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to decide to which of these an object belonged. Precisely in the 

 same way, if they took an extreme scale and an extreme hair, 

 there could be little doubt as to the difference, but if they followed 

 them down through the various forms met with, they came at last 

 to a point where it was extremely difficult to say which was hair 

 and which was scale. When they talked of hairs and scales, they 

 should remember that both these terms were rather vaguely used 

 — the hair of an insect was a totally different structure from the 

 hair of a mammal, and there was an equal difference between the 

 scale of an insect and the scale of a lizard, so that when they came 

 to look into the question they would find far more analogy between 

 the hairs and scales of an insect than between either the hairs or 

 the scales of insects and those of other creatures. It was very 

 interesting to find, as in the instance before them, a specimen 

 upon which the whole course of the development could be worked 

 out in the manner shown. 



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

 communication. 



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

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

 versazione, at which the following objects were exhibited : — 

 Polynema natans ... ... ... ... Mr. W. Burton. 



Ithomia diasia — scales ... ... ... Mr. J. E. Ingpen. 



Plonsoma hudsoni ... ... ... ... Mr. C. Rousselet. 



June 7th, 1895. — Conversational Meeting. 



Melicerta tyro ... ... ... ... Mr. W. Burton. 



Aulacodiscus petersii ... ... ... Mr. H. Morland. 



Arenaceous Foraminifera (sections) ... Mr. G. Smith. 



June 21st, 1895. — Ordinary Meeting. 

 E. M. Nelson, Esq., F.R.M.S., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 Members of the Club :— Mr. F. Newstead and Mr. Christopher 

 Poulter. 



The following additions to the library were announced : — 

 " Annals of Natural History" ... ... Purchased. 



