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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



March 21st, 1861. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. ' 



Mr. David Moore, F.L.S., exhibited a flowering specimen of 

 Megacarpcea polyandra, from the Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, 

 where it was originally raised from seeds collected in the Hima- 

 laya Mountains by the late Major Madden, and where it flowered 

 for the first time in April, 1855. 



Read, first, " On the Possibility of taking a Zoological Census ;" 

 by Alfred Newton, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. (See " Zoological Proceed- 

 ings," vol. vi.) 



Read, secondly, " On the true Nature of certain Structures 

 appended to the Feet of Insects and Araclinida, subservient to 

 Locomotion; 7 ' by Tuffen West, Esq., F.L.S. (See " Transactions,' ' 

 vol. xxiii. part 2.) 



April 4th, 1861. 



Thomas Bell, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Major Cary Barnard was elected a Fellow. 



Mr. Heward, F.L.S., exhibited specimens of Ccelcbogyne ilici- 

 folia and Gyrostemon attenuatus from the Herbarium of the late 

 Allan Cunningham ; and made some observations upon them. 



Head, first, " On the Identification of the Grasses of the Lin- 

 nean Herbarium ;" by Col. "William Munro, H.M. 39th Kegt., 

 C.B., F.L.S., &c. (See " Botanical Proceedings," vol. vi.) 



I U ad, secondly, "Note on an Unusual Mode of Germination 

 in the Mango (Mangifera indica)"\ by Maxwell T. Masters, 

 Esq., I'.Ij.S. (Sec " BotanicaJ Proceedings," vol. vi.) 



Read, thirdly, " Descriptions of sonic new Species of Ant from 

 fch< Holy Land;" by Frederick Smith, Esq., Assist Zool. Dep., 



