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swimming rotifers, &c, &c. He described a curious spined Difflugia, and read 

 a list, prepared by Mr. W. G. Cocks, of tbe desmids gathered. Mr. Ingpen 

 considered tbe Excursion highly successful, and hoped to be able to give some 

 account of others from time to time. 



The President announced that the gentlemen whose names appeared upon 

 the balloting lists were all unanimously elected ; he was glad to be able to say 

 this, because it showed the amount of confidence placed by the members in the 

 judgment of their committee. 



A vote of thanks to the Scrutineers, proposed by the President and seconded 

 by the Secretary, was carried unanimously. 



The President said there was one more office which he had to perform, and that 

 was a most pleasant one. They were all aware by whose permission they met 

 there, and could highly appreciate the comfort they had so long enjoyed, as 

 well as the countenance and support which they received from being privileged 

 to assemble in that building. He had therefore the greatest pleasure in asking 

 them for a cordial vote of thanks to the Council of University College for their 

 continued kindness, and the courtesy with which they had renewed the per- 

 mission for the meetings of the club to be held in the Library of that Institution . 

 Mr T. C. White having seconded the motion, it was put to the meeting, and 

 carried by acclamation. 

 The following donations to the Club were announced, viz. : — 



" The Monthly Microscopical Journal" from the Publisher. 



" The Popular Science Review " m 



" Science Gossip" ,> 



" Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society''... from the Society. 

 " Third annual report of the Zoological Society ") 



of Philadelphia" _ ) 



"Report of the Smithsonian Institution" from the Institution . 



" The American Naturalist " in exchange. 



" The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science ) , purchase, 

 and Schmidt's Atlas of the Diatomacese " i 

 The thanks of the. Club were voted to the Donors. 



A donation of twenty .four slides from Mr C. F. White was announced by the 

 President, and acknowledged by a special vote of thanks. 



The President said he had another pleasant duty to undertake that evening. 

 A short time ago, Dr. Lionel Beale, one of their former Presidents, sent an in- 

 timation of the withdrawal of his name from their list of members, for the 

 reason that he did not wish to seem to undertake duties which his other engage- 

 ments rendered him unable to perform. Feeling that they would all greatly 

 regret Dr. Beale's withdrawal from the Club, he had taken the liberty of calling 

 upon him, and finding that the Doctor's only reason was his inability to at- 

 tend the meetings regularly, and that his sympathy was as much as ever with 

 them, he had the pleasure, on behalf of the Committee, of nominating Dr. 

 Lionel S. Beale, P.R.S., &c, for election as van honorary member of the 

 Club. 



The nomination having been seconded, a ballot took place, and it was 

 announced that Dr. Beale had been unanimously elected. 



Mr. J. J. Aylingand Mr. M. J. Hallett were balloted for, and duly elected 

 members of the Club. 



The Secretary announced that in consequence of the death of their late 

 treasurer, Mr. Hardwicke, it would not be possible for them to continue the 



