Proceedhtgs. cxxxvii. 



bleaching process by means of chlorine gas ; thirdly, both 

 methods of double staining, viz., by aniline dj-es and by 

 ordinary colours, carmine and logwood, each process requiring 

 different treatment ; fourthly, fixing the colours in absolute 

 alcohol ; fifthly, clearing the section in oil of cloves and 

 washing off the superfluous oil with benzol; and, lastly, 

 mounting the section in dammar and mastic. The members 

 gained many valuable hints. 



The President announced that an Excursion Sub-Com- 

 mittee had been formed with a view to making arrangements 

 for excursions during the summer. 



The Rev. George Bailey, M.A., then read his " Notes on 

 Parasites in some Mollusca," the results of his own observa- 

 tions and research. (Trans. Art. 36.J In the discussion 

 which ensued the President, Mr. Low Sargeant, Mr. 

 LovETT, and Mr. W. J. Fuller took part. A vote of thanks 

 was accorded to Mr. Bailey. 



Mr. Henry Turner read a paper entitled " Lowly Forms 

 and their Labours." After some remarks from Mr. Johnson, 

 Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Fuller, the meeting was brought to a 

 close by a vote of thanks to Mr. Turner. 



The following objects were exhibited : — Mr. Low Sargeant 

 (under his microscope), tadpole of frog, showing cilise on the 

 surface of the skin ; Rev. George Bailey, paleolithic flints 

 from the Hackney gravels ; Mr. Edward Lovett (under his 

 microscope), pupa form of ichneumon of Arctia Caja ; Mr. 

 W. Gibson (under his microscope), young of broad claw crab, 

 porcellana platycheles. 



Ordinary Meeting, nth April, 1883. • 

 John Berney, Esq., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. Charles Ernest Morland was duly elected a member of 

 the Club. 



The Chairman announced that at the next conversational 

 meeting (April 25th) Mr. Suffolk would attend to illustrate by 

 means of the microscope Abbe's Diffraction Theory. 



The following donations were announced : — Transactions of 

 the Ottawa Naturalists' Field Club, vol. L, 1879-80 ; Check 

 List of Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico ; two new 

 Potamogetons, by Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. (reprinted from the 

 Journal of Botany), all presented by Mr. Bennett; "Natural 

 History Notes " for April ; fifth Annual Report of the Erith 

 and Belvedere Nat. H. Soc. ; "Science Gossip" for April; 



