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II. " On tlie Structure and Development of the Cysticercus Cel- 



lulosse, as found in the Pig." By GEORGE RAINEY, Esq., 

 Lecturer, and Demonstrator of Practical and Microscopical 

 Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital. Communicated by 

 EGBERT D. THOMSON, M.D., F.R.S. Received February 

 15, 1856. 



The present communication is an enlarged and revised version, 

 illustrated with figures, of a paper by the author, bearing the same 

 title, which was read on the 1 3th December 1855, and was sub- 

 sequently, by permission, withdrawn. An abstract will be found in 

 the 'Proceedings' under the date referred to. 



III. A paper was in part read, entitled "On the Dioecious 

 Character of the Rotifera." By PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, 

 Esq. Communicated by THOMAS BELL, Esq., F.R.S., 

 Pres.L.S. Received February 19, 1856. 



The Society then adjourned over the Easter holidays, to Thurs- 

 day, April 3. 



April 3, 1856. 



Sir PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY EGERTON, Bart., V.P., 

 in the Chair. 



The reading of Mr. Gosse's paper, "On the Dioecious Character 

 of the Rotifera," was resumed and concluded. 



(Abstract.) 



Professor Ehrenberg, in his descriptions of this class of animals, 

 assumed them to be in every case hermaphrodite. His conclusions 

 remained unchallenged till 1848, when Mr. Brightwell discovered 



