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The thanks of the Club were unanimously voted to Mr. Bridgman for 

 his paper. 



Seven gentlemen were proposed for membership, and the certificates in 

 favour of them were ordered to be suspended until the next meeting. 



Meetings and excursions for the ensuing month were then announced, and 

 the proceedings terminated with a conversazione, at which the following 

 objects were exhibited : — 



Living objects (not identified) 

 Aulacodiscus superbus 

 Zoea of Crab 

 Anatomy of the Spider 

 Sphosraphides of Echinocactus 

 Spawn of Snails 

 Leaf of Sphagnum ... 

 Navicula rhombuides ... 

 Aulocodiscus Brownii 

 Ovarian Spicules of Geodia ... 

 Trombidium ... 

 Section of Sciatic Nerve 

 Head of Sheep Tick ... 



by Mr. Badcock. 

 Mr. Cottam. 

 Mr. Dunning. 

 Mr. Fitch. 

 Mr. Halley. 

 Mr. Martinelli. 

 Mr. Moginie. 

 Mr. Nelson. 

 Mr. Powell. 

 Mr. Priest. 

 Mr. J. A. Smith. 

 Mr. Ward. 

 Mr. Watkins. 



Attendance — Members, 84; Visitors, 15. — Total, 99. 



May 12th, 1876. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 

 Skin of Air-Bladder of Fish, used for ^ 



making Isinglass, from Bombay ... ) 



Polysiphonia, in fruit 

 Larva of Eristalis 

 Nitrate of Potash 

 Transverse Section of Tooth of Cape ^ 



Ant-eater ... ... ... ... ) 



Aulacodiscus Petersii... 



Frond of Platycerum alcicorne 



Leaf of Primrose 



Various Test-objects, and series of High- "^ 



power Objectives ... ... ... J 



Wood Sections, cut and mounted by the -* 



late W. J. Wellsman j 



Section of Tooth of Dendrodus 

 Polycistina (dark ground) £ obj. 

 Trienophora nodulata — Tapeworm of Pike ^ 



and various parasites ... ... ) 



Section of Corn from Toe (human) ... 

 Eggs of Planorbis 



Attendance — Members, 60 ; Visitors, 



Mr. A. L. Corbett. 



Mr. T. Curties. 

 Mr. C. P. Dunning. 

 Mr. F. H. P. Hind. 



Mr. W. Moginie. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson. 

 Mr. B. W. Priest. 

 Mr. F. Reeve. 

 Herr W. Siebert, of 

 Wetzlar. 



Mr. Sigsworth. 



Mr. J. Slade. 

 Mr. Swift. 



Mr. J. G. Tatem. 



Mr. F. H. Ward. 

 Mr. T. C. White. 

 11.— Total 71. 



