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In reply to Mr. Wonfor, Mr. LEE said that the Lobster had been 
traced from the ovum to maturity. In no Aquarium, however, had 
any of the young of that shell-fish been reared. In the Brighton 
Aquarium an endeavour had been made to do so; but he considered 
that the investigations were still just commencing. 
In answer to Mr. Dennet, Mr. LEE said that it was almost always 
found that the eggs of fish and crustacea were round. The eggs of 
lobsters, tortoises, and turtles were all of this shape. Eggs of the 
common snake were oval. 
The circulation was well seen, and some small excrescences were 
noticed on the body, but whether they were parasites or not was 
uncertain. 
Various marine objects, including boze from Atlantic Cable, sponge 
spicules, young star fish, &c., were exhibited by Messrs. F. E. Sawyer, 
W. Puttick, R. Glaisyer, and the President, Mr. Haselwood. 
Mr. W. WOoNFoR also exhibited one of Modller’s ‘“ Diatomaceen 
typen plattes,” lent by Mr. T. Curteis, of 244, Holborn, London, an 
honorary member of the Society. It consisted of eighty distinct 
species of diatoms, mounted in circles, with the name of each photo- 
graphed below the circle, and the whole contained in one-eight of an inch 
square. The names could be read easily under a low power, while 
~ under higher powers the valves were as clean and as perfect as in all 
the specimens from the same mounting. It was indeed a marvel of 
manipulative skill and ingenuity. 
JULY 2ND. 
ANNUAL EXCURSION. 
Groombridge, the place chosen for the 19th Annual Excursion, is 
a good-sized hamlet on the borders of Sussex and Kent, about four or 
five miles from Tunbridge Wells. To most persons it is chiefly known 
from the fact of its being a junction, and at first sight there would 
appear to be little of special interest in the neighbourhood for a Scien- 
tific Society, other than that which the natural beauty of the scenery 
affords, So thought many of the members, and questioned the 
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