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proceedings terminated with the usual conversazione, and the following 

 objects were exhibited : — 

 Melicerta conifera 

 Culex pipiens, $ & Q, without pressure, 



showing muscular structure, &c. 

 Fresh-water Diatoms from Mendip Hills, 

 Mi riil ion circtilare, Gomphonema Fracji- 

 lariir, &o. f &c. ... 

 Eggs and Larvae of Cat-Flea 



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Mr. F. W. Andrew. 

 Mr. F. Enock. 



Mr. G. E. Mainland. 

 Mr. C. Rousselet. 



Attendance — Members, 44 ; Visitors, 2. 



May 13th, 1887. — Conversational Meeting. 



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The following objects were exhibited : — 

 Nostoc commune ... 

 Section of Human Retina... 



Diatoms, Anthodiscusfloreatus, Sfc., from Oamaru 

 Head of Queen Bee, Apis mellifica, with ex 



planatory drawing 

 Ova of Perch, embryo six days old 

 Thick section of Gall, showing curious cellular ) 



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Diatoms from Florence (fresh water) 

 „ Rutilaria tenuis ... 

 ,, Actinoptychus splendens, in balsam, 

 with £in. O.G. and Liaberkiihn... 

 A Photo-micrograph of Aniphipleura pellucida~) 

 X 700 diam., taken with an oil immer. -j\ I 

 O.G., 1*43 N.A., and 3rd power projection i 



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Radiolaria. Challengeron diodon, and C. 



Willemosii, from a Hyalonema sponge 

 Paludicella Ehrenbergii ... 

 Diatom, Myopsia mammosa, from Oamaru 

 Type slide of Diatoms from Pensacola Bay,~) 



Florida ... ... ... ... ... ) 



Attendance — Members, 14 ; Visitors 2. 



May 27th, 1887. — Ordinary Meeting. 



A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., &c, President, in the 



Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following additions to the Library were announced : — 

 " Proceedings of the Canadian Institute " ... In exchange. 

 4< The Botanical Gazette" ... ... ... „ 



"The American Monthly Microscopical Journal" ,, 



" The American Naturalist " ... ... ... „ 



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Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Mr. E. Carr. 



Mr. C. G. Dunning. 



Mr. F. Enock. 



Mr. W. Goodwin. 



Mr. G. C. Karop. 



Mr. G. E. Mainland. 

 Mr. H. Morland. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson. 



Mr. B. W. Priest. 



Mr. C. Bousselet. 

 Mr. G. Sturt. 



Mr. W. Watson. 



