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and corals from the upper carboniferous limestone, Scotland ; and 
fossil foraminifera. 
Mr. Thomas Palmer : Sections of ivy and cane and seaweeds, 
mounted in balsam. 
Messrs. Powell and Lealand : Pleurosigma cingulatum (4000 dia- 
meters), with |th immersion object-glass, on a new formula ; Amjphi- 
pleura pellucida, with -jth immersion object-glass, on a new formula. 
Messrs. Ross : Rough diamond used for turning glass ; and the 
molecular movement of particles in fluid cavities of quartz ; and their 
new educational microscope. 
Mr. W. W. Reeves : A fungus on rotten wood, Stemonites typhoides. 
Mr. Charles Stewart : Gyrinus, showing two of the four sets of 
compound eyes ; those on the upper surface of the head for seeing in 
air, and those on the lower for seeing in water. 
Mr. J. W. Stephenson : Crystals of sulphur. 
Mr. H. J. Slack : Vesicular and other forms of silica deposited 
from silicic fluoride on wet cotton threads. 
Mr. Amos Topping : Section of jaw-bone and teeth of hedgehog, 
injected ; ditto of mouse, injected ; ditto (transverse) of rabbit, imbibed. 
Mr. J. S. Townsend : Leaf of Oxalis stricta, showing cell structure 
most beautifully. 
Mr. E. Wheeler: Some whole insects, and some nice slides of 
Diatomaceae, including new species of Triceratium , Coscinodiscus, and 
Aulacodiscus. 
Mr. T. C. White : Salivary glands of cockroach ; head of cysti- 
cercus : and a section of the pad of kitten’s foot, doubly stained with 
picric acid and carmine. 
Dr. M. Pritchard : Cochlea of human foetus, showing organ of 
Corti, containing air-cells, rods, and membrana reticularis in section ; 
human adult cochlea, showing nerve-fibres and ganglion-cells ; cochlea 
of cat, showing the ciliated cells of Corti ; cochlea of kitten, showing 
membrane of Reissner in position, and the general arrangement of 
ductus cochlea ; cochlea of dog, showing rods ; cochlea of guinea- 
pig, showing a row of outer rods; cochlea of parrot, showing the 
general view of the straight cochlea of a bird ; cochlea of a porpoise, 
showing immense spiral ganglion and ganglion-cells, &c. ; some 
beautiful models and diagrams. 
Mr. W. Fell Woods : Living organisms from the cockle. 
Donations to the Library, &c., since Nov. 4, 1874: — 
From 
Nature. Weekly The Editor. 
Athenseum. Weekly Ditto. 
Society of Arts Journal. Weekly Society. 
Journal of the Linnean Society, No. 58 Ditto. 
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 120 Ditto. 
Seventy photographic likenesses of the late Rev. J. B. Reade, for 
distribution amongst the Fellows Dr. Wallich. 
Ross’ instrument for measuring thin glass Dr. Millar. 
The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Society :- 
John H. Martin, Esq. ; John Badcock, Esq. ; Alfred Coles, Esq. 
Walter W. Reeves, Assist. -Secretary. 
