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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the meeting of the Club held on March 16th, Dr. E. J. 

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

 of the meeting held on February 16th were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. P. Murrell, H. J. Baker, G. Vogeler, B. J. Capell, 

 and C. E. Heath, jun., were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club. 



Before proceeding with the business of the evening the Presi- 

 dent said he regretted to have to announce to the meeting the 

 sudden death, on March 6th, of an old and esteemed member, 

 Mr. J. J. Vezey, F.R.M.S. Mr. Vezey was elected a member 

 of the Club on May 23rd, 1879, and held the office of Hon. 

 Treasurer, 1892-99. 



Mr. C. D. Soar, F.R.M.S., then gave a lecture, with a number 

 of interesting lantern illustrations, entitled, "Notes and Obser- 

 vations on the Life- History of Fresh-water Mites." 



Mr. A. D. Michael, F.L.S., referred to the extreme difficulty 

 of following the life-history of this family, the host having to be 

 kept alive as well as the parasite. He mentioned the case of an 

 observation of an embryo of another family of the same order 

 (Acarina), which was octopod, one pair of legs being somewhat 

 rudimentary, and asked if anything similar had been noticed in 

 the Hydrachnidae. 



Mr. Soar stated that such a case, if it existed in the 

 Hydrachnidae, had eluded his observation ; but he would in 

 future look out specially for any evidence in support of it. 



At the meeting of the Club held on April 20th, Dr. E. J. 

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

 of the meeting held on March 16th were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. J. H. Jeffery, John Weeks, S. F. Morgan, T. L. 



