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The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of 

 the Club :— Mr. E. H. Allen, Mr. D. B. Cazanx, Mr. G. F. Chantrell, Mr. 

 Hugh P. Powell, Mr. W. H. Preedy, Dr. H. W. Webster. 



Twenty gentlemen were proposed for membership. 



A letter was read by the Chairman from the Hon. Secretary of the Royal 

 Microscopical Society, announcing that the President of the Club had been 

 elected an ex-ojftcio Fellow of that Society. 



It was proposed by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr. Thos. Spencer, 

 that the cordial thanks of the Club be presented to the Royal Microscopical 

 Society for the honour conferred upon them by the election of their Pre- 

 sident as an ex-officlo Fellow of that Society. Put and carried unani- 

 mously. 



The Secretary gave a brief account of the excursions of the Club to 

 "Wandsworth, Snaresbrook, and Totteridge, and read a list of objects col- 

 lected at Snaresbrook, prepared by members of the Excursion Committee. 



A paper by Mr. Adolf. Schulze, of Glasgow, " On a Method of Resolving 

 the Finest Lined Diatom Tests," was read by the Secretary, who stated, 

 with reference thereto, that from letters which had passed between the 

 author and Mr. Frank Crisp, it was clear that Mr. Schulze had used this 

 method two years ago, although, in the matter of publication, he had been 

 anticipated by an American observer, and also to some extent by Mr. 

 Stephenson. 



Mr. A. D. Michael read a paper " On some Peculiarities in the Reproduc- 

 tive system of some of the Acarina," and illustrated the subject by a draw- 

 ing on the black-board, and by the exhibition of a number of prepared 

 specimens under microscopes. 



The Chairman said he hoped that Mr. Michael's paper would be the means 

 of inducing a great many members to take up a study which afforded so 

 large a field for original observation, and which was, no doubt, intensely in- 

 teresting. Since seeing Mr. Michael s beautiful slides, he had tried 

 to obtain specimens for himself, but had not been able to find any. 

 Perhaps Mr. Michael would kindly tell them what were the best hunting 

 grounds ? 



Mr. Michael said that where to look, depended upon what species you 

 wished to find. Some kinds were found almost everywhere, and it 

 would be a more difficult matter to say where they would not be found. 

 Others were only foand in special positions — Dermaleiclms was only found 

 on the feathers of birds, others only on mice, others, again, in moss. 



The Chairman said he had hunted over large quantities of moss, but was 

 only rewarded by finding one little thing. 



Mr. Michael said that he believed the moss-living species were solitary, 

 but this was not the case with many of the others ; under the bark of trees 

 they were often found in thousands. 



A paper, by Mr. F. A. Bedwell, " On a Successful Method of Examining 

 Actinia mesembryanthemum" was read by the Secretary, and was illus- 

 trated by drawings and by a coloured diagram. 



The Chairman invited remarks upon the paper, observing, at the same 



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