Xll. LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



1. Dr. W. Hanna communicated a paper on " Snake 

 Yenoms " (see " Transactions," p. 471). A discussion 

 followed. 



2. Mr. Andrew Scott's paper on a collection of Copepoda, 



made by Mr. H. C. Robinson in the Indian Ocean, 

 was communicated by the Hon. Secretary (see 

 " Transactions," p. 397). 



The eighth meeting of the sixteenth session was a Field 

 Meeting, held jointly with the Liverpool Geological 

 Society, at Caergwrle, Flintshire, on Saturday, June 7th, 

 1902. 



1. After tea a short business meeting was held. On 

 the motion of Prof. Herdman from the chair, seconded 

 by Mr. J. Lomas, Dr. Caton was unanimously elected 

 President for the ensuing session. 



DINNER TO PROF. HERDMAN, F.R.S, AND 

 MRS. HERDMAN. 



Under the auspices of the Society, a large and repre- 

 sentative company assembled in the Adelphi Hotel, 

 Liverpool, on Tuesday evening, May 6th, at a dinner 

 held to do honour to Prof, and Mrs. Herdman. 



Professor Herdman had just returned from an important 

 expedition sent out by the Colonial Office to investigate 

 the Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries, with the object of 

 placing the industry on a more scientific basis, and 

 it was thought to be a fitting opportunity to testify to 

 Prof. Herdman a little of the esteem in which he is held 

 by the Biologists of Liverpool. The Lord Mayor and 



