1192 Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess. 
7. A Monograph on the General Morphology of the Myxinoid Fishes, 
based on a Study of Myxine. Part I. The Anatomy of the Skeleton. 
By Frank J. Cole, Esq. Communicated by Dr R. H. Traquair, 
F.R.S. Trans.j vol. 41, pp. 749-788. 
Mr George Andrew, M.A., Mr Eorrest-Lightbody, and Dr 
Thomas Lowe Bunting were balloted for, and declared duly 
elected Fellows of the Society. 
FIFTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday % 3rd July 1905. 
Professor Geikie, LL.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Plant Remains in the Scottish Peat Mosses. Part I. The 
Scottish Southern Uplands. By Francis J. Lewis, F.L.S., Assistant 
Lecturer in Botany, University of Liverpool. Communicated by 
Professor Geikie. Trans., vol. 41, pp. 699-723. 
2. Dissociation of the Action of the Auricles and Ventricles. By 
W. T. Ritchie, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. Communicated by George A. 
Gibson, M.D., LL.D. pp. 1085-1091. 
3. Cape Hunting Dogs {Lycaon pidus ) in the Gardens of the Royal 
Zoological Society of Ireland. By Professor D. J. Cunningham, F.R.S. 
{With Lantern Illustrations.) pp. 843-848. 
4. The Alcyonarians of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. 
B}^ Professor J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., and James Ritchie, M.A. 
Trans., vol. 41. 
5. The Theory of General Determinants in the Historical Order of 
Development up to 1852. By Thomas Muir, LL.D. pp. 908-947. 
6. On the Action of Radium Bromide on the Electromotive Phenomena 
of the Eyeball of the Frog. By Professor J. G. M‘Kendrick, M.D., 
F.R.S., and Walter Cglquhoun, M.A., M.B. pp. 835-842. 
FOURTH SPECIAL MEETING. 
Monday, 10 th July 1905. 
Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S. , Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Dr David Lawson and Mr George Wm. Jones were admitted 
Fellows of the Society. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On the Bathmetry, Deposits, and Temperature of the South-Western 
Pacific. By Sir John Murray, E.C.B., F.R.S. 
