X. LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The second meeting of the seventeenth session was held 

 ai University College, on Friday, November 14th, 1902. 

 The President in the chair. 



1. Prof. Herdman submitted the Annual Report on 



the work of the Liverpool Marine Biology 

 Committee and the Port Erin Biological Station 

 (see "Transactions," p. 15). 



2. Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., gave a lecture on his recent 



expedition to Ceylon, and of the Pearl Oyster 

 Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. His remarks 

 were illustrated by a fine series of lantern slides, 

 many of which were prepared from- original 

 photographs. The typical scenes, natives, indus- 

 tries, methods of pearl fishing, and many 

 interesting incidents of the expedition were 

 depicted. 



The third meeting of the seventeenth session was held 

 at University College, on Friday, December 12th, 1902. 

 The President in the chair. 



1. A paper on a marine Chironomid, new to Britain, 



by Mr. A. D. Imms, was laid on the table (see 

 " Transactions," p. 81). 



2. Dr. J. Wiglesworth gave a lecture on " St. Xilda 



and its Birds," being an account of a recent visit 

 to the island (see "Transactions,"' p. 319). 



The fourth meeting of the seventeenth session was held 

 at University College, on Friday, January 9th, 1903. 

 The President in the chair. 



