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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE 



June 20th, 1861. 

 George Bentham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Senjee Pulney Andy, Esq., M.D., John Thomas Head Cotsell, 

 Esq., and Peter Jones, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



Professor Huxley, E.B. & L.S. exhibited a specimen of Hyalo- 

 nema mirdbilis, the property of Mr. Veitch (to whom it had been 

 sent by his son from Japan), and made some explanatory obser- 

 vations. 



G-eneral Sir John Hearsey, C.B., F.L.S., exhibited a collection 

 of new or rare insects made by himself in India : also drawings 

 illustrative of the transformations of Indian insects. 



Sir Charles Bunbury, Bart., E.L.S., exhibited a flowering speci- 

 men of JEsculus indica, from Barton Hall, Suffolk. The tree 

 raised from seed in 1851. 



Dr. Carpenter, E.B. & L.S., exhibited the cocoons of theTusseh 

 Silk-moth of the Deccan (Saturnia Mytilla), from which silk is 

 extensively manufactured at Wurrumgul, in the Nizam's do- 

 minions. 



Bead, first, " Notes on Malvaceae and Sterculiacece ;" by G-eorge 

 Bentham, Esq., Pres. L.S. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. vi.) 



Read, secondly, " On Fissicalyx and Prioria, two recently pub- 

 lished genera of Legtminosce ; by the same. (See " Transactions," 

 vol. xxiii. Part 2.) 



Bead, thirdly, " On the Discovery of Carex Ericetorum,¥oM., as 

 a native of Britain ;" by C. C. Babington, Esq., M.A.,E.B.S. & 

 L.S., Prof. Bot. Univ. Camb. (See "Botanical Proceedings," 

 vol. vi.) 



Read, fourthly, " On three Oaks from Palestine;" by J.D. 

 Hoola-r, Esq., M.D., E.B.S. & L.S. (See " Transactions," vol. xxiii. 

 Part, 2.) 



