At the Conversazione the following subjects were illustrated : — 



Amphipoda, various, from Hilbre Isaac C. Thompson. 



Bugula tmbinata J. M. "Williams. 



Campanalaria crystallinus W. Oelrichs. 



Elytron of Diamond Beetle E. F. Stead. 



Hydra fusca T. Oliver. 



Piper geniculatus J. J. Howell. 



Piiccinia graminis Rev. F. Ballard, M.A. 



October 1. — Mr. Isaac C. Thompson, F.R.M.S. gave a short resume of the 

 dredging expeditions undertaken during the summer by the 

 Liverpool Marine Biology Committee under Professor Herdman. 

 The results already recorded include large additions to the 

 previously-known marine fauna of Liverpool Bay, several of the 

 species obtained being also altogether new to Britain. It was 

 gratifying to know that the voluminous first report of the 

 Committee would be soon followed by a second. 



At the Conversazione the following subjects were illustrated : — 



Amoeba William Narramore. 



Diatomacese, various Rev. Frank Ballard, M.A. 



Entomostraca, marine Henry M. Bennett. 



Garnets — Philadelphian and Virginian; and Coralloid 

 Silver ; Slides recently presented to the Society... Isaac C. Thompson. 



Human Scalp, vertical section Charles Botterill. 



Insects, various Henry Kendall, B.A. 



Oolitic Grains of Sand Alfred Leicester. 



Section of Echinus Spine William Oelrichs. 



Spine of Acrocladia trigonaria J. M. Williams. 



Sponge, transverse section of Halichoudria Thomas C. Ryley. 



November 5. — Mr. Oelrichs exhibited some seeds of the Indian Plantain, which 

 he had found to possess interesting microscopical characters, and 

 which, though new to this country, were largely used in India for 

 medicinal and other purposes. 



Mr. I. C. Thompson, F.R.M.S. exhibited two recent adaptations 

 of microscopes. One of them was a new binocular stereoscopic 

 prism by Messrs. Ross and Co. and fitted to their large microscope, 

 and equally applicable for high and low powers. The other was 

 the improved Stephenson binocular microscope, designed for 

 dissecting purposes, and which, besides erecting the image of the 

 object, enables the operator to work without any of the injurious 

 fatigue so frequently experienced by i-ontinual bending of the 

 head over the instrument. 



