LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. xliu 



February 18th, 1869. 



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



George Ilogers, M.D., and George H. Lewes, Esq., were elected 

 Fellows. 



The following paper was read : — 



" A Contribution to the Anatomy, Physiology, and Distribution 

 of the FiroUda','" by Alexander Eattray, M.D., Surg. R.N. Com- 

 municated by George Busk, Esq., Sec.L.S. 



March 4th, 1869. 



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



John Charles Galton, Esq., and Richard Mestayer, Esq., were 

 elected Fellows. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "On the Similarity between the Genus Drapernaldia and the 

 Confervoid Filaments of Mosses," by J. Braxton Hicks, M.D., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



2. " Remarks on the Generic Name * Cascarilla,' " by H. A. 

 Weddell, M.D., F.M.L.S. 



3. " Revision of the Genus Cassia/' by George Bentham, Esq., 

 Pres.L.S. 



March 18th, 1869. 



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



Frederick Edward Hulme, Esq., and James Leathern, M.D., were 

 elected Fellows. 



Dr. Cobbold, F.L.S., exhibited portions of a Westphalian Ham 

 swarming with Entozoa. The slices had been received from Dr. 

 Prior, whose nephew, Mr. F. H. Goldney, had sent them to him, 

 stating that the ham had been purchased at a grocei-'s for 19s. The 

 " measles," or Oysticerci, were alive, and presented the characters 

 common to the larvae of the Armed Tapeworm, or Ttenia Solium. 



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