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oval, dark and large; antenual tuba projecting obliquely backwards, 

 looking ludicrously like the head of a rabbit. The rotatory organs 

 are small, and seldom unfolded. The eight or nine joints of the foot 

 are of extreme slenderness ; the spurs consisting each of two joints. 

 The three long, slender toes, are flexible and commonly bent outward. 

 The mastax is at a considerable distance from the corona, and is 

 reached by a long buccal funnel; each ramus bears two inwardly 

 converging teeth. The ovaxy is obvious, and the appearance of the 

 eggs suggests that the animal is viviparous. This singular creature 

 is lively in its motions, and it is a curious sight to see the immense 

 length of foot suddenly thrust from the body, in which it had been 

 completely hidden, the starting out of the horizontal processes, and 

 the diverging of the long toes, as these are successively uncovered. 



Length, fully extended, ^^ inch ; closed, -^^ inch. Habitat. 

 North London; Leamington; Caversham; rather rare. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES 



THE BUFFALO MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



'' I HE regular December meeting of this Club was held on the 

 -■• evening of December 13, 1887, in its rooms in the Buffalo 

 Library Building. 



Before the reading of papers, an animated discussion, prin- 

 cipally one-sided, sprang up, caused by the reading of Prof. Minot's, 

 of Boston, article in the current number of Science. This attacked 

 Amei'ican microscopes and declared them unworthy of confidence. 

 It was stated by several of the members that the paper was a libel 

 because it was untrue; grade for grade, the American was the better 

 instrument every time ; that our upper grades of lenses were better, 

 and that America had been at the front since 184:7. Were names 

 mentioned the above statements would be unquestioned. A com- 

 mittee was appointed to express the general feeling of antagonism 

 of the Club to Dr. Minot's article, as it was felt to be a blow in the 

 face to all those who had been working to advance microscopy, 

 technical and mechanical, in this country. 



The first paper was by Dr. Geo. W. Lewis, Jr., on "The Ray 

 Fungus." The doctor spoke, without notes, briefly as follows: The 

 Ray Fungus is a vegetable organism, found in marshy districts, 

 attached to leaves and grasses ; it is readily introduced into the 



