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The President called the attention of the members to a little book which 

 had recently come under his notice " On Animal Physiology." It -was one 

 of Mabbs' series of Science and Art Department, and was produced by their 

 friend Mr. E. T. Newton. He had never seen anything of the kind so con- 

 cisely written, and he felt he could scarcely speak too highly of it. 



Mr. F. Cheshire and Mr. John Hunter were balloted for, and duly elected 

 members of the Club. 



A letter was read from the Secretary of the Croydon Microscopical Club, 

 announcing that their soiree would take place on November 10, and inviting 

 the assistance of members of the Q.M.C. on that occasion. 



The President said that a valued member of the Club had lately departed 

 for New Zealand, but had sent his carte de visite as a remembrance. It 

 had occurred to some of the members that it would be a good thing to have 

 an album in which the portraits of members might be preserved. They had 

 during the past few years lost so many good and true men, whose likenesses 

 they would be very glad to have, that he thought the idea of an album was 

 a good one. 



The Secretary read a commuuication from Mr. E. Gardner on mounting 

 Ostracoda. 



The President enquired whether anyone had tried this method ? The 

 reason why glycerine was so troublesome was because it had such an intense 

 avidity for water. Dr. Carpenter had said that it was a solvent of calca- 

 reous matter, but when mixed with gum he believed it was not so. 



The President said that Mr. Bolton, of Stourbridge, was present, and had 

 brought for exhibition a specimen of a new Melicerta, the same as described 

 by Dr. Hudson, at the October meeting of the R.M.S. He hoped Mr. 

 Bolton would favour them by describing it. 



Mr. Bolton said he was not prepared with a description, but would just 

 say that he was with Dr. Hudson at Sutton Park when these creatures were 

 found, and that he had kept some of them since. Those which he exhibited 

 had a gelatinous case, the wreath round the mouth was larger than in the 

 ordinary species, and there were also very long antennas. He believed he 

 had found them before, bat had then thought they were Tubularia, but it 

 was clear they could not be that, because they had eyes. 



The Secretary remarked that the peculiarity which led Dr. Hudson to 

 give this species the name of Melicerta tyro was, that the brick-making 

 apparatus appeared to be perfect, but that the two lines of cilia, which were 

 instrumental in bringing the material to form the pellets were incomplete, 

 consequently the substances were thrown out instead of entering the mould, 

 and the name of tyro was given because it seemed as if it were not properly 

 up to its business. 



Mr. Curties congratulated the Club upon having Mr. Bolton, a country 

 member, amongst them that evening. Doubts were expressed in some 

 quarters, as to whether or not this creature was a true novehvy, and if the 

 matter were discussed in print it would prove a great advantage to the 

 members to have seen it for themselves. 



Mr. Curties said that the name of Captain Perry, of Liverpool, was favour- 



