68 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Pfesented by 

 Recreative Science, Journal, Nos. 24 to 27 . The Editor. 



Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 



Vol. V, No. 20 . . . . The Society. 



Ditto, Second Supplement to Vol. V, " Botany " Ditto. 

 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 67 . Ditto. 

 Canadian Journal of Industry, Science, and Art, Nos, 



34 and 35 .... Ditto. 



Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalist's Field Club, 



Vol. V, Parti . ■ . . . Ditto. 



Notes on New Species of Microscopical Organisms I 



from the Para River, South America. By Loriug >■ The Author. 



W. Bailey . . . .J 



Photographic Journal, Nos. 110 to 113 . . The Editor. 



London Review, Nos. 50 to 65 . . . Ditto. 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Nos. 



44 to 46 . . . . . Purchased. 



November. 



On the Classification and Geographical Distribution 



of the Mammalia, By Richard Owen, P.R.S. . F. C. S. Roper, Esq, 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 68 . The Society. 

 Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 



Vol. VI, No. 21 . . . . Ditto. 



Recreative Science, No. 28 . . . The Editor. 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 43 Purchased, 



December, 



Photographic Journal No, 115 . . , The Editor. 



Recreative Science, No. 29 . . . Ditto, 



London Review, Nos, 69, 74, 75 . . Ditto, 



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Seven Slides of Sections of Coal . , T. Tupholme, Esq. 



Six Slides ditto Various . . Tuffen West, Esq. 



W. G. Seaksox, C2(rator. 



Southampton Miceoscopical Society. 



Tnis Society gave a Microscopical Soiree on the evening of 

 December 13th, at the Victoria Eooms, Southampton, which was 

 attended by upwards of 600 visitors, who expressed much interest 

 and delight in what they saw, and in the pleasure of the meeting. 

 There were thirty-five microscopes arranged on twelve circular 

 tables, viith. two members of the Society at each table to demon- 

 strate. The Committee collected slides from the members, 

 selected the best for the purpose, and arranged them according to 

 the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, appropriating a 

 dozen to each table. Each member who brought a microscope 

 also provided a lamp, A table was allotted for the polarization 

 of light, and another for photographs. Mr. Eoss lent some 

 binocular microscopes, and their stereoscopic eftect was strikingly 

 beautiful. Side tables with curiosities lent for the purpose were 

 arranged round the room, and assisted in entertaining those who 

 waited their tiu'n at the microscopes. Amongst the curiosities 

 were valuable collections from Egypt, India, and the South Sea 



