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Anuouiicemeiifcs of meetings, etc., for the ensuing month were 

 then made, and the proceedings terminated with the usual con- 

 versazione. 



October 7th, 1892. — Conversational Meeting. 

 The following objects were exhibited : — 

 Zoothaminium arhuscula Mr. F. W. Andrew. 



Bistyla mermis ") ^i/r -r^ -r. 



n ii'j- -n f n. sp. Mr. D. Bryce. 



Pedalion mirum Mr. W. Burton. 



Thunbergia alata, Section Mr. G. E. Mainland. 



AmphipJiora elegans Mr. H. Morland. 



October 21st, 1892. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 E. M. Nelson, Esq., F.R.M.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and con- 

 firmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 Members of the Club : — Mr. J. L. Luscombe and Mr. Thomas 

 W. Hinds. 



The Secretary said he felt sure that every member of the 

 Club would hear with extreme regret the announcement of the 

 death of their esteemed friend and the Editor of their Journal, 

 Mr. H. F. Hailes, which occurred only that morning. His own 

 connection with Mr. Hailes had for many years been a very 

 close one, and he felt the loss to be a peculiarly personal one ; 

 but the members of the Club generally to whom Mr. Hailes 

 had so long been known would, h^ knew, very largely share in 

 that feeling. Of course the Committee at their meeting that 

 evening had taken special notice of this sad event, and had 

 passed a resolution of sympathy, which would be forwarded to 

 the family of their late friend. The resolution was as follows : 

 " The Committee of the Quekett Microscopical Club have heard 

 with deep regret of the death of their esteemed colleague, Mr. 

 Henry F. Hailes, one of the original members, and for many 

 years Foreign Secretary and Editor of its Journal, and they 



