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QUEKETT MICKOSCOPICAL CLUB. 



OKDINAKY MEETING. 



SEPTEMBER 24th, 1869. 



P. Le Neve Foster, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 



The following donations were announced : — 



"Science Gossip" and "The Monthly Microscopical Journal," from the 

 Publisher ; " Land and Water," from the Editor. Curtis's Photographs of the 

 19th band of Robert's Test-plates, consisting of three positives and two glass 

 negatives, from the Surgeon-General U.S.A. Army, Washington; four Coloured 

 Drawings of the Transitional Stages of the Privet Hawk Moth, by Cyril B. 

 Harcourt ; three Microscopic Preparations of Trombidium Autumnale, illustra- 

 tive of Dr. Wright's paper, from the late Dr. Wright and Miss Webb ; " Maxime 

 miranda in minimis," from Mr. Pichter ; Pamphlet on Reade's Prism, from Mr. 

 Highley ; one slide of the Harvest Bug, from Mr. Curties. 



The thanks of the Club were returned to the donors. 



The Secretary read a paper, by the late Dr. J. J, Wright, "on the Harvest 

 Bug." 



A short discussion ensued. 



Mr. Wright described a method whereby Reade's prism might be used as a 

 polariscope by attaching a bundle of thin glass plates to one face of it. 



The Secretary described a new form of microscope for aquarium observation, 

 invented by Mr. J. W. Stevenson. 



Votes of thanks were accorded for the various papers read. 



The President announced that the subscription list to the Bywater testimonial 

 would be closed On the 30th instant. 



The names of five gentlemen proposed at the last meeting were ballotted for, 

 and declared duly elected. 



The Secretary announced that the following objects among others were about 

 to be exhibited : — Fredericella sultana, by Mr. Golding ; Ballia callitriclia, by 

 Mr. Wright; Pleurosigma balticum. with Reade's prism, by Mr. Suffolk ; three 

 beautifully coloured drawings of the House Fly and Spider, by Mr. Richter. 



The Secretary announced that Mr. Suffolk's course of lectures was being pub- 

 lished in the " Chemical News." 



Dr. Braithwaite announced that he was about to deliver a course of lectures 

 on Bryology, to members of the Club, at his house, on the second and fourth 

 Thursdays in each month, commencing in October. Those who wished to attend 

 were requested to send in their names at once. 



Mr. Suffolk expressed his willingness to repeat his course of lectures at the 

 commencement of the ensuing year, should a sufficient number of members 

 present themselves to form a class. 



