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Meeting of 12th March, 1879, at King's College, Strand, W.G. 

 The President, Db. Beale, F.E.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 12th February were read and con- 

 firmed, and were signed by the President. 



The President said that the amount of business on the agenda 

 that evening was so great that it would be necessary to compress the 

 different matters as much as possible, or they would not be able to 

 include them all. 



The foUowiiig Donations (exclusive of exchanges) received since 

 the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society given 

 to the donors : — 



From 

 Corden, G. — The Meteorology of Croydon. 1878. The Croydon Mic.and Nat. Hist. Club. 

 Harting, P. — Eecherehes de Morphologie synthe'tique siir la 



production artificielle de quelques Formations Calcaires 



Orgauiques. 1872 The Author. 



Kabenliorst, Dr. L. — Deutschlaud's Kryptogamen - Flora. 



1844-5 ' Mr. Crisp. 



Siddall, J. D., and H. B. Brady. — Catalogue of British Recent 



Foraminifera, for the use of Collectors. 1878 The Authors. 



Four slides of "Fossil Diatoms" from Richmond, Va., Peters- 

 burg, Va., and Nottingham, M.D. (U.S.), were presented by Mr. C. 

 L. Peticolas, through Mr. A. Allen, the Secretary of the Postal 

 Microscopical Society. 



Mr. Crisp mentioned that he had arranged with Mr. Bolton to send 

 him a supply of living specimens, which he would bring to the Wed- 

 nesday evening meetings, and would be glad to continue the arrange- 

 ment if it were found that the Fellows made use of it- 



Lists of Nominations under the new Bye-law relating to Ex- 

 officio Fellows and of Honorary Fellows were read by the President. 



The President announced the completion of arrangements with the 

 authorities of King's College for the occupation by the Society of the 

 room in the south corridor. 



Mr. A. D. Michael gave an abstract of his paper, " A Contribution 

 to the Knowledge of British OribatidsB," accomjianied by two large 

 coloured drawings and four slides. 



The President invited observations upon Mr. Michael's paper, 

 and remarked that there was a great deal of interest connected with 

 the circumstance he mentioned as to the apparent ability of these 

 creatures to perceive light without being possessed of eyes. There 

 were evidences to be found amongst the higher animals of a power 

 of receiving impressions of light without the aid of an ophthalmic 

 organ. 



Mr. T. J. Parker inquired if Mr. Michael had found out anything 



