viii Minuten of Proceedings. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 



"Wednesday, January 28, 1885. 



Mr. E. Tiii.MEx, F.E.S., Phesidext, in the Chair. 



The following donations (books) were announced, and the thanks of 

 the Society voted to the donors. 



Bericht des Vereines fiir Naturkunde zu Cassel. 



Boletin de I'Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba Tome "VI. 



Mr. Peringuey then read a paper on '' Insects injurious to Forest 

 Trees in S. Africa." 



Mr. Trimen was of opinion that the question of forest insects would 

 never be thoroughly sifted unless it was made someone's special 

 business, as is done in the United States. As instances of the advan- 

 tage of having specialists, he mentioned the finding of remedies for 

 the Colorado Beetle and the Phylloxera. 



The thanks of the Meeting were voted to Mr. Peringuey. 



Ordinary 3Io7ithly Meeting. 



Wednesday, February 25, 1885. 



Mr. J. G. Gamble, M.A., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. L. Peringuey was unanimously elected an ordinary Member of 

 the Society. 



The following donations were announced, and the thanks of the 

 Society voted to the donors : — 



Descriptive Sketch of the Physical Geography and Geology of 



the Dominion of Canada. 

 Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British 



Columbia. 

 Geological Map of the Dominion of Canada. 



Mr. Bolus exhibited a new Orchid, discovered on Table Mountain, 

 by Professor Bodkin, M.A., and which he had named after its dis- 

 coverer, Bisa Bodkini. 



Professor MacOwan exhibited some specimens of Cape Cochineal 

 collected in the Botanic Gardens, Cape Town. 



Dr. Kolbe then read a continuation of his paper on ''Linguistic 

 Pioneering in S. Africa." 



After some slight discussion, in which Messrs. Bolus, MacOwan, 

 Gamble, Dr. Kitching, and the Eev. F. W. Kolbe took jiart. 



The thanks of the Meeting were voted to Dr. Kolbe for his paper. 



Ordinary Monthly Meeting. 



Wednesday, March 25, 1885. 



Mr. E. Trimen, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The following donations were announced, and the thanks of the 

 Society voted to the donors : — 



Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba. 



Volume VI., Part 4. 

 Eeport of the Smithsonian Institution for 18S2. 



