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Mr. F. Enock : 



Trypeta reticulata (net-wing fly) found for the first time in Great 

 Britain, by Mr. Enock last August ; Nydcribia Hopei, a parasito 

 of one of the Indian bats (prepared without pressure). 

 Mr. A. Field wick, jun. : 



Scales of Morpho menelaus, &c. 

 Dr. Gibbes : 



Tail of rat, scalp of child, and tongue of dog, all treble stained, 

 and epithelium from skin of embryo salamander — shown witli jV 

 oil-immersion and Wenham's ordinary binocular prism with 

 both fields illuminated. 

 Messrs. W. H. Gilburt : 



Nymph of Tegeocranus latua. 

 Mr. A. de Souza Guimaraens : 



Sections oi Petromyzon fiuviatilis and Triton cristatus, fossil wood, 

 agates, and various rocks, &c. Prepared by H. Boecher. 

 Messrs. How and Company : 



Sections of dolerite and pseudomorphs in serpentine. 

 Mr. F. Hailes : 



Foraminifera. 

 Mr. W. Joshua : 



Polysiphonia fastigiata with antheridia, Codiolum gregarium, an 

 alga new to Great Britain, from the sea wall at Teignmouth, 

 Lemania fucina, and Chantransia violacea. 

 Mr. R. T. Leu-is : 



Hoyne's patent lamp for burning paraffin oils without a chimney, 

 the quantity of air required to maintain perfect combustion 

 being supplied to the wick by means of a small clockwt)rk fan 

 rapidly rotating inside the pedestal of the stand, and running 

 for sixteen hours with once winding. 

 The results obtained were an intensely brilliant, white, steady, 

 and smokeless flame, entirely free from smell whether turned 

 high or low, whilst the constant upward current of air kept the 

 whole of the parts contiijuous to the burner at so low a tem2)era- 

 ture as to render exi^losion impossible, a maximum of light 

 being produced at a minimum of heat and expense. 

 Dr. Maddox: 



" Aeroconiscopc " for collecting dust, &c., from the air.* 

 Mr. F. W. Millctt : 



A series of fifteen drawings of the eggs of insects. 

 Dr. Millar : 



A section of Parheria showing tubes in centre. 

 Dr. Matthews : 



Association of corals with sponges. 

 Mr. A. D. Michael : 



Young hexnp(»d larva of Lciosoma 2>almiciiictn nov. sp. 

 Messrs. I'owell and Lcaland : 



Phunmgmn angulnlum and Podura scales, with ./, oil-immcrsiou 

 object-glass. 



♦ Sv 'M. M.J.; June 1. 1870. 



