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 H., Mam- 
malia — (continued)^ . . . . .15 
II. Wright (T. Strethill), M.D., on New Protozoa: (1.) Lago- 
tia producta ; (2.) Zooteirea religata ; (3.) Corethria Ser- 
tularice ; (4.) on Stentor Miilleri, and Stentor castaneus 
(Plate IL), ...... 26 
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 III.), . . .34 
IV. Smith (John Alex.) M D., Exhibited Specimens of the Lan- 
tern-Ely 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 EoUdce, ...... 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 
