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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKE7T MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the meeting of the Club held on October 21st, 1904, Dr. E. J. 

 Spitta, F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., etc., in the Chair, the minutes of the 

 meeting held on June 17th were read and confirmed, and the 

 additions to the Library and Cabinet announced. 



Messrs. Arthur E. Smith. Walter B. Freeman, A. E. Conrady, 

 F.K.A.S., F.R.M.S., Major-General H. H. Lee, and the Rev. S. 

 Hebert were balloted for and duly elected members of the Club. 



The Secretary said that it was his painful duty to announce 

 the death of two old members of the Club who had passed away 

 during the recess — viz. C. G. Dunning, who had died on Sep- 

 tember 29th, and Edward Dads well, F.R.M.S., who died on 

 October 6th. 



On the motion of the President, a vote of sympathy with 

 the relatives of the late members was unanimously passed. 



Dr. Spitta then drew the attention of the members to a very 

 fine exhibition which had been prepared for their benefit by 

 Messrs. Watson & Sons. It comprised a large number of 

 instruments of their latest design, and a fine collection of 

 mounted specimens, principally marine objects, exhibited under 

 the microscopes. 



On the invitation of the President, Mr. J. Watson Baker, 

 F.R.M.S., gave a brief description of the salient features of the 

 exhibits. 



The honorary editor, Mr. F. P. Smith, then delivered a lecture 

 on " The Spiders of the Eriyone Group." Mr. Smith commenced 

 by briefly recapitulating the characteristic features of the family 

 Linyphiidae, and then gave a somewhat more detailed account 

 of a certain group of minute spiders comprising about thirty 

 British species. A new genus, Erigonidium, was proposed for 

 the species E. graminicolum, and new generic names were 



