800 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
despatched to make way for the family Daphniade, the creatures 
which appear to be the most common of all the Entomostraca. 
The paper was rendered very intelligible by numerous diagrams, 
and by the microscopes of the society. 
Aug. 9th.—Dr. Hind read his paper on Trichina spiralis. He 
commenced from the discovery of the Trichina in England, by 
Mr. Hilton in 1832, and closely followed its history down to 
the present time. The paper was illustrated by the exhibition of 
mounted specimens of muscle containing Trichina. 
Sep. 13th. The chairman, Mr. Thomas Fiddian, read a paper 
on the History of the Honey Bee. He commenced with the 
different histories given of it by the ancient Grecian philosophers, 
and carefully traced its history down to the present time. The 
anatomy of the bee was illustrated by diagrams lithographed 
expressly for the purpose; one of each Mr. Fiddian presented 
to each gentleman present. 
At the conclusion of the paper, Mr. Fiddian exhibited the 
entire works of Dr. Power, R. Hook, Zahn, Baker, Martin, G. 
Adams, G. Adams, jun., Dr. Hill, Leeuwenhock, Goring and 
Pritchard, many of which had formed part of the library of the 
late Dr. Golding Bird. 
Mr. H. Webb exhibited the luminous moss Schistostega 
pinnata. 
