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Mr. C. D. Soar, F.R.M.S., read a paper on "Three Water- 

 Mites New to Britain," communicated by Mr. G. P. Deeley. 



The Hon. Secretary read " A Note on JVavicula Smithii" 

 communicated by Mr. A. A. C. Eliot Merlin, F.P.M.S. 



The Hon. Secretary said that Mr. Nelson had sent a note 

 on this subject, quite agreeing with Mr. Merlin, and stating 

 that the description of the " secondaries " was quite what he 

 (Mr. Nelson) would have written. The Hon. Secretary went 

 on to say that he had personally examined a slide of this 

 species from the Van Heurck collection, belonging to the Club, 

 but had not succeeded in really seeing the " secondaries." He 

 could say there was something there, but it was much too minute 

 to say anything as to its character. 



The President said that the varying visibility of these markings 

 was no doubt due to actual variation of the fineness of the 

 markings in different specimens, and instanced A. j^llucida as 

 an example of a species of which it was very difficult to obtain 

 a really good specimen to show the " dots." 



The Hon. Editor (Mr. F. P. Smith) gave a short account 

 of a valuable paper on " Pseudoscorpions, British and Foreign," 

 communicated by Mr. Edv. Ellingsen, of Kragero, Norway. 



Mr. H. Wallis Kew said that the paper was really a report by 

 Mr. Ellingsen on British pseudoscorpions. The specimens were 

 sent to him in order to find out if the names we used had the 

 same significance as those employed on the Continent. 



At the meeting of the Club held on November 15th, 1907, 

 Dr. E. J. Spitta, F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., in the Chair, the minutes 

 of the meeting held on October 18th were read and confirmed. 

 Messrs. W. Gray, W. E. Zehetmeyer, F. G. Dell, A. W. Oke, 

 C. C. Lindsay, L. D. Sayers, W. C. Bradford, and Capt. A. C. 

 Kerans were balloted for and duly elected members of the Club. 



The President drew the attention of members present to the 

 fact that the meeting was honoured by the presence of one of 

 their honorary members. He referred to Mr. F. H. Wenham, 

 C.E., the inventor of the well-known Wenham prism for 

 binocular microscopes, and of many other useful and wonderful 

 appliances. He hoped that Mr. Wenham would come many 

 more times, and was sure that the Club would give him a very 



