PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 377 



A paper by Mr. F. W. Millett — being; the fourteenth of his series 

 " On the Foraminifera of the Malay Archipelago " — was by consent of 

 the Meeting taken as read, and the thanks of the Society were voted to 

 the Author. 



Mr. E. B. Stringer's paper " On a new Method of using the Electric 

 Arc in Photomicrography " was read by Dr. Hebb, and lantern-slides in 

 illustration of the subject were subsequently shown upon the screen. 



Votes of thanks to the Author and to the reader of the paper were, 

 upon the motion of the President, unanimously carried. 



A communication by Mr. Hamlyn-Harris " On an Apparatus for 

 facilitating the manipulation of Celloidin Sections" was read by 

 Dr. Hebb. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the Author of this com- 

 munication. 



The President reminded the Fellows that in accordance with the 

 notice given at the last Meeting of the Society, Mr. Fletcher would be 

 very pleased to receive any of the Fellows of the Society on Saturday, 

 April 18, at the Natural History Museum, and to conduct them round 

 the Mineral Department to explain the chief features of the collection 

 under his charge. He was quite sure that those who attended would 

 find that Mr. Fletcher had some very interesting information to give 

 them, and that he had a very pleasant way of imparting it. The party 

 would meet, as on former occasions, at the Owen statue at 2 o'clock p.m. 



The following- Instruments, Objects, &c, were exhibited : — 



The Society : — An old Microscope by Dollond. 



Mr. C. F. Rousselet : — Twenty-two slides of mounted Rotifers of the 

 genus Brachionus : — B. acideatus sp. n., from Hertford Heath ; B. angu- 

 lar is ; B. bakeri ; ditto, var. some with very short spines and some with- 

 out spines, from Hanwell ; ditto, var. with very long spines, from 

 Illinois river, America ; B. budapestinensis (Daday) = B. punctatus 

 Hempel, from America ; B. caudatus, from America ; B. dorcas, from 

 Kew Gardens ; B. falcatus, from Bohemia ; L. forjicula, from Asia 

 Minor; B. militaris, from Hong. Kong; B. mollis, from America; 

 B. miilleri, from Great Yarmouth ; B. paid, <$ and ? ; ditto, var. with 

 very long posterior spines ; ditto, very large variety from Norfolk Broads ; 

 B. quadratus ; B. rubens, <S and ? ; ditto, commensal on DapTmia 

 pulex ; B. urceolaris, £ and ? ; B. variabilis, from America ; Schizocerca 

 (Brachionus) diver sicornis, from Germany. 



