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and libraries were supplied with microscopes, and a lecture theatre 

 occupied at intervals by Dr, Hudson, Mr. Tisley, and Messrs. How. 



This soiree differed from ordinary entertainments of a similar 

 character, by the unusual care taken to secure objects of scientific 

 interest as well as of beauty. The President contributed a remarkably 

 fine collection of slides of minerals, rocks, and meteorites, exhibited 

 by Messrs. Koss, Beck, and Crouch, as mentioned in the following 

 synopsis ; also a number of micro-spectroscope objects, exhibited by 

 Mr. Browning. 



SYNOPSIS. 

 Animal Kingdom. 



KenulinfB, &c., from tlie Coralline Oolite Blake, J. F. 



Polycystinje ; and spines of Starfish Crisp, J. S. 



Hunting Spider with large eyes Fitch, F. 



Ovarian tubes of Cidaris Fox, C. J. 



Sponge spicules ; Laharia hemispherica Gray, Dr. W. /. 



Forms of Arenaceous Foraminifera Hailes, H. 



Larva of Onjijia antiqmi Harris, E. 



Microscope and apparatus illustrating Nachet and Hayem's 

 mode of estimating the number of red blood-globules in 



the blood Lawson, Br. 



Anatomy of Octopus vulgaris — Young Octopus in the egg; 

 young Octoi^us just hatched ; palate of Octopus ; pigment 

 cells in skia of Octopus ; crystalline lens of eye of Octopus ; 



section of arm and sucker of Octopus Lee, Henry. 



A series of ijreparations of insect anatomy, including Mnsca 

 vomitorea (Blow-fly) ; Nepa cinerea (Water Scorpion) ; 



larvae of Lepidoptera, &c Loy, W. T. 



Elytran of Pachyrinchus, &c. Mclntire, S. J. 



Pigment in tail of Pogge Manners, G. 



Blood of Congo Snake „ 



Vertical section of human cerebellum, injected Matthews, Dr, J, 



Section of Ammonite, seen with polarized light „ 



Section of human muscle Ricluxrds, E. 



Section of eye of Moth ; lung of Frog, injected ; drum of ear of 



Frog, ditto Eoherts, J. H. 



Ascidian Tadj^oles ; transverse section of Doris gracilis ; seg- 

 mental organs of embryo of Torpedo Sanders, Alfred. 



Slide of 100 Foraminifera from the Dee Shepheard, T. 



Sections of eyes of Tiger Beetle and Moth Smith, J. 



Kenulinse from the Calcareous Grit, shown along with Mr. 



Blake's specimens Sorby, H. C. 



Young Echinus ; eggs of insect on a featlier ; shells of Fora- 

 minifera ; section of Echinus spine, &c Stewart, Charles. 



Section of sciatic nerve, stained Ward, F. H. 



Numerous forms of Itcli Mites West, Tnffen. 



Various mounted objects Wheeler; Edmund. 



Section of bone of Elephant Williams, J. E. 



Section of Seychelle Cocas de Mer „ 



Vegetable Kingdom. 



Crystals in plants Beeby, W. H. 



Fruit of marine A Igaj Carpenter, Dr. A. 



Moss capsules George, E. 



Sections of various woods Sigsworth, J. C. 



Specimens illustrating the potato disease Smith, Worthington G. 



Pleurosigma angulqtum, Vath objective Swift, Mr. 



Batrachospermum monilifonne Vincn, P. H. 



Valisneria, circulation in, with j^lh Lcaland, P. H. 



