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September 9th, 1881. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Fungus on Mallow leaf ... ... Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Floscularia ... ... ... ... Mr. W. Goodwin. 



Amceba princeps, of very large size... ... Mr. J. E. Ingpen. 



Calcarina hispida ... ... ... Mr. B. W. Priest. 



Dental Exostosis, stained ; transverse and~) ,»• j „ rn ^ 

 longitudinal sections ... ... j 



Section of Meteorite (?) with cavities con- j Mf H< j Waddington . 

 taining carbonic dioxide (?) ... ) 



Mr. W. A. Bevington sent from Rudesheim some specimens of vine 

 leaves covered with the fungus " Kreusel krankheit." 



Attendance — Members, 45 j Visitors, 4. 



September 23rd, 1881. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 T. Charters White, Esq., M.E.C.S., &c, President, in the Chair. 



The Proceedings commenced at 8.25 p.m. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of 

 the Club :— Mr. Heinrich Hensoldt, Mr. Gerald Sturt, Mr. E. S. Whelpton. 

 The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



'< Report of the Croydon Natural History j from tfae gooietyi 

 Society ... ... ... ) 



,, „ Chester Natural History"^ 



Society" ... ... ... ) 



" Science Gossip " ... ... ... ,, the Publisher. 



" The Northern Microscopist " ... „ ,, 



" The American Naturalist " ... inexchange. 



„ „ Monthly Microscopical ") 



Journal ... ... ... ) 



„ ,-, Journal of Microscopy " „ ,, 



" Annals of Natural History " ... ... purchased. 



"Grevillea" ... ... ... ... ,, 



" Synopsis of Leidy's Rhizopods ... ... ,, 



" Histological Demonstrations " ... ... „ 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



Mr. Ingpen exhibited and described Mr. Ay 1 ward's concentric turn- 

 table. 



The President thought the turntable was very ingenious as regarded its 

 mode of centring, but he was afraid it would not enable any one to put a 

 fresh coat of varnish on an old slide which had originally been mounted 

 out of the centre — this was a most desirable qualification. 



Mr. Ingpen did not think there was any special contrivance provided for 



