116 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. phe Mires aie 
the purpose of acount. I have recently made myself another photo- 
graph of the same band which will perhaps serve to convince any who 
are still incredulous. I send paper prints enlarged from this photo- 
graph.* The lens used was the Powell and Lealand immersion 1'gth. 
Very respectfully, 
J. J. Woopwarp, 
Assist.-Surgeon and Brevet Lt.-Col, U, 8S, Army. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.t 
QuEKETT Microscoprcan Cxus.t 
At the ordinary meeting of the Club, held at University College, 
April 22nd, Dr. R. Braithwaite, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair, 
a number of donations to the library and cabinet were announced, 
nine new members were elected, and five gentlemen were proposed for 
membership. A paper was read by Mr. N. E. Green, “On Ciliary 
Action in Infusoria,’ in which he detailed the results of numerous 
observations undertaken with a view to the discovery of the cause of 
the current observed immediately above the contraction of the neck. 
This was at length satisfactorily ascertained to be produced by a row 
of minute cilia situated just within the contraction, under what was 
termed the shoulder. The observations had been carefully verified, 
and the best means of rendering these cilia visible were minutely 
described. A cordial vote of thanks to the reader of the paper was 
unanimously carried, and a short discussion followed, in which Messrs. 
Curties, Gay, Green, Hainworth, White, and the Chairman took part. 
The Chairman announced to the meeting the formation of the Croydon 
Microscopical Society, and expressed a hope that its members might be 
able occasionally to unite with those of the Club in their fortnightly 
excursions. The Secretary understood that this would be done for 
the first time on May 14th, at Carshalton. The proceedings termi- 
nated as usual with a conversazione, at which interesting objects were 
exhibited by Messrs. Curties, Hainworth, Oxley, Quick, and White. 
LirERARY AND PutmosopHican Society oF MANCHESTER. 
Annual meeting, April 19th, 1870. J. P. Joule, D.C.L., LL.D., 
F.R.S., &c., President, in the chair.—No papers of microscopical 
interest were read at this meeting. 
* These may be seen [after August] at the R. M. Society’s Rooms, King’s 
College—Epb. M. M. J. 
+ Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige us by writing their reports legibly 
—especially by printing the technical terms thus: H ydra—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.—Ep. M. M, J. 
{ Report supplied by Mr. R. T. Lewis. 
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