156 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Mr. J. M. Macoun gave an account of the flora of the Behring's Sea 

 Islands from personal exploration. 



On behalf of Mr. H. N. Ridley, the Secretary read a paper on the 

 flora of the eastern coast of the Malay Archipelago. 



March 16. — Prof. Stewart, President, in the chair. 



The Rev. J. Bufton, Messrs. R. T. Baker, J. Taylor, and W. H. 

 Wilkinson were elected Fellows ; Mr. F. W. Moore was elected an 

 Associate; Mr. W. G. Ridewood was admitted. 



A curious Freshwater Alga, growing in a perfectly spherical mass, 

 without any visible point of attachment, and described as an segagropilous 

 condition of Cladophora, was exhibited by Mr. A. W. Bennett, who stated 

 that specimens had been found in English and Welsh lakes, as well as in 

 Sweden, and that the peculiar spherical form of growth was difficult to 

 explain. Mr. G. R. Murray suggested that it might be due to the action 

 of a current which would cause a continuous revolution of the mass. 



Mr. R. I. Pocock exhibited a singular nest, so called, of a Myriopod 

 received from Sierra Leone, and formed of a clayey earth which had 

 become hardened by exposure. It was suggested that it was not a nest in 

 the proper sense of the word, formed by the creature itself, but rather a 

 case fashioned by ants for the purpose of entombing their enemy. 



Mr. G. F. Scott Elliott gave an interesting account of the botanical 

 results of the Sierra Leone Boundary Commission, and of the collections 

 made by him during five months' travelling. His remarks were criticised 

 by Messrs. J. G. Baker, C. B. Clarke, W. Carruthers, and Dr. Stapf (who 

 was present as a visitor). 



Mr. J. H. Vanstone described some points in the anatomy of a mollusc 

 (Melongena), from recent dissections made by him, and exhibited several 

 preparations in support of his statements. Prof. G. B. Howes bore testi- 

 mony to the originality and value of the observations, which, in some 

 respects were at variance with the views of the most recent writers on the 

 subject. Messrs. G. R. Murray and Horace Monckton offered some remarks 

 on the similarity, in certain respects, of the fauna and flora of the west 

 coast of Africa and the east coast of South America, with reference to the 

 statements made by Mr. Pocock and Mr. Scott Elliott. 



Zoological Society of London. 



February ZQ, 1893. — Sir W. H. Flower, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 President, in the chair. 



Mr. A. D. Michael exhibited some specimens of the Ixodes, known 

 locally in the West Indies as the "St. Kitts" or "Gold Tick," received 

 from Mr. C. A. Barber of the Agricultural Department, Antigua. 





