SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS. XVIl. 
The second meeting of the Society was held at Univer- 
sity College on Friday, 11th November, 1892, Prof. 
Herdman, Vice-President, in the chair. 
1. Sympathetic reference was made from the chair, to 
the death of Mr. T. J. Moore, an Ex-President of 
the Society, and a member from its commencement. 
2. Prof. Herdman brought before the Society a new case 
of Protective Colouring, observed by him, when 
dredging in Loch Fyne in the previous summer. 
(See ‘‘ Transactions,” p. 45, and Pl. VJ). 
3. Mr. P. F. J. Corbin exhibited a kitten with supernu- 
merary toes, it having seven on each of the fore 
feet, and five on each of the hind feet. 
4. Mr. W. EH. Sharp read a paper on “‘the occasional. 
phenomenal abundance of certain forms of Insect 
Life.” (See ‘‘ Transactions,” p. 17). 
5. Mr. J.S. Macdonald, B.A., exhibited some microscopic 
preparations showing mitotic figures in cells of the 
tail of a newt, and described briefly the method of 
preparation. 
6. Some water-colour sketches of British Compound 
Ascidians, drawn by Miss A. E. Warham, B.Sc., 
were exhibited. 
7. Prof. Herdman brought before the Society a proposal 
that a British Marine Fauna should be compiled. 
(See “‘ Transactions,” p. 248) 
The third meeting of the Society was held at University 
College on Friday, 9th December, 1892, Mr. A. O. Walker, 
President, in the chair. 
1. Mr. W. E. Hoyle exhibited with remarks specimens of 
Nautilus pompilius, and Notoryctes typhlops the 
mole-like Marsupial. 
2. A paper by Miss A. E. Warham, B.Sc., on “ Variations 
