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 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 



Linnean Society of London. 



Feb. 7th. — Mr. C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Messrs. G. H. Adcock and J. R. Bovell were elected Fellows. 



Mr. Thomas Christy exhibited a dried specimen of Aplopappus Llarete, 

 and samples of the so-called Gum Kino, Pterocarpus erinaceus, of which 

 some account was given by Mr. E. M. Holmes. 



Mr. George Murray exhibited a number of lantern-slides of floating 

 Algae, of which he gave brief descriptions, referring to the localities in which 

 they had been found, and the literature relating to them. 



By permission of the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, Mr. W. B. 

 Herasley exhibited dried specimens of a number of new plants from 

 Eastern Asia. 



Mr. Thomas Hanbury exhibited a beautiful collection of fresh fruits of 

 the Aurantiacea', grown in his own garden at La Mortola, Mentone, and 

 gave an account of some of the more remarkable varieties, their mode of 

 growth, and the conditions under which they had been grown. 



A paper was then read by Mr. H. M. Bernard " On the Comparative 

 Morphology of the Galeodidce." Having described a possible origin for the 

 Crustacea from a chaetopod annelid by an adaptation of the anterior 

 segments to a method of feeding, whereby the parapodia could function as 

 jaws, the author attempted the same for the Arachnida, with a view to 

 solve the question of their relationship with the Merostomata. The 

 Galeodidce were chosen for special study because, unlike other Arachnids, 

 they have retained some segments of the cephalothorax as free movable 

 segments, and hence might be expected to throw light on the subject. 

 The author believed that he had solved the question of the primitive 

 specialization of the Arachnid phylum from their annelidan ancestors, and 

 expressed the opinion that as Arthropods they are not related either to the 

 Crustacea (including Limulus) or to the Hexapoda; but that all these are 

 distinct derivations of the Annelidas. In an interesting discussion which 

 followed, the paper was criticised at some length by Mr. A. D. Michael, 

 Prof. Howes, and Mr. R. I. Pocock. 



Feb. %lst. — Mr. C. B. Clarke, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. Robert Okell was admitted a Fellow. 



Mr. J. H. Vanstone exhibited specimens of some nearly allied Hydrozoa, 

 namely, Bougainvillea ramosa and B. musca, and after demonstrating their 

 structure, gave reasons for concluding that although the latter had been 

 described as distinct by Prof. Allman, the characters relied upon were not 

 of specific value, but simply varietal. 



ZOOLOGIST, THIRD SERIES, VOL. XIX. — MARCH, 1895. K, 



