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not in fairness to Lave soiree tickets sent to them, a decision whicli was greeted 

 with applause and unmistakable signs of satisfaction by the members present. 



Seven gentlemen having been proposed for membership, the proceedings ter- 

 minated with a conversazione, at which the following objects were exhibited : — 



Triple nose-piece and cutting forceps, for collecting "i by Mr. Aylward, of 



sticks ... 



Parasite of Elephant 



Legs of Curculio 



Surface markings on Triceratium and Isthmia enervis 



Anystis Cursoria 



Melkerta ringens {alive) 



Memhranipora pilosa 



JFibro-cellular tissue of Catasetum tridentatum ... 

 Ei'ecting arrangement adapted for dissection, &c., 



with Binocular Microscope 



Pleurosigma formosum 



Cyclosis in Anacharis 



^cidium EuphorhicB 



Wing of Moth 



Injected toe of Mouse 



Injected ear of White Mouse 



Manchester. 

 Mr. T. Curties. 

 Mr. Duck. 

 Mr. Green. 

 Mr. de Guimaraens. 



Mr. Hainworth. 

 Mr. Jackson. 



Mr. Oxley. 



Mr. Eichards. 

 Mr. J. Eussell. 

 Mr. Sigsworth. 

 Mr. Jas. Smith. 

 Mr. A. Topping. 

 Mr. A.Waller. 



Attendance — Members, 96 ; visitors, 10. 



February 9th, 1872. — Conversational Meeting. 



The following objects were exhibited : — 



Sponge, Geodia Bo.rettii H. F. Hailes. 



Tingis foliacea Mr. Allbon. 



Markings of Diatoms with high powers — opaque Mr, Green. 



Fly's Tongue Mr. Eichards. 



Transverse section of small intestine of Cat ... Mr. Topping. 



Cinnabar Crystals in Chalcedony Mr. Gibson. 



Hydra, Volvox, Stentors, &c. Mr. Martinelli. 



Astromma Aristotelis A.Waller. 



Cigroryiyzaflaveola Geo. Williams. 



February 2ord, 1872. — Chairman, Dr. R. Braithwaite, F.L.S., 

 &c., Vice-President. 



The following donations to the Club were announced : — 



*' Land and Water" (weekly) from the Editor. 



"The Monthly Microscopical Journal" the Publisher. 



*' Science Gossip" the Publisher. 



' ' The A merican Naturalist" in Exchange . 



*'The Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical") 



Society of Manchester" J the Society. 



" The Invisible World," by Dr. Mantell Mr. C S. Bentley. 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club :— Mr. A. Atkins, M.E.CS., Mr. A. Atkins, junr., L.E.C.P., the Eev. 

 Thos. Henry Brown, Mr. Alexander Colvin, Mr. Theodore Charles Izod, Dr. W. 

 E. Grindley Pearce, Mr. C E. Stevens. 



