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have been struck off for non-payment of subscription ; 71 new 

 members have been elected, and our present number is 580. 

 The following communications have been made to the Club 



during the past year : — 



1878. 

 August 23. " On Certain Microscopic Fungi," by Dr. M. C. Cooke. 



„ „ " On the Present State of the Angular Aperture Question," 



by Mr. J. E. Ingpen. 



Sept. 27. " On the History and Structure of Corals, by Dr. Matthews. 



Oct. 25. " On the Floral Development of Helianihus animus" by 



Mr. W. H. Gilburt. 



„ „ " On the Queen Bee and her Fertilization," by Mr. John 



Hunter. 



Nov. 22. " On an Improved Dissecting Microscope," by the President. 



Dec. 27. " On the Histology and Life History of Lichens," by Mr. 



Charles Stewart. 

 1879. 

 Jan. 24. " On the Urticating Threads of Actinia parasitica" by Mr. 



F. A. Bedwell. 



„ „ " On a New Method of Preparing a Dissected Model of an 



Insect's Brain," by Mr. E. T. Newton. 



Feb. 28. " On the Rotifers, by Dark Field Illumination," by Dr. C. 



T. Hudson. 



„ „ " On the Micro-megascope," by Dr. Matthews. 



March 28. " On the Dual-lichen Hypothesis," by Dr. M. C. Cooke. 



April 25. " On a Method of Resolving the Finest-lined Diatom Tests," 



by Mr. Adolf Schulze. 



„ „ " On Some Peculiarities in the Reproductive System of some 



of the Acarina," by Mr. A. D. Michael. 



„ „ " On a Successful Method of Examining the Anatomy of 



Actinia mesembryanthemum" by Mr. F. A. Bedwell. 



May 23. " Note on the Micro-megascope," by Mr. Ingpen. 



„ „ " On a New Microscopical Turn-table," by Mr. C. Spencer 



Rolfe. 



„ „ " On Stained Sections of Animal Tissues, and how to make 



them," by Mr. J. W. Groves. 



June 27. " On Drosera rotundifolia," by Mr. T. C. White. 



„ „ " On a General Law of Aplanatic Systems," by Dr. E. Abbe, 



of Jena. 



Besides sundry short notes on various subjects. 



