adjourned to the dining-room, where were several first class 

 instruments belonging to different members, and under which 

 many objects of" deep interest were exhibited ; especially an 

 undescribed species of Ophiura by Mr. II. Lee, Volvox Glo- 

 bator (alive) by Mr. G. Dowker, and the dental plates of" a 

 Starfish by the Rev. J. B. Reade. 



The next meeting of the Society was the autumn excur- 

 sion to the neighbourhood of Folkestone on the 30th of August, 

 on which occasion a Committee was formed at Folkestone to 

 receive and welcome the Society. About 60 members assem- 

 bled at Copt Point at 2 p.m. on that day, and after exploring 

 tlie Flora of the immediate neighbourhood, descended to the 

 beach, where W. Whitjaker, Esq., B.A., F.G.S., gave a short O 

 lecture on the secondary strata, which are well shown at that 

 spot. By the help of a large diagram he pointed out in the 

 surrounding cliffs almost the entire cretaceous group, from 

 upper chalk through lower chalk, upper greensand (not visible 

 in consequence of the fall of the cliff) and gault to lower 

 greensand. Several fossils from the gault were collected, and 

 many actinias and marine Polyzoa from the rocks on the shore, 

 and the party returned over the cliff to the Pavilion Hotel, 

 where they dined together — the President taking the chair, 

 and supported by two of the Vice-Presidents, Capt. Crookes 

 and Dr. Boycott. After diimer 13 new members wei-e pro- 

 posed and elected at the next committee meeting. 



The President having received an invitation for the Society, 

 from a Committee of gentlemen at Dover, to attend a Micros- 

 copic Meeting in the Maison Dieu at that place, and your 

 Committee having accepted the same on behalf of the members, 

 a meeting was accordingly held there on the 3rd of November, 

 which was very numei'ously attended, both by the members of 

 the Society and by the citizens of Dover. The members as- 

 sembled in the Museum at Dover, where they were addressed 

 by Dr. Astley the Curator, after which they adjourned to the 



