SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. XI. 



Mr. H. C. Beasley exhibited and described some fossils 

 (Estheria minuta) recently found by Mr. J. Lomas 

 in the Trias at Oxton. 



Prof. Herdman gave a lecture entitled " The Greatest 

 Biological Station in the World," being an account 

 of a recent visit to the " Stazione Zoologica " at 

 Naples. The great importance of the work car- 

 ried on at such Biological Stations was referred to, 

 and a most interesting account was given of the 

 Naples Station, its staff and its work. The lecture 

 was illustrated by a number of lantern slides, in- 

 cluding pictures of the aquarium tanks and their 

 contents. 



The fifth meeting of the fifteenth session was held at 

 University College, on Friday, February 8th, 1901. The 

 Yice-President (Prof. Herdman) in the chair. 



1. Prof. Herdman submitted the " Report on the Inves- 



tigations carried on in 1900 in connection with the 

 Lancashire Sea Fisheries Laboratory, University 

 College and the Sea-fish Hatchery at Piel, near 

 Barrow," (see " Transactions," p. 126). 



2. Prof. Herdman gave a note on a " Fisheries Problem," 



(see " Transactions," p. 141). 



3. Mr. J. Johnstone contributed a paper on a " Sporo- 



zoon parasite of the Plaice," (see " Transactions," 

 p. 184). 



4. The L.M.B.C. Memoir on Lernea and Lepeophtheirus, 



by Mr. Andrew Scott, was laid on the table (see 

 " Transactions," p. 188). 



