Proceedings. 105 



Mr. Thomas Hick, B.A., B.Sc, read a paper "On the 

 primary structure of the stem of Calamites." 



A discussion ensued, in which Professor WEISS and 

 Mr. Charles Bailey took part, the latter commenting on 

 the rapid advances which are being made in the knowledge 

 of fossil botany, which threaten, in his opinion, to make it 

 necessary to revise all the classificatory work which has 

 previously been done. 



General Meeting, March 6th, 1894. 



Professor Arthur SCHUSTER, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



Professor A. S. Delepine and Dr. G. H. Broadbent 

 were elected ordinary members of the Society. 



Ordinary Meeting, March 6th, 1894. 



Professor ARTHUR SCHUSTER, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., 

 President in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of 

 the books upon the table. 



Reference was made to a recent display of Aurora 

 Borealis visible in Manchester. 



Mr. W. E. HOYLE, M.A., gave a demonstration of the 

 luminous organs of cuttle fish, exhibiting sections with the 

 aid of the lantern and under the microscope. 



A conversation on the causes and purposes of apparent 

 self-luminosity in the eyes of carnivorous animals ensued. 



