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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the 519th Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on October 24th, 

 1916, the President, Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., in the 

 chair, the minutes of the meeting held on June 27th were read 

 and confirmed. 



Messrs. Edward B. Stringer and Charles W. Penn were balloted 

 for and duly elected members of the Club ; eight names nominated 

 for election were read by the Hon. Secretary, who stated that the 

 Club was to be congratulated upon the number of new members it 

 was obtaining, notwithstanding the war. 



The Hon. Secretary informed the meeting that Mr. J. M. 

 Offord, F.R.M.S., had presented the Club with six slides of various 

 microscopic writings and figures, the work of the late Dr. Farrant. 

 Mr. Offord had also brought a micro-slide portrait of Professor 

 Quekett, formerly President of the Royal Microscopical Society, 

 taken by Dr. Farrants, which was presented by Mr. Sidney H. 

 Tonks. A hearty vote of thanks was passed by the meeting to 

 Mr. Offord. 



Mr. David Bryce then read the second (and final) part of a 

 paper, " On the Bdelloid Rotifera of South Africa," by Mr. W. 

 Milne, M.A., B.Sc. In introducing the paper, Mr. Bryce said all 

 would regret that Mr. Milne was unable to be present. It would 

 be remembered that on the occasion of his reading the first part 

 he had had an exceedingly trying experience in his journey from 

 Aberdeen. In consequence of the severe blizzard (March 28th), 

 the train had arrived in London nearly twelve hours late, and 

 Mr. Milne had no opportunity for rest, and had scarcely time for 

 a necessary meal before reading his paper to the meeting. 



Mr. Bryce said that the paper contains descriptions of nineteen 

 new species, four new varieties, and one new genus. It is naturally 

 of considerable length, and the descriptions, consisting mainly of 

 technical particulars, are not suitable for reading in full detail. 



