Xll. LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Southport, and other towns, as well as distinguished 

 representatives from the Universities of Oxford, Cam- 

 bridge, Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester, Sheffield, and 

 London. 



After the reception, a short meeting was held in the 

 Theatre, where the President welcomed the guests and 

 referred to the importance of the occasion. Short 

 addresses of a congratulatory nature were given by Sir 

 Charles Eliot, Yice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, 

 Principal Dale and Professor Poulton, of Oxford. Dr. 

 Caton, as a past-President of the Society, responded. 



The following lecturettes and demonstrations were 

 afterwards given : — By Mr. P. C. Punnett (Cambridge) on 

 kt The New Heredity." By Prof. Poulton, E.R.S. (Oxford), 

 on " The most wonderful example of Mimicry in the 

 world," illustrated by the electric lantern. By Prof. 

 Cossar Ewart, E.P.S. (Edinburgh), Exhibition and 

 Demonstration of Horses' Skulls recently dug up from a 

 Roman camp. By Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner (Cambridge), 

 Leader of the recent expedition in the Indian Ocean, on 

 " The Seychelles," illustrated by the electric lantern. 



The following Exhibitions were laid out in the various 

 rooms, and were explained at intervals during the 

 evening: — {Mr. J. Johnstone) — Marked fish, otoliths, 

 bacteriology, models, &c. (Miss Allen) — Exhibition of 

 books, and the Society's publications. Exhibition of 

 original drawings and proof plates. Collections of Tuni- 

 cata and Pearl Oysters. (Mr. Douglas Laurie) — Collection 

 of Ceylon Crabs classified, with demonstration of 

 dimorphic forms. Exhibition of Antarctic photographs 

 by Mr. W. S. Bruce, Leader of the " Scotia " Expedition. 

 (Mr. J. E. S. Moore) — Microscopic demonstrations of the 

 maturation of the ovum. (Mr. Newstead) — Exhibit 



