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Acting upon a resolution passed at the November meeting, 

 whereby papers upon Natural History subjects not exclusively con- 

 nected with the microscojie were made admissible, Dr. Moses gave 

 interesting particulars of the spur-winged goose (Anser Gamhensis), of 

 which a specimen had recently been shot in Hampshire ; and Mr. 

 F. A. Bulley read a short paper " On a Eemarkable Case of Animal 

 Malformation," in which he described a preparation placed upon the 

 table. This consisted of a pig which had lived four hours, and at the 

 time of its birth was furnished with a trunk about two inches long 

 formed of flexible rings and ending in a prehensile appendage, with 

 tubuLar passages exactly like the trunk of the elephant. Its ears and 

 epidermis were like those of the elephant, while the eyes were in an 

 unusual position. 



Cajitain Lang exhibited Petrohius marithnus, and Mr. Tatem 

 showed various insect mounts. 



January 18th, 1870. — Captain Lang presided, and, after the 

 transaction of business, the secretary read a paper " On the Structure 

 and Affinities of Lycopods ;" embracing an account of the microscopic 

 structure of the various tissues and organs, and a comparison of the 

 club-mosses generally, with conifers, ferns, mosses, and selaginellaB. 

 The paper was illustrated by specimens and mounts. 



Captain Lang showed mounted specimens of two different species 

 of Acari found on house-fly, also of Coleochcete scutata, and Chcetophora 

 tuberculosa. 



Mr. Tatem exhibited Trinoton conspurcatum and Lipeurus Jejunus, 

 parasites from the goose ; Hcematopinus acanthopus, from the field- 

 mouse; Nirmus argulus (before and after moult) and Colpocephalum 

 suhcequale, from the rook ; the dog-tick, Ixodes plumbceus ; and the 

 sheep- tick, Hippohosca ovina. 



Mr. Simpson exhibited live larvte of the dog-flea. 



Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society. 



January 13th, 1870.— The President, Mr. T. H. Hennah, in the 

 chair. — Mr. Wonfor announced the receipt of a copy of a paper from 

 Mr. C. Eoper " On the Decapod Crustacea obtained at Eastbourne," and 

 read by that gentleman before the Eastbourne Natural History Society. 



Mr. J. E. Mayall communicated a note on the discovery of copper 

 in common coal gas, generated, he believed, from the pyrites contained 

 in the coal. Mr. J. E. Mayall read a very interesting paper " On 

 Volcanic Theories." 



Bristol Microscopical Society.* 



Wednesday, January 19th, 1870. Mr. W. J. Fedden, President, 

 in the chair. — The minutes of the last meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, it was announced that Mr. Eoper had presented to the 

 Society a copy of his book ' A Catalogue of Microscopical Works.' 



* Report supplied by Mr, T. G. Ponton. 



