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made in 1853. He had lately applied to Mr. Beck's representatives to know if 

 he had left anything relating to the matter amongst his papers, and was in- 

 formed that there was nothing but a very beautiful drawing, dated 186-2. Since 

 Gleichen's work on the House My, no one seemed to have paid any real atten- 

 tion to the subject. 



The President mentioned that in 1862 Mr. Beck shewed him for the first time 

 the proboscis of a fly as it ought to be seen, namely, in the living state. It was 

 placed in a live box, with a little glycerine or honey on the inside of the cover, 

 and the working of the labia was well displayed. 



The President announced that the Committee had arranged for extra meetings 

 to be held during the winter months for the purposes of manipulation and con- 

 versation. The Council of University College had very handsomely placed at 

 their disposal a room on the second Friday evenings in December, January, 

 February, and March. The hours of meeting to be from 7 to 10. 



It was proposed to form a committee of six gentlemen to carry out the plan. 

 Three had been nominated by the Council— namely, Messrs Gay, Hailes, and 

 Hislop, and the remaining three were to be then appointed from among the 

 members, 



Messrs. Dobson, Ambrose Smith, and White having been nominated, were 

 duly elected to serve on the sub-committee for managing the extra meetings. 



Mr. Burgess called attention to a new collecting case arranged by Mr. Stanley, 

 of Great Turnstile. 



The President announced that the next meeting would be held on December 

 18th, as the fourth Friday fell on Christmas day, 



A paper was announced by Mr. Hopkinson " On British Graptolites," and one 

 by Mr. Samuel Holmes " On a new form of Binocular." 



The meeting terminated in the usual manner. 



EXTRA MEETINGS. 



The first of the series of extra meetings for conversation and the exhibi- 

 tion of objects, was held on Friday, the 11th December, in the Library of 

 University College (the use of which has been courteously granted by the 

 Council). 



The Committee appointed to superintend these meetings— Messrs. Hislop, 

 Hailes, Gay, A. Smith, T. C. White, and Dobson — were in attendance at half- 

 past six o'clock, and made suitable arrangements for the accommodation of 

 members bringing their instruments. 



The following gentlemen exhibited microscopes : — 

 Mr. Suffolk; Discs in splinter of lucifer match, with 4-lOths, and parabolic 



reflector. 

 Mr. OxLEY; Melicerta, Stephanoceros, &c. 



Mr. McLeod ; a numerous collection of mosses and whole insects. 

 Mr. White; a metliod of crystallizing under the microscope. 

 Mr. Hailes ; a series of Foraminifera from the Phillipines, drawings, &c. 

 Mr. GoLDiNG ; various spiculaj. 



Mr. Wright ; curious web attachments formed by spiders. 



Mr. HiSLOP; crystals of Santonine. Lips of the fly mounted in their natural state. 

 Mr. Ghay; Floscularia. Mr. Cuhties, Polycistina. Mr. Grove ; Diatomacese. 

 Mr. Collins; Zoophytes. Dr. Matthews; fenis. 



Eighteen microscopes were on the tables, and these, with the books and 

 objects belonging to the Club, enabled the members (of whom 60 were present), 

 to spend a pleasant evening, and much practical information was elicited. 



