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magnified field, this being attained by a secondary stage and objective 

 at right-angles to the primary instrument, the rays being transmitted 

 up the body of the microscope through a right-angled prism, and 

 clearness of the two images preserved by means of a diaphragm 

 placed longitudinally in the microscope-tube. 



A discussion followed in which Dr. W. G. Eidewood, Dr. D. H. 

 Scott, Rev. T. E, E. Htebbing, and the President joined. Criticism 

 was cliiefly directed to the hybrid term for the invention, and 

 " Synoptoscope " or " Synthetoscope " was suggested in its place. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "On Zoological Nomenclature: International Eules and 

 others." By the Eev. Thomas E. E. Stebbing, Zool.Sec.L.Soc. 



2. "Biscayan Plankton.— Part IV. The Thaliacea." By Dr. 

 George Herbert Fowler, F.L.S. 



March 16th, 1905. 

 Prof. W. A. Herd MAN, P.E.S., President, in the Chair, 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 2ud March were 

 read and confirmed. 



Miss Emily Mary Berridge and Mr. Frederick Hugh Capron 

 wei'e admitted Fellows. 



Mr. Arthur James Dicks, B.Sc.Lond., and Mrs. Maude Muff 

 were proposed as Fellows. 



Mr. Johannes Gossweiler and Miss Edith Eebecca Saunders 

 were elected Fellows. 



The President announced that the Council had appointed a 

 Committee to consider the question of Zoological Nomenclature 

 discussed at the last meeting ; also, iu view of the interest dis- 

 played at a previous meeting on the subject of fficology, a 

 discussion had been arranged for the 4th May, to be opened by 

 Mr. A. G. Tansley. 



Mrs. D. H. Scott, F.L.S., exhibited animated photographs of 

 plants taken by the kammatograph, showing the natural move- 

 ments of the plants accelerated so as to be readily followed 

 by the eye. 



The plates shown were ; — 



1 & 2. Sparmannia africana, showing the opening of the 

 flower-bud, the movements of the stamens, and the 

 closing of the flowers at night. 



3. Sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica, showing the movements 

 of the leaves on stimulation. 



