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including Pecten varius var. niveus, also Haliotis tuberculata, and 

 Mactra glauca. 



March dth. — Mr. Aldous, in illustration of his paper, Two old 

 microscopes, and eleven diagrams. Mr. Epps, A solar microscope, in 

 illustration of Mr. Aldous' paper. Mr. Sturge, Chamber's ' Dictionary 

 of Arts and Sciences ' (1738), with illustration of Marshall's microscope. 

 The President, Collection of weapons and appliances made and used 

 by the natives of Arctic America ; extemporized microscope. Mr. 

 Oakley, photograph of group of mushrooms grown at Thornton Heath, 

 weight seven pounds, containing thirty-four mushrooms, largest seven 

 inches, and smallest three inches in diameter. Mr. H. D. Gower, 

 Photograph of Calopteryx virgo. Mr. Packham, Photo-micrographs 

 of fossil wood {Endogenites erosa) from Wealden beds. 



April 13th. — Mr. Sturge, Photographs, books, and pamphlets in 

 illustration of his paper. The President, Series of Indian weapons and 

 garments in illustration of Mr. Sturge's paper. 



May 11th. — The President, A series of mollusca and Crustacea, in 

 illustration of his paper. Mr. Aldous, Old map of London ; a naturally 

 mummified mouse, and a portion of incrustation of house boiler. Mr. 

 Goodman, A case of peculiar forms of insects, and a spider with spinous 

 projections ; two photo-slides of Holobates compar and Holobatea 

 Wiellerstorfii, pelagic forms of Hemiptera. Mr. Mennell, Living 

 plants oi Primula farinosa, also variety acaulis, and Gentiana verna. 

 Mr. Marriott, A white sparrow, not an albino, taken at Reedham. 



September IWi. — Mr. Sturge, Specimens of carbonate of lime from 

 Cox's Cave, Cheddar Cliffs. Mr. H. Long, A portion of selenite (cry- 

 stallized sulphate of lime), from Woodsiile Green. Mr. C. H. Goodman, 

 Specimens of the Crane Fly (Tipula) from the pupa, and Photogi-aphs 

 of the effects of a local cyclone near Belvedere, Kent. Mr. McKean, 

 Specimens of Planorbis albus. Mr. "W. Low Sarjeant, A series of land 

 and fresh water mollusca, and a series of Limncea stagnalis. Mr. 

 Berney, A series of Lepidoptera from the New Forest, and others from 

 Croydon. Mr. Crowley, A series of the genus Colias. The President, 

 Primitive fire-making appliances from Raj pootana, and primitive wood 

 lamps from India ; Skull of leopard with malformation of nasal bone ; 

 Nests of weaver bird from the Island of Elephanta, India, and examples 

 of protective resemblance in Lepidoptera. 



October 12th. — Mr. Crowley, Specimen of Zijgmna fiUpendulce, 

 taken at Riddlesdown. Mr. Murton Holmes, A spider, very red when 

 alive, taken on Rhododendron. Mr. Aldous, Large starfish, foreign 

 species, obtained, preserved, from a trawler at Brixham ; Piece of sponge 

 trawled up off Babbicombe ; Pen-like bones from cuttlefish. 



November 9th. — Mr. N. Waterall, Specimens of rock from the 

 Mountain Railway, Monte Generoso, Bella Vista, Capolago, Switzer- 

 land. 



December lith. — The President, Dust collected from show-cases at 

 the Soiree. Mr. Crowley, A nest of the bird of paradise [Paradisia 

 raggiana), with one egg, from New Guinea. Mr. McKean, A slide of 

 dust, deposited on a cleaned surface, at Lloyd's, between the hours of 

 twelve and one p.m. 



