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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY 



AN ORDINARY MEETING 



OF THE Society was held at No. 20 Hanover Square, AV., ox 

 Wednesday, June 16th, 1920, Professor John Eyre, 

 President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the preceding Meeting were read, confirmed, and 

 signed by the President. 



The nomination papers were read of two Candidates for Fellowship. 



New Fellows.^The following were elected Ordinary Fellows of the 

 Society : — 



Mrs. Bertha Altof . 



Mr. Herbert Graham Cannon, B.A., F.Z.S. 



Mr. William Edmund Cooke, M.D., F.R.C.P., D.Ph. 



A Donation was reported from Dr. E. Penard, of Geneva, an 

 Honorary Fellow of the Society, consisting of 100 slides covering nearly 

 all the genera of Fresh-water Rhizopoda and a few Ciliata. 



Mr. Scourfield exhibited a number of Dr. Penard's preparations, 

 including the following -.^Difflugia /lydrostatica^iihovfing test formed of 

 frustules of the plankton Diatom CydoteUa ; GiicurUtalla mespili- 

 formis, with symbiotic zoochlorella3 ; tSpirochona gemmipara, and Arcella 

 dentata. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Dr. Penard. 



Mr. W. G. Collins read a paper on "A Universal Microtome," 

 written by Sir Horace Darwin, F.R.S., and himself. The paper was 

 illustrated by lantern slides and exhibits, and is printed in this issue of 

 the Journal (see page 288). Asked as to what would be the probable 

 price of the instrument, Mr. Collins said that they hoped it would not 

 exceed £20. 



The President proposed a very heurty vote of thanks to the authors 

 of the paper, and this was carried l)y acclamation. 



Mr. Lancelot Hogben, M.A., B.Sc, read a paper on " The Problem 

 of Synapsis." This paper is printed in this issue of the Journal (see 

 page 26!)). 



