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read a list of those members of the Club who had served with 

 H.M. Forces during the war, and asked the members to inform the 

 Secretary of any other members whose names should be included. 



Mr. James Burton read a letter from a correspondent in Burma 

 and distributed to the members a quantity of interesting material 

 that had been kindly sent him. The material consisted of all 

 sorts of insects (chiefly Coleoptera, Hymenopteraand Orthoptera), 

 Myriapoda and a variety of objects of interest to the naturalist, 

 such as a trunk-fish, a flying lizard, showing the membrane 

 supported by long, delicate vertebral spines, some small snake- 

 skins and some very large fish scales. Among the most interest- 

 ing insects were some large ants armed with three pairs of formid- 

 able hooks on the dorsal side. The material was packed with a 

 quantity of dried pond-weed, from which after prolonged soaking 

 in water, pond life might be obtained. Mr. Burton and his 

 correspondent received the hearty thanks of the meeting, and the 

 members took home the material, to examine at their leisure. 



Mr. J. H. Pledge exhibited on behalf of Kodak, Limited, three 

 new screens which they have added to their well-known M series. 

 No. 38aM is a blue filter for visual use when great resolving power 

 is required. It has no red transmission. No. 78 is intended to 

 give a daylight effect with metal filament lamps. No. 96 is a 

 neutral tint filter which reduces the intensity of the light without 

 altering the contrast obtained with combinations of colour filters. 



Dr. Hartridge being ill and unable to read his paper,- the Hon. 

 Secretary, Mr. E. K. Maxwell, contributed a paper entitled " The 

 Amateur Microscopist during Wartime," which he had kindly pre- 

 pared at very short notice. A series of mycetozoa and zoophyte 

 polyparies which had been collected in France was exhibited 

 under various microscopes. 



Mr. Maxwell's delightful account of the evolution of the 

 " Mount-Royal Royal Model " and the doings of the " Royal 

 Society " were received with loud applause, and the members 

 present thoroughly enjoyed the communication. Prof. Cheshire 

 proposed a vote of thanks, which was heartily accorded. 



At the 543rd Ordinary Meeting of the Club, held on May 13th 

 1919, the President, Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., in the chair, the 

 minutes of the meeting held on April 8th were read- and con- 

 firmed. 



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