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2. Mr. P. F. J. Corbin gave an interesting account of the 
spawning and spawning grounds of fishes in this 
neighbourhood. A short discussion followed to 
which Messrs. Thompson and Leicester and Dr. 
Ellis contributed. 
3. A short note on Pyrosoma by Mr. W. Garstang, M.A., 
was communicated by the Hon. Secretary in the 
absence of the author. (See “‘ Transactions,” p. 
245). 
4. Mr. R. J. Harvey Gibson communicated an interesting 
paper by Mrs. Solly on “a Botanical Excursion to 
Van Staden, Cape of Good Hope,” in which some 
of the more interesting plants of that country were 
described. 
The eighth meeting of the Society was held at Univer- 
sity College on Friday, 12th May, 1893, Prof. Herdman, 
Vice-President, in the chair. 
1. Dr. Hanitsch exhibited some microscopic slides illus- 
trating the structure and development of the Ver- 
tebrate Hye. 
2. Dr. Hurst gave a paper entitled “A Criticism of the 
Recapitulation Theory,” of which the following is 
the author’s abstract :—A close resemblance between 
the ontogenetic and the phylogenetic series has 
been observed in very few cases and in these the 
parallelism is accidental. ‘The vast majority of 
ontogenetic series are unlike the corresponding 
phylogenetic series, and any partial resemblance 
between them is accidental. Von Baer’s “law” 
is proved for many cases by the personal observa- 
tion of every student who compares a series of 
vertebrate embryos of one species with similar series 
belonging to other species. This partial appli- 
