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Melicerta ring ens ... 

 Spirogyra nitida in conjugation ... 

 Batrachospermum moniliforme 

 Ferns from the Coal Measures 

 Hornblende granite from Cleopatra's Needle. 

 Transverse section of Stem of Jasminum nudi- 

 fiorum 



Larva of Beetle (?) Mr. T. C. White. 



Attendance. — Members, 99 ; Visitors, 26. 



"j Mr. H. F. Ward. 



November 8th, 1878. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited: — 



Dermis of Sponge, Hymeniacidon caruncula,~\ 



showing porous membrane and irregular de- > Mr. T. H. Buffham. 



position of spicula ... ... ... j 



Moss from Tenby ... ... ... ... Mr. A. L. Corbett. 



Zoophite — Crista eburnea... ... ... ... Mr. C. E. Dunning. 



English Trap-door Spider — Atypus Sulzeri ... Mr. F. Enock. 



General Anatomy of the Drone-fly. showing") 



Mr. F. Fitch. 



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nervous system and respiratory organs. 

 Section of capitulum of Helianthus o.nnuus ... Mr. W. H. Gilburt. 

 Rhabdonema arcuatum ... ... ... ... Mr. H. G. Glasspoole. 



Polyxenvs ... ... ... ... ... Mr. W. Goodwin. 



Conochilus volvox ... ... ... ... ... Mr. J. D. Hardy. 



Hoinzontal section of upper jaw of mole, polarised Mr. J. J. Hunter. 

 Head of Sabella, mounted in fluid two years ago Mr. A. D. Michael. 

 Section of twig of Clematis vitalba, double stained Mr. F. H. Ward. 

 Attendance — Members, 50; visitors. 5. 



November 22nd, 1878. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 Professor T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for, and elected Members of the 

 Club:— Mr. Jas. W. Cafe, Mr. H. F. E. Drayton, and Mr. Ernest E. Sabel. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 

 " Proceedings of the Natural History Society of" 



from the Society. 

 Glasgow " ) J 



' ' Proceedings of the Belgian Microscopical Society" ,, ,, 



" American Quarterly Journal of Microscopy ... in exchange. 



" Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society" ... from the Society. 



" Annals of Natural History " ... by purchase. 



" Schmidt's Atlas of the Diatomaceae " ... ... „ subscription. 



" Science Gossip " ... ... ... ... from the Publisher, 



