PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 277 



which, when the preparation is dry, may be covered with a final circle 

 of bitumen. It is of course understood that I am speaking of prepa- 

 rations made in the dry way only, and not with balsam. 



I hope this communication may be useful to your readers, and enable 

 them to escajDC many a failure. 



I remain, Sir, yours, 



MoucHET, H.r.E.M.S. 



An Ekroe. 



?'c< the Editor of the ' Monthly Microscojncal Journal.^ 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, 



Cambridge, Mass., April 10, 1871. 



Dear Sir, — In my letter to Mr. Charles Stodder, published in your 

 March number, there is a misprint. In the fifth line, the word " spe- 

 cial " should be " spectral " ; it should read, " with no spectral lines." 

 By making the above correction you will oblige 



Youi'S truly, 



E. BlCKNELL. 



PKOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



EoYAL Microscopical Society. 



King's College, 3Iay 3, 1871. 



Dr. Braithwaite, F.L.S., in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



A list of donations to the Society was read, and a vote of thanks 

 given to the respective donors. 



It was announced that the Council had been advised that it would 

 be convenient to many of the Fellows to have one more meeting 

 during the session than it had been the custom to hold. The session 

 had usually terminated in June ; but as many Fellows would be in 

 town in July, the Council had thought it practicable to hold a further 

 meeting, subject to permission from the College authorities, on the 

 second Wednesday of July, the College being occupied on the first 

 Wednesday, which otherwise would have been chosen. If the expe- 

 riment should succeed, and a desire were expressed for its repetition, 

 the Council would take the bye-law relating to the subject into con- 

 sideration, with a view to its alteration, in order that the session may 

 close in July instead of June. 



* Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige us by writing their reports legibly 

 — especially by printing the technical terms thus : H y d r a — and by " underlining " 

 words, such as specific names, which must be printed in italics. They will thus 

 secure accuracy and enhance the value of their proceedings. — Ed. ' M. M. J.' 



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