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December 15.— Prof. Stewart, President, in the chair. 



Messrs. L. A. Bernays, G. Gray, and W. Whitewell were elected, and 

 Messrs. W. Stanley Kent, H. W. Monckton, and F. G. Parsons were 

 admitted Fellows of the Society. 



The President announced the recent death of Mr. H. T. Stainton, 

 a Fellow and former Vice-President of the Society, and of European 

 reputation amongst entomologists, by whom his loss will be widely felt. 



Mr. D. Morries exhibited a series of botanical photographs from the West 

 Coast of Africa, and gave some interesting details about the appearance and 

 mode of growth of some of the more remarkable forest trees and plants of 

 that region. 



The Secretary exhibited a large collection of photographs of Lichens, 

 very neatly mounted and labelled, which had been recently presented to the 

 Society by Prof. Arnold, of Munich. 



On behalf of Mr. George Swainson, of St. Anne's-on-Sea, Lancashire, 

 Mr. A. R. Hammond exhibited an aquatic dipterous larva, belonging 

 probably to the genus Disca, of which, by means of the oxy-hydrogen 

 lantern, with microscopic attachment, a good figure was projected on the 

 screen. He referred to the different views which prevailed concerning the 

 dorsal and ventral aspects of this larva, and pointed out that the tail-plates 

 possessed features which in allied forms were characteristic not so much of 

 the larval as of the pupal stage. 



A paper was then read by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., on the 

 classification and geographical distribution of the Taxacece and Coniferce, 

 his remarks being illustrated by a specially prepared map lent by Mr. C. B. 

 Clarke, and by specimens of the fruit and leaves of some of the more 

 notable forms. 



Mr. George Brook followed with a paper on the affinities of Madrepora, 

 and here again, by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern, an excellent series 

 of coral section was projected, which illustrated very clearly the author's 

 remarks on comparative structure. 



A short note on the abnormal form of the lens in the eyes of an albino 

 Rat, by Prof. R. J. Anderson, was read, on his behalf, by the Secretary. 



The meeting then adjourned to the 19th Jan. 1893. 



Zoological Society of London. 



December 6, 1892.— Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., Vice-President, 

 in the chair. 



The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to 

 the Society's Menagerie during the month of November, 1892. 



Dr. Hickson read a paper entitled " A Revision of the Genera of the 

 Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several 



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