X. PBOCEEDINGS LIVEEPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



marks. It created great interest and additional 

 observations were made by Prof. Herdman and 

 the President. 

 8. The President (Prof. Gotch, F.K.S.), delivered the 

 Presidential Address, entitled " Structure and 

 Function" (see "Transactions," p. 1). A vote of 

 thanks, proposed by Dr. Hurst, seconded by Mr. 

 Alf. 0. Walker, was carried with acclamation. 



The second meeting of the Society was held at University 

 College on Friday, November 9th, 1894, Prof. Gotch, 

 President, in the chair. 



1. Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S., exhibited a list of subscribers 



to an old work by Mr. John Price, on the " Fauna 

 of the Birkenhead Shore," and also a work by Mr. 

 Isaac Byerley, dated 1852, on the " Fauna of 

 Liverpool Bay and its neighbourhood." 



2. Dr. Grossmann exhibited some beans containing an 



insect larva, which when heat was applied caused 

 the beans to move. 



3. Mr. I. C. Thompson, F.L.S., described some new 



species of Copepoda and exhibited some drawings 

 of the same made by Mr. Andrew Scott (see 

 " Transactions," p. 95). 



4. Prof. Herdman, F.K.S., gave the Annual Keport of 



the Marine Biology Committee and the Port Erin 

 Biological Station (see " Transactions," p. 26, and 

 Pis. I. and II.). The report was illustrated by 

 lantern slides and specimens. 



5. Rev. T. S. Lea exhibited a series of lantern slides 



prepared from micro-photographs of marine algse, 

 taken by himself at Port Erin. 



6. A paper on three new species of Nematodes found in 



Orchids, by F. G. de Man, Ph.D., was submitted (see 

 " Transactions," p. 76. and Pis. III., IV. and V.). 



