. " Characters of some undescribed Heterocerous Lepidoptera in 

 the Collection of T. Norris. Esq.,' by F. Walker, Esq., F.L.S. 



5. " Characters of Australian Heterocerous Lepidoptera in the 

 National Museum, Melbourne," by the same. 



6. " Descriptions of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Cabenda, 

 West Africa," by the same. 



December 17th, 1868. 



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



William Carr, Esq., M.D., was elected a Fellow. 



Dr. Prior, F.L.S., exhibited a piece of Oak from a fen in the parish 

 of Halse, near Taunton ; and, for the sake of comparison, a specimen 

 of Oak obtained from the submarine forest on the N.W. coast of 

 Somerset, opposite Stogursey. 



Mr. A. G. More, F.L.S., exhibited specimens, found by him at 

 Arklow, Ireland, in August last, of Scirpus parvulus, a species 

 originally discovered by the Eev. Gerard E. Smith, at Lymington, 

 Hants, but which Mr. More believed had not been met with, in 

 England, for the last thirty years. 



Mr. CoUins exhibited specimens of rope made from the fibre of 

 Adansonia digitata. 



The following paper was road : — 



" On the geographical Origin and Relations of the chief Coleo- 

 pterous Faunae," by Andrew Murray, Esq., F.L.S. 



