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OBJECTS EXHIBITED, WITH NOTES. 



March 1st, 1901. 



Mr. A. J. French : Lips on proboscis of Blow-Fly, showing 

 triple rows of teeth. Stained with Carmalum, and mounted in 

 CTlycerine Jelly. 



Mr. J. B. Scriven : Testicle of Blow-Fly, showing also part of 

 the vas efferens. 



Mr. H. Morland : Aulacodiscus JRattrayii G. and St., from 

 Oamaru deposit. New Zealand. Each valve shows two processes 

 only, although this species may be found with from two to four 

 processes. 



Mr. A. E. Hilton : Head of Parasitic Bee (Nomada), showing 

 the organs of the mouth in their natural form and colour; 

 mounted in Glycerine. 



Mr. H. E. Freeman : A new species of Tick, Haemajyhysalis 

 hispinosa Neumann, from an Indian goatherd, with original 

 drawing from nature by Tuffen West. 



Mr. A. Earland : A new British species of Foraminifera, Stor- 

 tliosphaera compressa Pearcy, from shallow water in the Clyde 

 Estuary (near Ailsa Craig, 26-35 fathoms), figured and described 

 in Proceedings of Millport Biological Station for 1900. Points 

 of interest : (1) The shallowness of the sea in which it occurs, 

 the genus to which it belongs being a very deep water type. 

 (2) There is no visible external aperture for the extrusion of the 

 sarcode, which must therefore find its way between the fine inter- 

 stices of the arenaceous wall. It is probable that in such cases 

 the living foram obtains its nutriment by digesting food outside 

 the shell, only the products of digestion being conveyed by the 



