Fehruary Srd. — A Paper, "Notes on the Eyes of Trilobites," was read by Mr. 

 G. H. MoRTOK, F.G.S. At the Conversazione the following objects were 

 exhibited : — 



Eyes of Acglina vinodosa, Asaphvs tyrannus, Ogygia 



huchii G. H. Morton. 



Eye oi Phacops caudatus A. T. Smith, Jun. 



Y{eA<\ oi Blntla oricntalis W. H. IIead. 



Head of Gnat Egbert Nicholson. 



Palate of Garden Snail (jy«Zia; iwo7«n<irt) A. F. Dumeroue. 



%ta.TM\{Amphht.rasquamata) Chas. H. H. Walker. 



SUjlmujchiamiitilus Wm. Narramore. 



Section Tail of Mouse J. M. Williams. 



March Srd — Mr. Robert Nicholson read an interesting Paper on "Polarised 

 Light," which lie illustrated by diagrams and models; at its conclusion 

 a discussion took place, in which Mr. Edm'ard Davies, F. C.S., Mr. 

 Arthur Dweruyhou.se, and others took part. At the Conversazione the 

 following objects were exhibited :— 



Caticle o( Equisetum '^ / J.M.Williams. 



Crystals (various) I 1 Frank Tate. 



Do. from Honey ! I Robert Nicholson. 



Do. Sulphate of Copper ... )^ Polariscope ■( Edward Davies. 



Platinocyanide^f Yttrium | I F. N. Pierce. 



Section SolanuM ticberosum ... I I W. H. Read. 



Do. S\)ine oi Echinus '' ^ F.B.Allen. 



Polarising Apparatus A. T. Smith, Jun. 



Do. do. Cha.s. H. H. Walker. 



Cornea of Beetle's Eye, showing multiple images Dr. Newton. 



Head of Hive Bee , A. F. Du.mergue. 



Upores of Xcnodochtis carbonarius Thomas Birks. 



April 'Ih, — The Members were informed that the Committee bad decided to 

 hold a Field Meeting at Formby, on Saturday, the 29th instant. Dr. John 

 Ne'wton read the Paper of the evening, on "The Later Researches of the 

 Rev. Dr. Dallinger, and their Relation to the Germ Theory of Fermentation 

 and Disease." The subject was treated in a very able manner, and was well 

 illustrated by diagi-ams. The lecturer drew attention to the extreme value 

 which the researches of Drs. Daluncer and Drysdale had assumed in 

 connection with the now famous discoveries of Pasteur and Koch, and 

 pointed out that these researches, carried on in Liverpool principally, had 

 paved the way for the discoveries which promise to be of such signal service 

 to humanity in the ceaseless battle against disease. At the close of the 

 paper a discussion took place, in which Messrs. Alfred Leicester, A. T. 

 S.M1TH, Jun., W. Grisewood, and Herbert E. Davies took part. The 

 meeting terminated with the customary Conversazione, at which the 



