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that from a low hill it would be possible to count perhaps 40. 

 When speaking of Rotifers earlier in the meeting he had not 

 mentioned one very beautiful Rotifer which he found. This 

 was a Melicertian with eight lobes, described some time since 

 in the " R. M. S. Journal." This was a very beautiful creature, 

 very large, and by no means shy, expanding again in all its 

 beauty almost immediately after it had been shut up. When 

 Mr. Rousselet sent him the notes of his method he was just on 

 the point of leaving China, so that all the specimens which he 

 had been able to preserve in this manner had been met with on 

 his way home. 



Mr. Ingpen said on the question of the Chinese not drinking 

 cold water, it occurred to him that some years ago when the 

 late Dr. Cobbold was with them he read some papers on Filaria, 

 and he then attributed the prevalence of the disease caused by 

 them in China to the fact of the Chinese drinking cold water 

 containing them. 



The President said they were extremely indebted to Mr. 

 Gun son Thorpe for his very interesting communication, and he 

 only hoped that they might at some future time be favoured 

 with some further description of these very interesting Rotifers. 



A hearty vote of thanks was then put to the meeting and 

 carried unanimously. 



The Secretary reminded the members that this was their 

 last ordinary meeting for the present season, and that the next 

 would be held on September 18th. 



Announcements of excursions during the next three months 

 were then made, special attention being called to the day 

 excursion to Whitstable on September 5th. 



The following objects, etc., were afterwards exhibited : — 

 Dendrosoma, sp. ? . . . ... ... ... Mr. W. Burton. 



Cosmocoma fumipennis ? (Haliday) ... Mr. F. Enock. 

 Actinurus neptunius (mounted) ... ... Mr. C. Rousselet. 



Melicerta ringens ... ... ... ... Mr. W. R. Traviss. 



AdGusr 7th, 1896. — Conversational Meeting. 



Cerataphis latania with surrounding cur- ) , r ^ „ 



, . . r Mr - w - Burton, 



tain or wax ... ... ... ... j 



Surirella ovalis. Breb., frustules and} ■«, TT , T , , 



' ' \ Mr. H. Morland. 



several mal-formed valves ...^ 



