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this over until the next meeting. He felt sure that the few 

 members present who remained over from the early days of the 

 Club must be very pleased to meet Dr. Cooke — the founder of 

 the Club — for the first time in that room, and that all would 

 unite in giving him a very hearty welcome. 



The proceedings then terminated with the usual conversazione. 



June 15th, 1900. — Ordinary Meeting, 

 J. G. Waller, Esq., Yice-President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following donations to the Library were announced : — 



" The Botanical Gazette " From the Editor 



"Proceedings of the Smithsonian Institution" In Exchange. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club : — Mr. Owen Carter, Mr. Oswald A. Grosve- 

 nor, Mr. Henry Poole, Mr. Geoffrey P. Swears. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson read a paper on Actinocyclus Ralfsii, in 

 which he discussed the question as to the cause of the remarkable 

 colours exhibited by this diatom. 



The Chairman thought Mr. Nelson had raised a very interestiug 

 question, and one which at present seemed very difficult to answer. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Nelson for his 

 paper. 



Mr. R. T. Lewis read a paper entitled " A Contribution to the 

 Life History of Ixodes reduvius," in which he described some 

 observations originally made by Mr. E. G. Wheler, and subse- 

 quently confirmed by himself. The subject was illustrated by 

 diagrams, photographs and drawings, and by the exhibition under 

 the microscope of living specimens paired in the actual manner 

 described in the paper. 



The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to Mr. 

 Lewis for his paper, and to Mr, Wheler for allowing his observa- 

 tions to be brought before the Club. 



Mr. Karop said he believed that instances had been noticed 

 amongst the Acarina in which fertilisation was efiected by a 

 special organ, which transferred the spermatophores from the 



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