276 Proceeding fi of Boyal Soeiety of Edinlurgh. [sess. 
The following Candidates for Fellowships were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society : — 
George Young, Ph.D. 
Joan Simpson Ford, F.C.S. 
Henry Coates. 
W. A. Taylor, M.A. Camb. 
Arthur J. Pressland, M.A. 
Patrick Doyle, C.E., M.R.I.A. 
M. J. E. Dunstan, B.A., F.C.S. 
Monday^ Wi June 1892. 
Sir William Turner, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notice of David Davidson, Esq. By George Barclay, 
Esq. P. xix. p. ix. 
2. On the Eliminant of the Equations of the Ellipse-Glissette. By 
the Hon. Lord M‘Laren. P. xix. 89. 
3. On the Composition of Pinnaglohin, a New Globulin. By Dr A. B. 
Griffiths, F.C.S. 
4. On the Eeproductive Organs of Noctua loronuba. By the 
Same. 
5. On the Steam-line of C02- By Professor Tait. 
The following Candidates for Fellowsbips were balloted for, and 
declared duly elected Fellows of the Society : — 
J. B. Thackwell, M.B., C.M. 
Peter Fyfe, Esq. 
Monday, ‘lOtli June 1892. 
Sir Douglas Maclagan, M.D., President, in the Cbair. 
Dr Eamsay Traquair, F.K.S., exhibited Eemains of Animals 
occurring in Volcanic Tuff from Teneriffe. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Variations in the amount of COg in the Ground- Air 
{Grund-luft of Pettenkofer). From the Public Health Laboratory 
of the University of Edinburgh. By C. Hunter Stewart, M.B., 
C.M. 
2. On the Diurnal Oscillations of the Barometer in the Polar Kegions 
during Summer. By Alexander Buchan, LL.D. 
