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SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. xl 
The fifth meeting of the thirty-second session was held at 
the University, on Friday, January 25th, 1918. The President 
in the chair. 
1. On the invitation of the Council, Dr. Wiliam Evans Hoyle, 
Director of the Welsh National Museum at Cardiff, 
lectured on “‘ Edward Lhuyd, a Welsh Naturalist. 
Dr. Hoyle traced Lhuyd’s connection with Ashmole 
at the University of Oxford and his important work in 
connection with the Ashmolean Museum. His work on 
British star-fishes and in other departments of Natural 
History was also discussed in a most interesting manner. 
A cordial vote of thanks to the lecturer was passed. 
The sixth meeting of the thirty-second session was held at 
the University, on Fniday, March 8th, 1918. The President 
in the chair. 
1. Miss H. M. Duvall, B.Sc., gave an address on “ The 
Bionomics and Economic Importance of the Mites 
infesting grain and flour.” 
The seventh meeting of the thirty-second session was held 
at the University, on Friday, May 10th, 1918. The President 
in the chair. 
Prof. Herdman communicated a series of notes dealing 
with recent marine biological occurrences at Port Erin. 
2. Mr. W. 8. Laverock communicated notes on the Beasley 
collection of triassic fossils, recently acquired for the 
Free Public Museum. 
3. Mr. Douglas Laurie gave a short account of the habits 
and physiology of Ligia oceanica. 
The eighth meeting of the thirty-second session was the 
Annual Field Meeting, held on Saturday, June 8th, 1918, when 
Mr. Douglas Laurie acted as leader and conducted the members 
to various field-ponds and ditches in the neighbourhood of 
Moreton and Leasowe. At the short business meeting held 
after tea, on the motion of the President from the chair, 
Professor W. Ramsden was unanimously elected President for 
the ensuing session. 
