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Cuticle of leaf of Fuchsia showing bundles of raphides Mr. C. Le Pelley. 



Polyxenus lagurus Mr. A. D. Michael 



Micro-rulings on glass 1,000 to 20,000 to the inch 



Compound vibration and Geometric curves ... 



Star ruled on glass by the late Mr. Stannistreet 



Larva of Coccinella bipuncta ... ... ... ... Mr. T. C. White 



Attendance — Members, 38 ; Visitors, 5. 



Mr. Washington Teas- 

 dale. 



September 27th, 1878. — Ordinary Meeting. 



Charles Stewart, Esq., M.R.C.S., &c, Vice-President, 



in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of 

 the club : — 



Mr. H. T. Ashby, Mr. Heneage Gibbes, Mr. George D. Plomer, and Mr. 

 Eobert G. West. 



The following Donations to the Club were announced : — 

 Proceedings of the Royal Mici'oscopical Society ... from the Society. 



,, „ Watford Natural History Society ,, ,, ,, 



Eighth Report of the Croydon Microscopical Club ... ,, „ ,, 

 Annual Report of the West London Scientific Asso-") 



ciation j" " " 



Proceedings of the Belgian Microscopical Society ... ,, „ „ 



" Science Gossip " ... ... ... ... ... „ „ Publishers. 



" The Analyst " .. . ... ... ... ... ... ,, „ ,, 



" The American Naturalist " ... ... ... ... in exchange. 



" The American Journal of Microscopy" ... ... „ „ 



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



58 Slides of Acari ") 



Photograph of Mr. A. H. Halley, and a photograph of the grave of the 

 late Professor Quekett, the latter presented by Mr. T. H. Powell. 



The thanks of the Club were unanimously voted to the Donors, and, on 

 the motion of the Chairman, a special vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. 

 J. F. Cocken, of Botsdale, for his valuable additions to the Cabinet. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Alfred Carpenter, President of the 

 Croydon Microscopical Club, inviting the co-operation of Members on 

 the occasion of the Soirie of that Society, which was fixed for November 

 the 6th. 



Dr. J. Matthews read a paper " On the history and structure of Corals," 

 the subject being illustrated by numerous diagrams and by models and 

 specimens exhibited in the room. 



The Chairman said that they had, by the applause which followed the 

 conclusion of the paper, anticipated the proposal that he was about to 



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from Mr. J. F. Cocken. 

 16 „ Shells of Mollusca 



