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Mildew from Cuticle of Apple Mr. J. F. Tafe. 



Section of the eye of a Moth Mr. Topping. 



Parasite of Beetle Mr. Underwood. 



Attendance— Members, 97 ; visitors, 18 ; total, 115. 



November 13th, 1874. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Crystals of silver forming on lead and brass filings ... 



Skin of Eel, showing scales and pigment cells 



New form of portable lamp by Swift 



Spinnerets, web and calemistrum of Ciniflo atrox 



Perryia pulcherrima (a new Diatom) ... ... 



Wing of a Mauritian Butterfly 



Crystals of Stearic acid 



Cyclosis in Vallisneria 



Foot of Wasp (Vespa vulgaris) 



Section of pad of Dog's foot, the vessels injected-) 

 with carmine, and tissue stained with > 

 hematoxylin ... ... ... ... J 



Foraminifera from the river Dee 



Demonstration of Insect dissection 



Vertical section of pad of Kitten's foot 



Spiral vessels of Banana 



Attendance — Members, 62 j visitors, 6; 



Mr. E. Bartlett. 

 Mr. F. Coles. 

 Mr. Dunning. 

 Mr. H. E. Freeman. 

 Mr. H. F. Hailes. 

 Mr. Ingpen. 

 Mr. S. Israel. 

 Mr. Martinelli. 

 Mr. Sigsworth. 



Mr. Topping. 



Mr. C. C. Underwood. 

 Mr. T. C. White. 



Mr. G. Williams, 

 total, 68. 



November 27th, 1874. — Dr. Jno. Matthews, F.R.M.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following donations were announced : — 

 " The Monthly MicroscopicalJournal" 

 " Science Gossip" ... 

 " Proceedings of the Geologists' Association"... 



" The A m'erican Naturalist" 



" Eichardson on the value of high powers in \ 

 the diagnosis of blood stains" ... 3 



Two Reprints from the " Canadian Naturalist" 



Two Photographs 



Fourteen Slides of Foraminifera ... 



Four Slides of Moss — collected on the excur- ) 



sion to Weybridge j 



Baird's " British Entomostraca" was added") 

 to the Library ... ... .. ... ) 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The Secretary called attention to the paper by Dr. Eichardson on the use of 

 high powers in the diagnosis of blood stains — the rules of the Club would not 

 permit of its being read to the meeting on account of its having been already 

 published in the " American Journal of Medical Sciences," and an abstract of it 

 had also appeared in the " Monthly Microscopical Journal." It was of 

 interest as pointing out the constancy of the relative sizes of the blood discs of 



from the Publisher. 



the Association. 

 in Exchange. 



from the Author. 



from Mr. G. M. Dawson. 

 Mr. C. White. 

 Mr M. C. Cooke. 



Mr. W. G. Cocks, 

 by purchase. 



