395 



Elytron of Indian Tortoise Beetle, Platypria ) 

 echidna ... ... ... ... ... > 



Mr. F. Enock. 



Sand, showing radiating crystallization Mr. G. C. Karop. 



Semistellus nigripes, parasite of Hessian Fly ... Mr. G. E. Mainland. 

 JEupodiscns argus ... ... ... ... ... Mr. H. Morland. 



Vertebra of Human Foetus (2mo.) Mr. W. Watson. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson also exhibited, with the aid of a lantern, some photo- 

 micrographs illustrating diatom structure. 



Attendance —Members, 37 ; Visitors, 2. 



January 25th, 1889. — Ordinary Meeting. 



B. T. Lowne, Esq., F.R.C.S., F.L.S., etc., President, in the 



Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. Henry Stocks was balloted for and duly elected a member of the 

 Club. 



Mr. A. Ashe, Roman Villa, Laurie Square, Romford, was proposed for 

 election. 

 The following additions to the Library and Cabinent were announced : - 

 " Proceedings of the Royal Society "... ... In Exchange. 



" Journal of the Postal Microscopical Society " ,, 



" American Monthly Microscopical Journal " „ 



" Science Gossip " ... ... ... ... „ 



" The Botanical Gazette " „ 



" Annals of Natural History " Purchased. 



" Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science " „ 



"Challenger Reports," Vol. xxix „ 



Two slides of the larval forms of Ortonia and^ 



Icerya, in illustration of a paper read at the >• From Mr. R. T. Lewis, 

 last meeting ... ... ... ... ) 



The Secretary thought it would be well to let the members know that 

 they were probably holding the last meeting of the Club in that room — not 

 that the College authorities were by any means dissatisfied with the use that 

 had been made of it, but on account of the reports from the Librarian as to 

 the extensive damage occasioned to the books by the gas. Another room 

 downstairs had been placed at their disposal by the Council, which, he 

 thought, would be found to answer all practical purposes as a meeting place, 

 and would, probably, be found superior to the Library as regarded its 

 acoustic properties, and the greater facility with which those attending could 

 see the black-board or other means of illustration. 



The Secretary reminded the members that their next ordinary meeting 

 would be the annual meeting, and that it would, therefore, be necessary, 

 according to the rules, to nominate Officers and Committee for the ensuing 

 year. The names of Officers recommended by the Committee were as 

 follows : — 



