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situated above the middle. The cup or crown has had at 
least five branches, but from the appearance of the base of 
the fifth, which is broken, I am inclined to think that 
there were six. What remains of the left antler is 26 
inches long measured on the outside curve, the circum¬ 
ference above the brow tine being the same as in the right 
antler. The second tine is placed near the middle of the 
antler, and the third near the crown. The crown is too 
much broken to enable us to say how many branches it 
had. The distance of the inner side of one antler from 
the other, measured from the base of the crown, is 25 
nches; and had the antlers been perfect the distance from 
one tip to the other would have been about 22 inches. 
I mentioned at the beginning of this paper that a large 
quantity of bones had been found along with the antler. 
It is very unfortunate that these were not preserved, and 
it is to be hoped that when other bones are found that 
they will be all carefully collected. 
2. "Some Results of the Challenger Expedition." By Dr 
Buchanan White, F.L.S. 
In this paper Dr White gave an account of his re¬ 
searches among the oceanic insects which were brought 
home by the Challenger Expedition, and which had been 
submitted to him to report upon. Very little had pre¬ 
viously been known regarding these Hemipterous insects, 
and the genera had to be in a measure re-constructed. 
They were described as spending their existence darting 
about on the surface of the ocean by means of their long 
legs. Points of structure peculiar to these forms were 
described in detail. The paper was illustrated by speci¬ 
mens and drawings. 
December 6th, 1883. 
Mr Magnus Jackson, F.S.A.Sc., Vice-President, in the 
Chair. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following were elected:—Mr Thomas Chalmers, 
solicitor; Mr R. Brown, C.E., R.N,, Barnhill; Miss H. 
Salmon, Barnhill; Mr C. G. Kennaway, jun. ; Mr A, 
Reid; Mr A. E, Pullar; Mr P. R. Leitham, Bridge of 
Allan; Mrs Macduff, Bonhard; and Mr James Thomp¬ 
son, teacher, Kinnoull. 
The following were nominated for election at next meet¬ 
ing Miss Phillips, Tay Street; Mr John Wilson, druggist; 
Mr R. P. Ramage, British Linen Bank; Mr Alexander D. 
Drysdale, clerk, General Prison ; and Colonel Campbell, 
Governor, General Prison. 
DONATIONS. 
The following donations were intimated:— Index Collec¬ 
tion. Two humming-birds—from Mrs Ferrier, Melrose 
House ; cobra—from Mr Somerville Martin, Calcutta. 
Perthshire Collection. Botanical specimens — from Miss 
Robertson, Springbank; insects—from Mr Herd; botani¬ 
cal specimens—from Mr Wm. Sturrock, Rattray; speci¬ 
mens of galls—from Mr M. Jackson. For Library. 19 
volumes Land and Water— from Col. Wedderburn Ogilvy, 
Rannagulzion. 
ADDITION TO THE CONSTITUTION. 
On the motion of the Secretary (Mr John Young), the 
following addition was made to the constitution of the 
Society:—“In the event of any surplus arising from the 
annual voluntary contributions, subscriptions, donations 
on other income or funds of the Society, the said shall be 
applied in furtherance of the objects of the Society as 
above stated, and no part thereof shall be applied in mak¬ 
ing any dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money unto, 
between, or among any of the members of the Society.” 
Mr Young explained that by adopting this rule the Society 
would in future be relieved from taxation, which had 
hitherto been felt a considerable burden. 
The motion was unanimously agreed to. 
PROPOSED COMBINATION OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
Dr Buchanan White said he wished to ask the atten¬ 
tion of the meeting to a subject that might perhaps have 
important results some day. Possibly some of those present 
had read the report of the Local or Provincial Natural 
History Societies which meet every year during the meet¬ 
ing of the British Association, and which was in their 
library. They would see by reference to a proposi¬ 
tion in it that it had some bearing on their own Society, 
and which he might explain. On reading the reports of 
Societies in England similar to their own, he had been 
much struck by the good results arising from combinations 
of Societies in certain districts. The first that took 
place was in Yorkshire, which was a large county, and 
had numerous Natural History Societies. For a time 
they all worked independently, every town and village 
being independent of each other. He did not know 
to whom the credit was due, but it came about that finally 
