Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London - University Library

12 PEOCEEDIKGS OF THE
Miss Nina Trances Layard, Mr. Frank Morey, and Mr. Arthur
Ernest Bousfield Steains, and later, after election, Mr, Kobert
Hawkes Eussell, were admitted Fellows.
Mr. Hugh Findon, Mr. James Eustace Eadcliffe McDouagh,
Mr. Thomas Ha\^'kes Eussell, and Mr. Ernest Justus Schwartz
were severally balloted for and elected Fellows.
Dr. D. H. Scott, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., described " A New Type of
Stem \^Sutcliffia~\ from the Coal-Measures."
Prof. F. W. Oliver, Mr. W. C. Worsdell, Prof. A. G. Tansley,
and the President joined in a discussion, and the Author replied.
The following papers were read and discussed :
1. " Notes on some Species of Nereis in the District of the
Thames Estuary." By Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.E.S., F.L.S.
2. " Membranous Labyrinths of Echinorhinus and Gestracion."
By Prof. C. Stewart, F.E.S., F.L.S.
March 15th, 1906.
Prof. "W. A. Heedmai^, F.E.S., President in the Chair.
The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 1st March were
read and confirmed.
Mr. Hugh Findon, Mr. James Eustace Eadcliffe McDonagh,
and Mr. Ernest Justus Schwartz were admitted.
Mr. Dhirendra Lai Day, M.A., B.Sc, and Colonel John
"William Terbury, late E.A., were proposed as Fellows.
Dr. Tempest Anderson was elected a Fellow.
A letter from Dr. Chr. Aueivillius, Secretary of the Kungi.
Svenska Yetenskapsakademien, Stockholm, was read, in which
presentation was made of copies by Jean Haagen of the portraits
of Carl von Linne by Per Krafft the elder, and Alexander Eoslin,
in possession of the Academy, sent in acknowledgment of the loan
of Linne's ' Philosophia Botauica ' interleaved and annotated by
the author, which bad been returned a few weeks ago through the
Swedish Legation. A special vote of thanks for this most acceptable
gift was moved from the Chair, and carried unanimously.
Dr. D. H. Scott, F.E.S., Sec.L.S., read a communication from
Dr. E. Zeiller, F.M.L.S., conveying his good wishes for a successful
discussion that evening, w^hich he had been invited to open,
but was prevented by his professorial duties at the Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Mines, Paris.
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