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proposed for two other species — Enidia. for bitabercidata, and 

 Falcon&ria for cornuta. 



Mr. Smith's lecture, although it bristled with formidable 

 names — for which he apologised, saying that all the nice easy 

 names had been used up — was of a very entertaining nature, 

 and at its close a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him by 

 acclamation. 



At the meeting of the Club held on November 18th, 1904, 

 Dr. E. J. Spitta, F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., etc., President, in the 

 Chair, the minutes of the meeting held on October 21st were 

 read and confirmed. 



Messrs. E. A. Mignot, W. E. Harvey, F. R. Rowley, C. A. 

 Birts, A. W. Cooper, J.P., H. Wallis Kew, R. J. L. Guppy, H. J. 

 Gibbs, C. G. Kicldell, F. Winter, and W. D. Dade were balloted 

 for and duly elected members of the Club. 



The Hon. Secretary read a note by Mr. A. E. Merlin, F.R.M.S., 

 ona" Modification of the Rousselet Live-Box," which had been 

 found useful for the continuous observation under high powers 

 of living monad and bacterial forms. 



Mr. Merlin .stated that he had used the live-box, thus modified, 

 for a considerable time, that he had employed it in the critical 

 examination of the smallest living forms under oil-immersion 

 objectives, and that he had found it possible to keep them under 

 observation for several days, while, with the ordinary form, the 

 water film dries up in about twenty-four hours. 



The Secretary then read a further communication from Mr. 

 A. E. Merlin, F.R.M.S., "A Supplementary Note on the Foot 

 of the House-Fly." 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Merlin for his 

 two communications. 



The President then invited Mr. A. E. Conrady, F.R.A.S., 

 F.R.M.S., to give the Club a resume of the paper which 

 he had read before the Royal Microscopical Society on the 

 previous Wednesday. No doubt many of the members were then 

 present, but he felt sure that the paper, which was entitled 

 Theories of Microscopic Vision : a Vindication of the Abbe 

 Theory," would be appreciated by those who were unable to 

 attend the meeting of the R.M.S. 



Mr. Conrady then gave a full precis of this important paper, 

 illustrating his statements with diagrams on the blackboard. 



