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Mr. Western said his communication was rather in the 

 nature of a correction. Last year he read a paper on some new 

 Rotifers. One of these he named Gallidina sordida. He had 

 since found that Professor Janson, of Marburg, had also 

 described this R/Otifer, and had named it C. longirostris. As it 

 was undesirable that there should be two names for the same 

 thing, he proposed to drop the name he had given. 



The Chairman inquired which name had the priority. 



Mr. Western replied that his name was given first, but he 

 believed that Professor Janson's had appeared first in print. 



The Chairman said it had been held over and over again that 

 it was not competent for an author to cancel his name if pub- 

 lished. Once published, no one, not even the author, could 

 alter it. The question was simply which was the earlier, but 

 the crucial date was that of publication, and Professor Janson 

 appeared to have priority in that respect, although probably 

 not the first discoverer. 



Mr. Ingpen suggested that if it were desired for a particular 

 purpose to secure priority it might be necessary to publish the 

 paper in some other journal, as the Club journal was published 

 at long intervals. 



Mr. Western said his other point was with reference to 

 another Rotifer, Auracula hicornis. An error had crept into the 

 description which would materially interfere with future 

 identification. 



The Chairman invited remarks on Mr. Western's papers, 

 and proposed a vote of thanks to him for his communications. 



Mr. Ingpen referred to the death of one of their oldest 

 members, Mr. Charles Baker, the optician, of High Holborn, 

 on the 9th instant, at the age of 79. Mr. Baker had rendered 

 good service in the early days of microscopy by assisting in the 

 introduction of good and cheap instruments, and more recently 

 by his recognition of the value of the objectives of Zeiss, 

 Reichert, Leitz, and others, which have proved so useful to 

 microscopists. Though he rarely attended their meetings, he 

 took a friendly interest in the welfare of the Club, and his 

 premises at High Holborn have always been "a house of call 

 for Queketters." 



Mr. Hardy exhibited and explained his small photoraicro- 

 graphic camera. 



