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The President then read a note by Mr. Arnold T. Watson on '• A 

 Case of Ajiparent Intelligence Exhibited by a Marine Tube-Bearing 

 Worm, Terebella conchUega,'" which will be published in full in the 

 Journal of the Society. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the authors of these three 



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Mr. Scourfield then announced the objects comprising the Exhibition 

 of Pond-Life, which had been provided by Fellows and members of 

 the Quekett Microscopical Club, and said that these May Meeting 

 Pond-Life Exhibitions had become a constant feature of the Society's 

 Programme, and he thought that was a very good thing. Many reasons 

 might be given to justify the holding of such exhibitions, but they 

 always appealed to him for the opportunity they gave for making 

 converts to the study of fresh-water organisms, and for strengthening 

 the faith of those who had already embarked on such study. To the 

 non-professional worker especially the study of fresh-water organisms 

 offered many advantages. Three of the most important of these were : — 

 1. The comparative smallness of the number of species. 2. The 

 comparative simplicity of the conditions of their existence. 3. The 

 comparative ease with which they could be collected and kept alive 

 under artificial conditions. But, although the number of species was 

 somewhat restricted, there were, of course, a great many altogether. 

 Even the number of groups of fresh-water organisms was very consider- 

 able, and never by any chance did they get representations of all of 

 them at any one Pond-Life Exhibition. He had noticed in looking at 

 the lists of exhibits for a few years past that certain groups, e.g. Peridi- 

 niacete. Sponges, Gastrotricha, Xematoda, Tardigrada, appeared to have 

 been ignored altogether, and that some others, e.g. Blue-green Algas, 

 Suctoria, Turbellaria, had only been shown a few times. Naturally, 

 that evening was no exception to the rule, and there were many groups 

 of Pond-Life creatures not represented, but, on the whole, he thought it 

 was a very good exhibition. 



Mr. Scourfield proceeded to briefly refer to the actual objects ex- 

 hibited according to the groups to which they belonged. In con- 

 clusion, he referred to the regret of all the Fellows at the unavoidable 

 absence of Mr. Rousselet and Mr. Thomas Powell from among the 

 exhibitors that evening. So far as he could remember, they had 

 never previously failed to exhibit at a Pond-Life Meeting. 



The President then moved from the Chair a hearty vote of thanks 

 to the exhibitors of Pond- Life specimens, which was carried by 

 acclamation. 



New Fellows.— The following were elected Ordinary Fellows of the 

 Societv : — Alfred Thomas Davies, Arthur Percy Wilkin. 



The Hon. Secretary read the nomination paper of the following 

 Candidate, Mr. E. Marshall Hall K.C., M.P. 



