The following Papers, amongst others, will be laid before the Society in the present session:—

R. Lee, Esq., F.A.S.L., On the Extinction of Races. (Read Jan. 19.)

T. Bendyshe, Esq., M.A., F.A.S.L., On the Extinction of Races. (Ditto.)

Professor C. G. Carus, Construction of the Upper Jaw in the Skull of a Greenlander. (With notes by C. Carter Blake.) (Read Feb. 2.)

James Reddie, Esq., F.A.S.L., On Anthropological Desiderata. (Ditto.)

Rev. J. M. Joass, On Pictish Remains. (Read Feb. 16.)

Dr. T. B. Peacock, F.A.S.L., Weight of the Brain in Negroes. (Ditto.)

C. Carter Blake, Esq., F.G.S., F.A.S.L., On the Neanderthal Skull. (Ditto.)

A. R. Wallace, Esq., F.L.S., On the Theory of Natural Selection with reference to the Origin of Races. (Read March 1st.)

Hermann de Schlagintweit, Ethnographical Casts. (Read March 15.)