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" Science Gossip" From the Publishers. 



"Annals of Natural History " ... ... Purchased. 



Ten Slides from Mr. E. T. Browne 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the donors. 



The President said that, as the next ordinary meeting would be their 

 Annual Meeting, it would be necessary according to their rules to elect 

 auditors of their accounts, and also to nominate members to serve oh the 

 Committee for the ensuing year. 



The Secretary then read the following list of nominations on behalf of 

 the Committee: — As President, Prof. B. T. Lowne ; as Vice-Presidents, 

 Messrs. Michael, Stewart, Newton, and Nelson ; the other officers as before ; 

 also as Auditor, on behalf of the Committee. Mr. W. Hainworth, jun. 



The President said that the four members of the Committee who would 

 retire this year in accordance with the rules were Messrs. White, Priest, 

 Waller, and Hembry, all of whom were eligible for re-election. He then 

 invited the members to nominate four gentlemen to fill the vacancies thus 

 created, and also to appoint an auditor on behalf of the members. 



The following nominations were then made as members of committee : — 



Mr. Hembry, proposed by Mr. Dadswell, seconded by Mr. Vezey. 



Mr. Priest, „ „ Mr. Hind, „ „ Mr. Dadswell. 



Mr. Waller, „ „ Mr. Bousselet, „ „ Mr. Western. 



Mr. T. C. White, „ „ Mr. Thos. Curties, „ „ Mr. Vezey. 



Also as auditor, on behalf of the members, Mr. F. H. P. Hind, proposed 

 by Mr, Turnbull, seconded by Mr. T. Curties. 



The names of the two gentlemen proposed as auditors (Messrs. Hainworth 

 and Hind) were then submitted to the meeting by the President, and de- 

 clared duly elected by show of hands. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson read a paper " On the Formation of Diatom Structure," 

 illustrating the subject by a series of photomicrographic positives, exhibited 

 on a screen by lantern. 



Mr. Morland said he had himself observed that when the round dots on 

 the diatom valves became closer they seemed as if they were plastic, and so, 

 by being pressed closer, they became polygonal. 



The President thought the meeting was greatly indebted to Mr. Nelson 

 for the very interesting exhibition which he had given, and also for the very 

 clear way in which he had traced out the processes of formation in those 

 cases he had mentioned. 



The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr. Nelson for his com- 

 munication. 



A paper by Dr. G. W. Royston Pigott, F.E.S., " On the Beaded Villi on 

 Butterfly Scales," was read by Mr. Thos. Curties, the subject being illus- 

 trated by diagrams, and a number of preparations sent for the purpose 

 by Mr. Hinton, and Mr. Watkins, of Painswick, and exhibited by means of 

 electric lights provided by Mr. J. T. Niblett. 



Mr. T. F. Smith said that he thought some of the appearances described 

 in this paper were due to the villi being seen out of focus. He thought they 

 were in between the two membranes of which the scales were composed, 



