PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Royat Microscorican Socrery. 
King’s Coliege, June 12th, 1867. 
Ar this, the last monthly meeting prior to the recess, the chair 
was taken by Dr. Arthur Farre, F.R.S., V.P.R.M.S., in the 
absence of the President, James Glaisher, F.R.S. 
The chairman congratulated the meeting upon the fact of there 
being on the list of candidates for election, as Fellows of the 
Society, the names of fifteen gentlemen to be balloted for, besides 
several others whose names were announced for suspension; and 
on the passing of the usual vote of thanks to Major Owen, F.L.S., 
for a series of slides presented to the Society, he referred to a 
suggestion he had made several years previously to the effect that 
each Fellow of the Society should make a rule to present to it at 
least six slides once a year. Mr. Browning, F.R.A.S., exhibited 
an enlarged spectrum of the dichroic fluid shown by the Rev. 
J. B. Reade, M.A., F.R.S., at the last meeting of the Society, 
upon which a discussion ensued, in which Mr. Browning, Mr. 
Hogg, the Rey. J. B. Reade, and others, took part. 
A paper was read “On Nachet’s Stereo-pseudoscopie Micro- 
scope,” and “On the Angle of Aperture best suited for Stereoscopic 
Effects,’ by Dr. Carpenter. 
Dr. Carpenter also described a Dissecting Microscope by 
Nachet. 
A unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Carpenter for 
his communications; and Mr. Wenham, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Slack 
made a few observations upon various points, to which the author 
replied. 
Professor T. Rymer Jones gave a very interesting description 
of the larva of Corethra plumicornis, and exhibited a series of 
coloured drawings to illustrate its structure. A unanimous vote 
of thanks was passed to Prof. Rymer Jones for his communica- 
tion. 
A paper was read “ On a Parasite found in the nerves of the 
Haddock,” by Dr. Maddox, communicated by G. Busk, Esq., F.R.S. 
The following gentlemen were duly elected Fellows of the 
Society :—Sir Thomas Beauchamp, Bt., Langley Park, Norwich ; 
Dr. Bastian, 81, Avenue Road, Regent’s Park; Dr. Barker, 14, 
Eaton Place, Brighton; Richard Chaplin, Esq., Admiralty, 
