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"The dang-er of the transmission of parasites bv dog's, 

 who are well known to be indiscriminate in choosing- ob- 

 jects for the exercise of their tong-ues, to the hands and 

 faces of their masters, would seem to be a great one. It 

 is remarkable that accidents of the kind related happen as 

 rarelv as thev do." 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES. 



Royal Microscopical Society. — At the last meeting of 

 the society, Mr. F. Enoch, F. L. S., F. E. S., showed under 

 microscopes a unique collection of specimens of "a much 

 neg-lected family," viz., the mymaradie. These insects, 

 some of them much tinier than a g-rain of sand on the sea- 

 shore, are egg-parasites, that is to say, they prey on the 

 egg's laid byother insects — some of them in the live bodies 

 and still other minute denizens of London trees. There- 

 searches conducted by Mr. Enoch have brought to light 

 some eight hitherto unknown genera, and latest was dis- 

 covered at Holloway. Mr. Enoch prepares, mounts, 

 sketches and photographs the specimens for which he 

 hunts b}^ night and by day in London and the suburbs, and 

 the exhibition which he arranged was of much interest. 



New Jersey State Microscopical Society. 



Monday, April 26, i8gy. — At Kirkpatrick Chapel, Rutgers 

 College Campus, New Brunswick, N. J., was held the 

 twenty-eighth anniversary meeting of the New Jersey 

 State Microscopical Society. An efficient committee, chair- 

 maned by Dr. Chester had striven to make the meeting 

 attractive to the public and had signally succeeded. 



Dr. Julius Nelson, President of the Society, made a brief 

 speech of welcome and introduction. He called attention 

 to the fact that the Society is not among the least educa- 

 tional factors in this city. Meetings are held, month by 

 month; ])opular subjects, easily understood, are treated 

 of by specialists; and the ])ublic is always welcome, admis- 

 sion l)eing given gratis. The facilities offered are unique 

 in this city. 



