PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 129 



The Chairman thought the paper was one of great interest, which they 

 would be very pleased to see in the Journal. As regards the occasional 

 presence of large numbers of rotifers, he might say he had a similar 

 experience some time ago in Westmorland ; on one occasion he found 

 the lakes swarming with certain forms of animalculse, while a short 

 time afterwards he was unable to find any. 



Mr. Wesche said that one of the forms illustrated showed some 

 lateral appendages, which he thought very remarkable, and so far as he 

 knew, were absolutely unique amongst the Bdelloids ; it was numbered 

 5 on the plate, and described under the name of Gallidina pinniger. The 

 appendages, he thought, might be of similar function to the blades 

 on the shoulders of the common species Polyarthra platyptera Ehr., 

 giving a sudden movement to the animal to enable it to escape the jaws 

 of some predacious enemy. In the matter of finding large numbers of 

 a species in a particular place at one time, and none whatever at another, 

 would be the experience of every collector, as it had often been his. 



Mr. Barnard remarked that Bacterium indicum was phosphorescent 

 in the tropics, and sometimes appeared in very large quantities, which 

 he thought might possibly be accounted for by the presence of nutri- 

 ment. 



The thanks of the Society were unanimously voted to Mr. Murray 

 for his paper, and to Mr. Rousselet for reading it. 



The Chairman reminded the Fellows that their next Meeting would 

 be their Anniversary, at which they usually had an address from their 

 President. He regretted to say, however, that this time they would 

 be without this, as Lord Avebury found he would be quite unable to 

 be present owing to his having to be elsewhere to receive an additional 

 honour conferred upon him, the date of which function could not be 

 altered. His Lordship had expressed his great regret at not being 

 able to be present at the Annual Meeting, but had intimated that the 

 Society should not lose the benefit of his address, which he hoped to 

 give them on a future occasion. In substitution for the address, they 

 had arranged for a paper to be read, " On the Microscope as an Aid to 

 the Study of Biology in Entomology, with special reference to the 

 Food of Insects," by Mr. W. Wesche. 



As the next would be their Annual Meeting, it was necessary to 

 elect two Auditors of the Society's accounts, and on behalf of the 

 Council he nominated Mr. J. M. Allen. 



Mr. C. L. Curties was then proposed by Mr. Marshall, and seconded 

 by Mr. Ersser, as Auditor, on behalf of the Fellows. 



The names of these two gentlemen having been submitted to the 

 Meeting, they were declared to have been duly elected as Auditors. 



The following list of Fellows, proposed by the Council as the Officers 

 and Council of the Society for the ensuing year, was then read by the 

 Secretary, and would be submitted for election at the Annual Meeting 

 on January 15th, 1908 : — 



President — Lord Avebury. 



Vice-Presidents — Mr. Beck, Dr. Dallinger, Dr. Eyre, and Sir Ford 

 North. 



Treasurer — Mr. W. E. Baxter. 



Feb. 19th, 1908 



