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March 2Sth. — Mr. J. J. Howell exhibited and explained a New Lamp for 

 burning Wax in lien of Oil. 



Mr. Thos. Birks read a Paper on some "Myxomycetes," which was 

 illustrated by Lantern Slides. 



Mr. F. C. Lakkin, F.E.C.S., read a Paper on " Epithelium," profusely 

 illustrated by Lantern Slides and numerous Microscopical specimens. 



At the Converzazione the following subjects were illustrated : — 



Brachyura and Echinii, various specimens, mounted 



entii-e C. H. H. Walker. 



Chaetogaster .T. Gould. 



Crista aeou.stica W. H. Read. 



Crystalline lense of Frog Alfked Leicester. 



Epithelium of Skin ) 



_. T ^ ^. f J. Jl. Williams. 



Do. Intestine ) 



Epithelial cells of Salivaiy Glands R. S. Sandford. 



Epithelial cells of Liver, Pancreas, &c F. C. Larkin. 



Exuvium of MjTiapod A. Johnson. 



Fungi— Diderma globosum. &c.- Thomas Birk.s. 



Ileum of Cat (transverse section) T. C. Ryley. 



Isatiu — for Polariscope J. Harbokd Lewis. 



New Lamp for burning Wax J. J. Howell. 



Ova and Embryos of Scoloplos armiger, an Annelid 



new to the district James Hornell. 



Pinna of Cow's Ear (transverse section) ; Robert Nicholson. 



Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Wm. Narramore. 



Sections of Tongue — Man, Sheep and Cat The President. 



Spiracles of Dy tiscus marginalis Rev. F. Ballard. 



Taste Buds Wm. Oelrich-s. 



Maij 2nd. — Mr. Willoughby Gardner read some notes on "The Hair of 

 Mammoth," which he exhibited, and gave an account of the life historj' of 

 this extinct animal. 



Mr. Alexander Barron, M.D. followed with a Pa2)er on "Phagocytosis," 

 which was illustrated mth a number of diagi-ams, and in which he princi- 

 pally referred Anthrax, Rabies, Leprosy, &c. 



At the Conversazione the following subjects were illustrated: — 



Amphipoda, various, found on Algae attached to 



ship's bottom after a voyage from Iquique I. C. Thompson. 



Fre.sh Water Algse, Chaetophora tuberculosa Thos. Birks, 



