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admirable paper on the subject of amber and the fossil which its 

 contains, which was read at the March meeting of the Warwick- 

 shire Naturalists' Field Ckib, in 1871. 



The lecture was attentively listened to, and heartily 

 applauded at the close, and, at the request of the President, a 

 cordial vote of thanks was awarded to Mr. Goss for his paper. 

 The very patient attention the meeting had given to it proved 

 that the research which the lecturer had evidently made was 

 thoroughly appreciated, and they could not but be surprised 

 at what he had revealed. — Mr. T. W. WoNFOR (one of the hon. 

 secretaries) also expressed his gratification at many of the 

 matters which had been brought to light by JNIr. Goss. Mr. 

 Goss having announced that the lecture he had given woiUd be the 

 first of a series of three, which he intended to publish as soon as 

 they were delivered, Mr. B. Lomax expressed his opinion that 

 the series would constitute a most important geological volume. 

 The conversation was continued by Mr. Dennet and Mr. 

 Dowsett. 



March 22xd. 



MICROSCOPICAL MEETING. 



Tliis being a general evening objects of interest were shown 

 under microscopes by Mr. G. D. Sawyer, the President, Mr. T. 

 W. A^'onfor, one of the hon. sees., Mr. S. Aylen, and Mr. A. 

 D. Michael. Mr. Sawyer exhibited, among other things, a 

 section of stellate tissue, eggs and larva; of moth, and elytron 

 of the diamond Ijeetle ; Mr. Wonfor, larvse of the ant lion, a 

 lobster insect found in melon pits, and two species of the gnat ; 

 ]\Ir. Aylen, a shaving of the horn of the rhinoceros ; and Mr. 

 ]\Iichael, coralines in fluid, with extended tentacles, and diatoms 

 in chain. At a meeting of the Committee of the Society, held 

 previous to the microscopical meeting, it was decided to offer a 

 prize of five guineas for the best botanical collection in the 



