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will have a treat not soon to be forgotten. The road is not known to tourists 
generally, but after this short record of his ramble it may be better known, and, 
he hoped, frequently taken advantage of. 
After the discussion the meeting resolved itself into a conversazione, when 
the following objects were exhibited :— 
Male Mosquito, and oral appendages of the female gnat ... The President. 
Female of Common Gnat, larva and head of do.............. Mr, J. B. Pettigrew. 
Crystals of Formate of Copper (Pseudomorphous)............ Mr. E. Ward. 
Hydra Vulgaris, stained with picro carmine, and mounted ns 
asa permanent ODECE secctcosonctet ee oeaceasosucsaherovesss ee Wane. 
Pond Life: Fredericella sultana and Hydra Viridis...... .. Mr. Robinson, 
Larva, pupa, and imago of the Bacon Beetle.................. Mr. Dunkerley. 
Lov erisoy aaa eyes tes) \ WEN Gl pacenandocdcnoe GonBCoOe CCE OCOCECrne COCaCASne Mr. Alston. 
Various slides, illustrating Lepidoptera..............ceeeeeceeees Mr. A. Doherty. 
Sechousiob SpimEes Of MEDINUSS.....s-seccsc.crccneesessnne Mr. Herbert C. Chadwick. 
Mr. H. P. Aylward had on view a copy of a rare work, entitled the A/icro- 
graphia, by G. R. Hooke, published in 1665, and illustrated with thirty-eight 
full-page engravings. Mr. Thomas Brittain kindly distributed to the members 
mounted specimens of Pucctzia anemones, Mr. Robinson tubes of Fredericella 
sultana and Hydra viridis, Mr. George E. Davis Erysiphe Martiz, and Mr. 
Dunkerley several specimens of the larva of the Bacon Beetle. 
ROCHDALE AND WHITWORTH MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY,.— 
The usual monthly meeting of this Society was held on July 7th, Dr. James 
Shackelton presiding. 
In the absence of a paper for the evening, a general display of microscopical 
objects took place: Diatoms being shown by Mr. J. Spencer Smithson, Vorti- 
cellze by Mr. J. Astin, Infusoria by Mr. W. Burton, Micro-fungi by Dr. James 
Shackelton, and Crustacea by Mr. J. Renshaw. 
On Thursday afternoon, July 14th, this Society had the second of a series of 
Summer Rambles in search of micro-organisms. 
Captain Hopwood of Hopwood Hall, near Middleton, having kindly granted 
permission for the members of this Society to ramble over the Hopwood estate 
and through the gardens, about a score of members met at the house of the 
Hon. Sec. (by whom they were conducted) at one o’clock, whence they pro- 
ceeded by waggonettes to the ‘‘hunting ground.” They were first shewn 
through the gardens and conservatories by the gardener, and upon leaving these 
were soon in bracket and bush, by the still pool and gurgling stream, waist- 
high amid ferns, sinking over shoe-tops in the soft treacherous mud of partially 
dried-up streamlets, turning over leaves, and obtaining dips here and there, 
for the place proved prolific of such life as the microscopist and naturalist 
delight in. 
At 5-30, they made their way to the Hopwood Arms Hotel, where the host 
had provided tea. After which the tables were cleared, the instruments brought 
forth, and examinations of the finds were made. 
Dr. J. H. Worrall, J.P., President of the Society, occupied the chair. The 
following objects were found :— 
Lace Wing Fly. 
Larva Dragon Fly. 
Pupa ditto. 
Larva Common Gnat. 
Cypris tristriata vel virens. 
Common Water Flea (Daphnia pulex ). 
Spineless _ ditto (D. vetula). 
Great ditto (D. Schefferi). 
