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Alfred Green Lang, Mr. Thomas Jeffery Parker, and Mr. William Ford 

 Stanley. 



Mr. N. E. Green read a paper " On Ciliary Action in Infusoria and Floscu- 

 laria," illustrated by a diagram. 



The Chairman proposed a very cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Green for his 

 paper, which was carried unanimously. 



A member observed that Mr. Green had mentioned a little difficulty, which 

 had frequently occurred to himself, and that was the pronunciation of scientific 

 terms ; for instance, the e in Genus was pronounced long in the singular, but 

 short in the plural ; and in the word Fungi, some people made the g hard and 

 others soft. He had often felt puzzled as to which was correct, and should be 

 glad to know if there was any rule for guidance in such cases. He mentioned 

 the subject to Dr. Carpenter a short time ago, and the answer to his inquiry 

 was, " Well, there is no accounting for these things." 



The Chairman said that there was really no guide in such cases as those men- 

 tioned. There were certain rules as to quantities where a vowel comes before two 

 consonants, final es, and some other instances, but beyond these the matter 

 greatly depends upon custom or taste. 



Mr. Hainworth inquired of the reader of the paper what illumination was used 

 with the one-sixth inch objective with which he saw the cilia ? 



Mr Green replied that he used a condenser with the usual illumination. 



Mr. Curties believed that Mr. Green used an ordinary objective as a condenser. 



Mr. Green said he used an ordinary jin. objective, adapted by Dallmeyer for 

 the purpose. 



Mr. White said that having heard how to observe the Floscularia, no doubt 

 many of the members would be glad to know where to get them. The round 

 pond in Kensington Gardens was a place where they were very abundant, and 

 he had obtained them from it at all times of the year. 



Mr. Gay said this pond used to be a good place for them, but that he had 

 tried several times lately and could not find any there. 



Dr. Braithwaite suggested that it would be a question whether these cilia were 

 common to all infusoria. 



The Chairman said that he wished to bring under the notice of the members 

 the formation of a new Microscopical Society at Croydon. Mr. Henry Lee, the 

 President, was a member of this Club, and at the first meeting of the Society 

 nearly a hundred members were enrolled. No doubt they would have excursions 

 during the season, which, he thought, might be made mutually advantageous by 

 arrangements to join with the Club on different occasions. 



The Secretary mentioned that he had been told that the Croydon Society 

 were looking forward to the excursion of the Club to Carshalton on May 14th, 

 in the hope of being able to join with our members there ; he was sure that by 

 uniting in this way the usefulness of these excursions would be increased, and 

 mutual information gained. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Melicerta ringens 



Fredricella Sultana 



Gizzard of Cockroach 



Gizzard of Cricket 



Diatoms Mounted Opaque, by Moller 



by Mr. Hainworth. 

 Mr. Oxley. 

 Mr. T. C. White. 

 Mr. Quick. 

 Mr. Curties. 



Mr. S. J. Mclntire said that he had never seen the gizzard of the Cricket ex- 

 hibited so nicely as in Mr. Quick's specimen — it was transparent and cut 

 circular. 



