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Oct. Notes on Pseudoscorpions . . Mr. E. Ellingsen. 



Nov. Philodina maa*ostyla and its 



Allies Mr. Jas. Murray. 



,, Some British Spiders taken in 



1907 Mr. F. P. Smith. 



Dec. On Some Hairs on the Proboscis 



of the Blow-fly . . . Mr. E. M. Nelson. 



The following lectures were also given : 

 Jan. On the Nature of Living 



Organisms .... Mr. A. E. Hilton. 

 Dec. The Development of the Pro- 



thallus of the Fern . .Mr. J. I. Pigg. 



„ Heat-tinted Sections of Metals . Mr. E. F. Law. 



Your Committee, in thanking the authors of these com- 

 munications, notes with satisfaction the evidence of advance 

 in microscopical science, and would point to such papers as 

 Mr. Murray's on Water-bears and Dr. Penard's on the collection 

 of Fresh-water Rhizopods as excellent introductions for those 

 members who have not yet directed their attention to any 

 particular group. 



The series of demonstrations on the management of the micro- 

 scope begun in 1906 was continued, and the thanks of the Club 

 are due to Mr. C. Lees dirties, Mr. Conrad Beck, Mr. F. Watson 

 Baker, Mr. H. F. Angus and their respective staffs for the 

 great amount of thought and trouble these exhibitions must 

 have involved. 



Nine excursions were made during the year, with an average 

 attendance of 19*5. The best attended was that to the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, when thirty-four members passed through the 

 gates. The thanks of the Club are due to the Directors of 

 the Royal Botanic Society, East London Waterworks, and the 

 Surrey Commercial Docks, for allowing members to visit their 

 grounds for the purpose of collecting. 



The Library continues to be of the greatest use to borrowers, 

 and is kept up to date by the addition of valuable gifts, purchases, 

 and exchanges. These for the past twelve months have been as 

 follows : 



Ormerod (E. A.), Observations on sowe Injurious Insects. 

 Given by Mr. R. T. Lewis. 



