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proportion of members than one-fourth would take the papers on the next 

 occasion, and would do their best to fill them up. 



Announcements of excursions and meetings for the ensuing month 

 were made, and it was mentioned that owing to continued illness Mr. 

 Gilburt would be unable to fulfil his engagement to give a demonstration 

 on June 13th, but that the Secretaries were doing their best to provide 

 some substitute. 



Members were reminded that at the next ordinary meeting they would 

 be called upon to nominate gentlemen to fill four vacancies upon the Com- 

 mittee, to be filled up by election at the annual meeting in July. 



The proceedings terminated with the usual conversazione, and the follow- 

 ing objects w r ere exhibited: — 



Silk cotton (qy., Bombax) ... ... ... Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Section of Pampas grass, Gynerium Sp. ... Mr. H. E. Freeman. 



Ova and larva of Tabanus ... ... ... Mr. G. E. Mainland. 



Euplectella ... ... ... ... ... Mr. B. W. Priest. 



Bursaria truncatella ... ... ... ... Mr. C. Rousselet; 



Trans. Sec. stem of Bignonia clanbrasiliana ... Mr. W. D. Smith, 



Attendance — Members, 61 ; Visitors, 2. 



May 30th, 1884. — Special Exhibition Meeting. 



By the kind permission of the College a special meeting was held for the 

 exhibition of objects of microscopical interest, which meeting was at- 

 tended by about 130 members, and 160 visitors. The following is a list 

 of the principal objects exhibited in the library, the museum of the 

 College being also thrown open for the occasion: — 



Leptodora Jiyalina ... ... ... ... Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Serpentine from the Lizard ... ... ... Mr. J. W. Bailey. 



Gabbro from Silesia 



Carcinns mcenas (Shore crab). Zoe stage .. 



Asterina gibbosa (Gibbous starlet). Young .. 



Larva of Carcinns mcenas 



Epiera diadema, just hatched ... 



CEcistes (itmbella ?) 



Crystals of silver 



„ ,, santonine ... 



Antenna of Emperor Moth 



Tingis hystricellus 



Tongue of Mason Wasp... 



Crystals of Platino.cyanide of magnesia 



Foraminifera (Miliolina oblonga) ... ... „ ,, 



Diatoms, Coscinodiscus, sp. ... ... ... „ „ 



Fredericella sultana ... ... ... ... Mr. E. Dadswell. 



Circulation in the gills of a Newt 



Cyclosis in JSitella fragilis 





