The British Association Reports

Abstract

Report of the Committee, consisting of Lieut.—Col, Godwin-Austen, Dr. G. Hartlauh, Sir J. Hooker, Dr. Günther, Mr. Seebohm, and Mr. Sclater (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of investigating the Natural History of Socotra and the adjacent Highlands of Arabia and Somali Land.—Prof. Bayley Balfour's labours on the botanical collection made in Socotra are nearly brought to a close, and the results will shortly be published in a volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The value and completeness of this memoir will be much increased by the additional specimens subsequently obtained in Socotra by Dr. Schweinfurth, which have been lent to Prof. Balfour by the collector. The fresh-water shells collected by Prof. Balfour have been described by Lieut-Col. Godwin-Austen in a paper read before the Zoological Society of London in January last, and published in the first part of their Proceedings for the present year. The Diatomaceæ have been examined by Mr. Kilton of Norwich, and described in a paper which will be read before the Zoological Society of London during their next session.