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PROCEEDINGS. 



June 9th, 1871. — Conversational Meeting. 



June 23rd, 1871 — Chairman, Dr. R. Braithwaite, F.L.S., 



Vice-President. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



" Land and Water," (weekly) from the Editor. 



"Science Gossip" the Publisher. 



" Journal of the London Institution" the Librarian. 



" The American Naturalist" in exchange. 



" Observations and Experiments with the Micro-*) 



scope on the Chemical Effects of Chloral C from the AutLor > Mr - T - 

 Hydrate, Chloroform, &c, on the Blood."...) S ' Ral P h - 



Manual of Zoology Mr. J. W. Groves. 



6 Slides ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Mr. T. Curfies. 



3 Slides ... ... ... ... ... Mr. Hennah, Brighton. 



6 Slides— Sections of Echinus Spines Mr. F. Marshall. 



2 Slides— Pro-legs of Crab Dr. Lowe, King's Lynn 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for, and duly elected members of the 

 Club .— Mr. William P. Bartlett, Mr. Cedric Bucknall, Mr. Thomas D'Aubney, 

 Mr. Henry E. Freeman, Mr. Edward Harris, Mr. Thomas Isaac, and Mr. Amos 

 Topping. 



Mr. N. E. Green read a paper "On Diatom Markings as seen by the Oxy- 

 calcium Light." 



The Chairman, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Green, observed that all 

 present would, doubtless, agree with him that no apology was necessary from 

 the author for the fragmentary nature of his communication. The paper was, 

 indeed, just of that practical kind which was wanted at the meetings. A vote 

 of thanks was then carried unanimously. 



Mr. B. T. Lownesaid that although he had not worked at Diatomacese, and 

 knew little more about them than had come under his notice as a student of 

 Natural History generally, he could not help saying that Mr. Green's remarks 

 commended themselves to him as by far the most likely explanation of the 

 markings of diatoms that he had ever heard. The description Mr. Green had 

 given appeared to him to be in consonance with the structure of such parts as 



