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 April 5th. 



The following objects of interest were exhibited to the 

 meeting, viz., a young Salmon, immediately after being 

 hatched, by G. L. Austin, Esq. Living specimens of Palmella, 

 a crj^togam, nearly allied to, if not identical with the red snow 

 of the Polar regions. Also the living ova of Goniodoris Nodosa, 

 from Eamsgate, showing the palate and mantle, and illustrating 

 the character of the Nudibranchiate Molusca. Also a living 

 specimen of the long-eared bat and other objects, by the 

 President, G. Dowker, Esq., F.G.S. Hydra viridis, by Colonel 

 Horsley. A varietj' of interesting slides, by F. B. Kyngdom, 

 Esq. Lai-va of the Corethroea Plumicornis, or phantom larva, 

 by Mr. Jas. FiUlagar. 



Mcii/ 3rd. 



Specimens of Spheerosira Volvox were exhibted by the 

 President. Mr. Haj^ward brought a piece of amber containing 

 a dijiterous insect in a very perfect state. A cruciform rock 

 crystal was exhibited by Captain McDakin. Mr. Fullager 

 contributed specimens of Hydra viridis which had begun to 

 produce ova. Also some smooth Newts, eight days old, showing 

 the circulation of the blood. 



June 1th. 



Eev. N. H. McGachen exhibited a beautiful collection of 

 ferns, collected in Assam, India, by Dr. Dickerson, Staff 

 Surgeon, Cavalay Depot. Mrs. Dean brought to the meeting a 

 large collection of British plants in season, from the neighbour- 

 hood. Some observations by the Secretary, G. Gulliver, Esq., 

 F.E.S., on Eaiihides and other plant-crystals and the decay of the 

 trees in Hyde Park, were read to the meeting, in his absence from 

 indisposition. Mr. Sibert Saimders, ofWTiitstable, displayed imder 

 the microscope the ovvmi of a salt-water fish, species unknown, 

 sho-sving the circidation of the blood around the embryo. Mr. 

 Fullagar exhibited the laiwa of a gnat in the three forms which 

 it passes through in its metamorphoses. Mr. Haj-ward jiroduced 

 some good slides of sections of Bird's Eye Maple, of his own 

 mounting. Colonel Horsley shewed a section of sugar cane, 

 fresh from Barbadoes, under the microscope, with the saccharine 

 matter crystalised in the cells. 



On Jime 22nd, a most interesting lecture, illustrated by 

 diagrams, was given by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.E.S., &c., 

 &c., oa Seeds, and the way in which they are carried and dis- 



