472 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



A letter was also read by the Secretary from the Academy of Natural 

 Science, Philadelphia, and from Dr. Ward, concerning the Centennial 

 Celebration of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, at which 

 Dr. Ward was acting as delegate from the Royal Microscopical Society. 



A vote of thanks was accorded to Messrs. Curties and Angiis for the 

 loan of Microscopes for the exhibition of specimens that evening. 



The President announced that the rooms of the Society would be 

 closed from August 9 to September 9. 



Fellows who had not signed the Roll were called upon to do so. 



The Secretary announced that the Council had decided that on 

 October 16 next, instead of the Ordinary Meeting, the Council should 

 hold a Conversazione. This was a new departure, and as yet their 

 proposals in regard to it were not final. Great help had, however, been 

 rendered by Members of the Council, especially by Mr. Barnard, and it was, 

 he thought, not premature to say that they had received the utmost 

 assistance from the authorities at King's College, where it was proposed 

 the Conversazione should be held. The main idea of the Conversazione 

 was to increase the social element in the Microscopical Society, and 

 Fellows were therefore invited to bring to the Conversazione for ex- 

 hibition any objects or apparatus in which they were interested. 



The following Instruments, Objects, etc., were exhibited: — 



Mr. E. Heron-Allen and Mr. Arthur Earland : — Slides of Technitella 

 Ugumen, Fsammosphferaricstka, Psammosphsera Bowmani, Marsipella 

 spiralis, and 31. cylindrica. 



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

 Society: — J. D. Siddall, Geo. W. Bullamore, and Arthur Gadd. 



