CONTENTS. 



SESSION 1858-59. 



November 24, 1858. 



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Balfour (Professor), Opening Address (Historical Sketch of 



the Wernerian Society, &c), .... 1 

 I. Murray (Andrew), Contributions to the Natural History of 

 the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories, Part II., Mam- 

 malia — (continued), . . . . .15 



II. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., on New Protozoa: (1.) Lago- 



tia producta; (2.) Zooteirea religata ; (3.) Corethria Ser- 

 tulario3; (4.) on Stentor Miilleri, and Stentor castaneus 

 (Plate II.), ...... 2G 



III. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., Observations on British Zoo- 



phytes : (1.) on the Reproduction of Turris neglecta ; 

 (2.) on the Development of Hippocrene Britannica from 

 Atractylis ramosa; (3.) on the Development of Hydra 

 tuba from Chrysaora (Plate HI.), . . .34 



IV. Smith (John Alex.) M D., Exhibited Specimens of the Lan- 



tern-Ply of British Honduras, . . . .36 



V. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notes of Fossils from the Old 



Red Sandstone of the South of Scotland, . . 36 



December 22, 1858. 



Office-bearers Elected, ..... 38 

 I. Rhind (William), Exhibited a Specimen of Lepidodendron, 

 with Lepidostrobus attached, found by Mr R. H. Tra- 

 quair near Colinton, . . . . .38 



II. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., on the Cnidce, or Thread-cells 



of the Eolido3, ...... 38 



III. Smith (John Alex.), M.D., Notice of a Skull of the Troglo- 



dytes niger, the Chimpanzee, found in a " Devil-house," 



Old Calabar, Africa, . . . . ,41 



