ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND,

GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

(FOUNDED 1832.)

Officers. — President: A. B. Wynne, F.G.S. Secretaries : Rev. M. H. Close, M.A., F.G.S., 38 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin; H. Leonard, F. G.S., 2 Herbert Terrace, Blackrock, County Dublin.

The Papers prepared by members of this Society were of late years published in the "Proceedings" of the Royal Dublin Society, and also in a separate form as the "Journal" of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland. At the present time the Society holds no independent meetings, and its funds have been wholly vested (for Geological Publications) in the Royal Irish Academy. An index to Vol. VIII. of the "Journal," hitherto wanting, was issued, under the Rev. M. H. Close's care, about April 1901.

SECTION V.

BIOLOGY, INCLUDING MICROSCOPY

AND ANTHROPOLOGY.

LONDON.

LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON,

BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, W. (FOUNDED 1788.) Officers.-President: Sydney Howard Vines, M.A. (Oxf.), D.Sc., F.R.S. Treasurer: Frank Crisp, LL.B. Secretaries: B. D. Jackson and Prof. G. B. Howes, F.R.S. Librarian: A. W. Kappel. Resident Secretary: J. E. Harting, F. L.S., F.Z.S.

Meetings. Fortnightly, on Thursdays, at 8 P.M., from November to June inclusive. The Anniversary Meeting takes place on May 24.

Membership.-Entrance Fee, £6; Annual Subscription, £3; Life Composition, £51.

Publications.-Journal, Transactions, and Proceedings.

Papers read during the Session 1900-1901. Those marked * are published in the "Journal" or "Transactions."

Bernard, H. M., M.A., F. L.S.-On the

Necessity for a Provisional Nomenclature for those Forms of Life which cannot be at once arranged in a Natural System. Brown, N. E., A. L.S.-A Revision of the

Genus Hypericophyllum, Steetz.* Burkill, I. H., F.L.S., and Crosby,

C. S., M. A.-On the Flora of Vavau, one of the Tonga Islands.* Chapman, F., A.L.S.-On some new Foraminifera from the Lagoon at Funafuti.*

Chilton, C., M.A., F.L.S.-On the
Terrestrial Isopoda of New Zea-
land.

Crosbie, C. S., M.A. See Burkill,
I. H., F.L.S.

*

Druce, G. C., F. L.S.-A Revision of
the British Thrifts.
Embleton, Miss A. L.-On Goidelia
echiura, a new Entozoic Copepod
from Japan.*
Grunel, M.A.-Étude d'une Espèce
nouvelle de Lepadides.*
Hemsley, W. B., F.R.S., F.L.S.-On
Plants from the High Andes.

and Pearson, H. `W., M.A.—On

some Collections of High-level
Plants from Tibet.

Jameson, H. L., D.Sc.-Some Remarks
on the Natural History and
Experimental Cultivation of the
Pearl Oyster.
Lankester, Prof. E. R., F.R.S.,
F.L.S. On the Affinities of
Eluropus melanoleucus.*
Lister, Miss G.-On the Occurrence of
Tristicha hypnoides, Spreng. in
Egypt.

Massee, G., F. L.S.-Redescriptions of
Berkeley. Types of Fungi. Part II.*

and Salmon, E. S., F.L.S.-Notes
on Coprophilous Fungi.
Mitchell, P. C., M.A., F.L.S.-On the
Intestinal Tracts of Birds and the
Valuation and Nomenclature of
Zoological Characters.*

Moore, J. E. S.-On the Character and
Origin of the Park-lands in Central
Africa.

Pace, S.-On the Formation and

Variation of the Corallum in
Turbinaria.*

Pycraft, W. P., M. A., A.L.S.-On the
Palate of the Neognathae.

*

In 1843 the "Ethnological Society" was founded; in 1863 the "Anthropological Society" was founded; and in 1871 the two Societies were united as the 66 Anthropological Institute."

Officers.-President: Prof. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S. Hon. Secretary: J. L. Myres,
M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. Treasurer: A. L. Lewis, F. C.A.
Secretary: N. W. Thomas, M.A.

Assistant

Meetings.—On Tuesdays, at 8.30 P.M., from November to June inclusive. The Anniversary Meeting takes place in January.

Membership.—No Entrance Fee; Annual Subscription, £2, 2s.

Publications.-"Journal," Vol. XXX. (Proceedings of the Institute, Reviews, Miscellanea), January and July, 10s. per part; "Man" (a Monthly Record of Anthropological Science), 1s. (10s. per annum).

Papers read from January 1900 to June 1900. Those marked * have been published in the "Journal."

Brown, J. A. Stone Implements | Koettlitz, R.-Notes on Somalis, Gallas, from Pitcairn Island. May 15, 1900.*

etc. Feb. 13, 1900.*

Lewis, A. L.-Stone Circles of Scotland.
Mar. 13, 1900.*

*

Montelius, O.-Earliest Communica-
tions between Italy and Scandinavia.
May 29, 1900.*

Pain, B. H., and Duckworth, W. L. H.
-Eskimo Craniology.
June 12,

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,

3 HANOVER SQUARE, W. (FOUNDED 1826; INCORPORATED 1829.) Officers.-President: The Duke of Bedford. Secretary: P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. Prosector: Frank E. Beddard, M. A., F.R.S. Superintendent

of Gardens: C. Bartlett. Librarian: F. H. Waterhouse.

Meetings. From November to August inclusive. The Anniversary Meeting takes place on April 28.

Membership.—Entrance Fee, £5; Annual Subscription, £3; Life Composition, £35.

List of Papers read in November and December 1899, and published in Part IV. of the "Proceedings" for 1899.

Ameghino, Senor F. C.-Further Re

marks of Neomylodon listai. Borradaile, L. A.-A Note on the

Hatching-stage of the Pagurine
Land-crabs.

Boulenger, G. A. - On the Reptiles,
Batrachians, and Fishes collected
by the late Mr John Whitehead
in the Interior of Hainan.
Budgett, J. S.-General Account of an
Expedition to the Gambia Colony
and Protectorate in 1898-99.
Butler, A. G.-On a Collection of
Butterflies made by Mr Richard
Crawshay in British East Africa.

On a Small Collection of Butter-
flies from the Nandi District,
Uganda Protectorate, Eastern Side
of Lake Victoria.
Carew, C. E. P.-Exhibition of some
Malformed Horns of the Sambur
Deer (Cervus aristotelis).
Flower, S. S. Notes on a Second
Collection of Batrachians made in
the Malay Peninsula and Siam.
Gibson, E.-Field Notes on the Wood-
Cat of Argentina (Felis geoffroyi).
Holding, R. E.-Exhibition of Horns

of the Siberian Roebuck (Capreolus
pygarus) and the Altai Deer
(Cervus lustaphanus).
Johnson, J. Y.-Note on the Habit

and Mode of Growth of the Corals belonging to the Genus Pleurocorallium.

vora.

Mackenzie, G. S.-Exhibition of a
Photograph of a Large Pair of
Tusks of the African Elephant.
Major, Dr C. I. F.-Exhibition of,
and Remarks upon, some Skulls
of Foetal Malagasy Lemurs.
Exhibition of, and Remarks upon,
Specimens of Two Subfossil
Mammals from Madagascar.
Pocock, R. I. On the Scorpions,
Pedipalps, and Spiders from
Tropical West Africa represented
in the Collection of the British
Museum.

Pycraft, W. P.-Contributions to the
Osteology of Birds. Part IV.
Pygopodes.

Ridewood, W. G.-On the Relations

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON-continued.

List of Papers read from January to December 1900, and published in the Volume of "Proceedings" for 1900.