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The President remarked that much still Remained undiscovered respecting 

 Volwx. He thought that the attention of the members might well be directed 

 to clearing similar points"of life history in well-known objects. 



Announcements of meetings, &c, were made by the President, and the pro- 

 ceedings closed as usual with a conversazione, at which the following objects 

 were exhibited : — 



Section of Alveolina by Mr. Hailes. 



Plates and anchors of Synapta symmetrically arranged Mr. Sigsworth. 



A fine specimen of the Sea Holly (Eryngiwm maritimum) Mr. Smith. 

 Attendance — Members, 44 ; visitors, 2. 



September 11th, 1874. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Exuvia of pupa of Cercoptes by Mr. Freeman. 



Wings of various Lepidoptera Mr. Groves. 



Dactylopora ( Foraminifera ) Mr. Hailes. 



Varieties of Lepralia (a vacation gathering) Dr. Matthews. 



Potato starch, polarized Mr. Sigsworth. 



Section of stem of Sparganium Mr. Slade. 



Salivary glands of Cockroach Mr. T. C. White. 



Stellate hairs on Ivy (Hedera helix) in situ, polarized Mr. G. Williams. 



Attendance — Members, 29 ; visitors, 3 ; total, 32. 



September 25th, 1874. — Dr. Matthews, F.R.M.S., President, 



in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



"The Monthly Microscopical Journal" ... from the Publisher. 



" Science Gossip" ,, 



(( The American Naturalist in Exchange. 



" Grove on Arranging and Cataloguing 7 &Qm ^ Author _ 

 Microscopical Specimens" ... •> 



Six Slides of Wood Sections from Mr. Geo. Williams. 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



Mr. Alfred Allen was balloted for and duly elected a member of the Club. 

 The President said that having an intimate friend in Barbadoes he had 

 written to him to send home some of the earth which contains the well-known 

 Polycistina, and which was commonly known as Barbadoes Earth. After 

 several failures, owing probably to the specimens sent having been taken from 

 the surface of the ground, he had at length received a quantity which appeared 

 to be rich in them. The earth which he had thus obtained was from four different 

 localities, viz., Cambridge, Springfield, Chimborazo, and Seeley Hall Estate, 

 and he had brought samples of each to the meeting for distribution amongst 

 the members. He had been in correspondence with a gentleman who had asked 

 if " Davies on Mounting" was right in stating that these objects usually came 

 from " the rocky parts of Bermuda ?" He believed that the part referred to was 

 a place situated at the confluence of the James Kiver, U.S., but it was, of 

 course, possible that Bermuda might be as good for this purpose as Barbadoes. 

 Mr. T. C White read a paper " On the Salivary Glands of the Cockroach," 



