l-iO PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Upon subsequently applying to the authorities at King's College, 

 it was found that, in consequence of another engagement, the rooms 

 could not be obtained on that evening. The soiree was therefore 

 unavoidably postponed until Wednesday, April 10th. 



Islington Literary and Scientific Society. 



Microscopical Class. 



November 24th, 1860. 



Mr. Noble in the Cliair. 



Mr. T. W. Burr read his second paper, "On the Entorao- 

 straca," in which he continued the detailed account of some of the 

 families of these animals, describing particularly the 5;•«?^c^^;?^^s 

 stagnalis, a beautiful shrimp-like creature, one inch long, found in 

 fresh water, and the very similar but smaller Artemia salina, 

 which inhabits the]most concentrated brine collected in the salterns 

 of Lymington and Hayling Island, in Hampshire, and other ana- 

 logous salt-making works ; specimens of which had been brought 

 from Hayling Island by the author, and studied by him during 

 the six weeks they continued alive. The paper next dealt with 

 the well-known family of the Daphnije, of which the common 

 Daplmia pidex, or water-flea, had its organization, habits, and pecu- 

 liarities of structure minutely described ; further details of 

 the Entomostraca being reserved for another communication. 

 The paper was illustrated by the exhibition of living Daphnia, 

 mounted specimens of the other animals referred to, and diagrams. 



January 26th, 1861. 



Adjourned Annual Meeting. 



Mr. Noble in the Chair. 



The report of the Committee was read and received. 



The following oflBcers were elected for the year : — President, 

 Charles "Woodward, Esq.. F.E.S. ; Secretary, Mr. T. W. Burr, 

 E.E.A.S., F.C.S. 



Committee: — Messrs. Harker, Hislop (F.E.A.S.), Mestayer, 

 Reiner, and Thomson. 



After the usual votes of thanks, the business of an ordinary 

 meeting commenced. 



A paper, by Mr. Legg, Secretary of the Microscopical Society 

 of London, " On the Foraminifera," was then read by the 

 Secretary, in which, after adverting to the beavity of these objects, 



