400 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Mr. C. F. Rousselet read a description of two old Microscopes which 

 had that evening been presented to the Society, one by Mr. Ashe and 

 the other by himself. The first was one after the three-legged model 

 first introduced by Culpeper and Scarlet early in the 18th century, but 

 made by a later and unknown maker, all in brass, and to which at a 

 still later date a rack and pinion had been added to the tube for 

 focusing. The other old Microscope was a cheap imitation of the same 

 model made after 1750 at Xiirnberg in Germany, all in wood and 

 cardboard ; the specimen had formerly belonged to his great-uncle, and 

 was in fact his first Microscope. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Rousselet for his paper. 



Attention was called to two Slides of Insects exhibited under Micro- 

 scopes in the room, presented to the Society by Miss Latham, M.D., of 

 Chicago, one of which was a Bee, and the other a Croton Bug. 



Dr. Hebb said he had received another letter from Mr. F. H. Baker, 

 of New South Wales, who was desirous of exchanging specimens with 

 Fellows of the Society. He offered the following Polyzoa : Gatenicella 

 lorica, G. ventricosa, G. plagiostoma, Garbasea dissimilis, Amathia tor- 

 tuosa ; Radulae of Chiton Novozhollandise, Phaseanella australis, Haliotis 

 naevosa, etc., in exchange for good mounts of marine Polyzoa, good 

 shells of Cyprgea, etc. He can send Polyzoa not mounted, if desired. 



Dr. Hebb said he thought they ought to pass a vote of thanks to 

 those gentlemen who had been able to come that evening in order to 

 help make up a quorum. It was very necessary to hold the Meeting in 

 order to elect those who had been proposed for the Fellowship of the 

 Society at the Meeting in April, and also for other reasons. 



The following Instruments, Objects, etc., were exhibited : — 



The Society : — Two Slides, presented by Dr. Yida Annette Latham, that 

 were mounted by B. F. Quirnby, of Chicago, about 1887 — Apis 

 mellifica, Ectobia Germanica. An Old Microscope, Culpeper-Scaiiet 

 Model, presented by Mr. Ashe. An Old Microscope, made at Nurn- 

 berg, presented by Mr. Rousselet. 



New Fellows : — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows of 

 the Society :— Messrs. James Grundy and Charles Herbert Higgins. 



