Vll. 



Tlift President, Alfred Leicester, Robt. Nicholson, W. H. Read, 

 F. N. Pierce, Herbert Davies, and other Members exhibited living oljjects 

 collected at the Formby meeting. 



October 6th. — This being tlie first meeting of the Society since the Summer recess, 

 the President referred in a few well-chosen words to the great loss the 

 Society had sustained through the death of the Rev. H. H. Higgins, a past 

 President of the Society, and one of its oldest and most respected Members, 

 and he intimated that a letter of condolence had been sent by the Secretaiy, 

 acting under the instructions of the Council, to the members of Mr. 

 HiGGiNs's family. Dr. John Newton was elected President for the 

 ensuing Session, to take office in January. Mr. Robert Nicholson made 

 a short communication in reference to an article on a micro-telescope in the 

 Scientific American, and Mr. A. T. Smith, Jun., gave a short report on the 

 field meetings which had been held during the Summer ; after which Mr. 

 Narramore, F.L.S., read the Paper of the evening, entitled, "Notes on 

 Starch," at the conclusion of which a discussion took place, and the meeting 

 concluded with the usual Conversazione, at which the following objects 

 were exhibited : — 



Starch from Potato "j 



Do. do. treated with Chromic acid ( iir,, -kt 



Do. Touslemois V Wm. Narramore. 



Do. do. saliva action / 



Do. EupkorMa^ .pZ.«...^_^^..................„ J ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



Do. Ii- is Germanica, with ixmfloiAasts A T. Smith, Jun. 



Do. Bean A. Leicester. 



Do. Pea (polarised) J. M. Williams. 



Do. Lentil C. H. H. Walker. 



Do. Wiieat (polarised) W. H. Read. 



Do. Rice i T-, Ti,.„„ 



Do. Oats r ^- ^^'^'=- 



Do. Barley A. F. Du.mergue. 



Do. Arum maculatum Edwd. Davies. 



Do. Ipecacuanha F. N. Pierce. 



Do. Pepper F. C. Larkin. 



Do. Bermuda Arrowroot (polarised) ) r. -yr, 



Do. St. Vincent do. (do. ) | R. Nicholson. 



Transverse section Spruce Fir Miss L. Willmer. 



Plumatella jugalis (living) A. T. S.mith, Jun. 



November Zrd.-ih. Lsaac C. Thompson, F.L.S., F.R.M.S.. called attention to 

 an interesting series of studies in Marine Zoology, now being issued from 

 the laboratory of the Jersey Biological Station, prepared by Mr. James 

 Hornell, a former Member of the Society, and he referred in complimentary 

 terms to the general excellence of these {'reparations. Mr. Thomas Birks 

 made a short communication on a rare species of micro fungus, RocstMa 

 comuta, from Norway, which he had received from Mr. A. F. Dumergue. 

 The Paper of the evening was contributed by Mr. A. R. Dwekryhouse, 



