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consisted of a subspherical mucilaginous envelope with, spherical 

 cells in it, which closely resemble those of Eudorina. They 

 were remarkable because some of them (in the species shown, 

 four at the anterior end) are smaller and simply vegetative in 

 character, while the remainder are larger and reproductive ; in 

 Eudorina and its closer allies all are reproductive. Volvox and 

 its method of movement were also referred to and described. 



The meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the authors 

 of these various communications. 



At the 521st Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on January 23rd, 

 1917, the President, Prof. Arthur Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., in the 

 chair, the minutes of the meeting held on November 28th, 1916, 

 were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. John Kiell, Albert A. Stow, J. W. Flower, A.M.I.E.E., 

 Charles S. Burt and Ronald Winter were balloted for and duly 

 elected members of the Club ; six nomination forms for election 

 were read by the Hon. Secretary. 



A small wax medallion portrait of Dr. Quekett, after whom 

 the Club is named — a gift from a member — was exhibited. The 

 President read a list of the names of those who had been nominated 

 by the committee as officers for the year, and the members present 

 made nominations to fill the vacancies on the committee. 



At the request of the President, Mr. David Bryce then read a 

 paper — " On the Collecting of Bdelloid and other Rotifera." 

 He said : " Since the first discovery of Rotifera by the illustrious 

 Antony van Leeuwenhoek, rather more than 200 years ago, these 

 most interesting creatures have captured the attention and 

 admiration of generations of microscopists, who have willingly 

 devoted much labour to their investigation. They have found in 

 them a remarkable diversity of form, allied with the most com- 

 plicated and specialised organs, an astounding variety and activity 

 of movement, and an infinity of devices for the capture of their 

 food." Apparently the first English naturalist to publish any 

 original observations on the Rotifera was Henry Baker, whose 

 name is familiar as being allotted to the well-known Brachionus 

 Bakeri. After Baker's time there does not appear to have been 

 any original work done by English observers till the middle of 

 the nineteenth century. Pritchard's Natural History of the 

 Animalcules^ published in 1834, and the same author's History of 



