SUMMAEY OF PEOCEEDINGS AT THE MEETINGS. XI. 



University College on Friday, December 13th, 1895. 

 The President in the chair. 



1. In the Zoological Laboratory, Mr. Andrew Scott 



exhibited drawings of eleven species of Copepoda 

 new to the District ; Prof. Harvey Gibson showed 

 a series of Botanical preparations arranged for 

 teaching purposes, and Mr. F. J. Cole exhibited 

 microscopic specimens of the nerves of skate, etc. 



2. Dr. Grossmann gave an intensely interesting account 



of Whaling off the Faroe Islands. By means of a 

 beautiful series of lantern slides, the sighting, 

 catching and cutting up of the big whales were 

 most graphically portrayed. An interesting dis- 

 cussion ensued on certain points brought forward 

 in the paper, in which Dr. Newton, Mr. Thompson, 

 the Hon. Secretary and others took part. 



The fourth meeting of the tenth session was held at 

 University College on Friday, January 10th, 1896. The 

 President in the chair. 



1. In the Zoological Laboratory, Prof. Herdman exhibited 



a series of drawings and microscopic preparations 

 illustrative of the anatomy of the oyster. 



2. Mr. I. C. Thompson, F.L.S., gave an account of some 



free-swimming Copepoda from the West Coast of 

 Ireland. 



3. A joint interim Eeport on Green Oysters and Disease 



was submitted by Profs. Herdman and Boyce. A 

 series of lantern slides illustrated some of the 

 points of the paper. 



4. Dr. H. 0. Forbes laid on the table some notes on the 



brain of the Chimpanzee {Anthropopithecus calvus), 

 which will be published in the next volume of 

 Transactions, together with some additional points. 



