cii. Proceedings. 



The President also announced that the Geologists' Asso- 

 ciation would have an excursion to Hastings and Battle Abbey 

 on Easter Monday and Tuesday, and that the Council of the 

 Association would be glad to be accompanied by any members 

 of the Croydon Club upon the occasion. 



The President stated also that a letter had been received 

 from the Hon. Sec. of the Holmesdale (Reigate) Natural 

 History Club inviting the members of the Croydon Micro- 

 scopical Club to join them in an excursion to the railway 

 cutting at Park Hill (under the guidance of Mr. John Flower) 

 on the afternoon of Saturday the 22nd April. 



The President said that steps were being taken by the 

 committee of the Club to give increased facilities to the 

 members for making use of the books contained in the library, 

 and that with this end in view a library sub-committee had 

 been formed consisting of the following gentlemen :■ — Messrs. 

 Brewer, Justican, Low-Sergeant, Lovett, Epps, Straker, 

 Sturge, and McKean ; and further that Mr. McKean had been 

 appointed Librarian. 



The Secretary then read from the minutes of the committee 

 meeting held on the 15th February certain resolutions which 

 had been passed laying down rules and regulations for the 

 circulation of books. 



In conformity with a notice of motion which was read at 

 the last meeting, the President moved the following 

 resolution, viz. : — " That the day for the ordinary meetings of 

 the Club be, and it is hereby, changed from the third 

 Wednesday in the month to the second Wednesday in the 

 month." 



This resolution, having been seconded by Mr. Lovett, was 

 put to the meeting and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Lovett then read a paper entitled " The Embryology 

 of the Podophthalma or Stalk-eyed Crustacea " (see Trans- 

 actions, article 30). The paper was illustrated by the following 

 exhibits, viz. : — Three cases of Crustacea, illustrating the sub- 

 divisions of the podophthalma (British) ; thirty-six microscopic 

 preparations of the embryological forms of various Crustacea; 

 diagrams illustrating various points in connection with the 

 zooea and ova forms of these animals ; (under his microscope, 

 i^-in. obj. and spot lens), the swimming appendages of the 

 hunter prawn (palducorne varians) ; (through the kmdness of 

 Mr. McKean) the ova of contracted crab (hyas coarctatus) ; 

 (through the kindness of Mr. Sturge) the ova of spiny lobster 

 (palijnirtis quadricornis). 



A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Lovett for his 

 paper. 



The following exhibits were made : — Mr. Low-Sergeant, 



