188 PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 



The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited:— 



Dr. Beale : — Section of Spinal Cord of Ox, prepared by Mr. 

 Robertson's process. 



Mr. Bolton : — GMrocephalus diaphanus or Branchipus stagnalis. 



Mr. Crisp: — (1) Klein's Heating Microscope ; (2) Kunckel d'Her- 

 culais' Compressor; (3) Yerick's aj)paratus for taking four photo- 

 graphs with the Microscope. 



Dr. Crookshank : — Preparations of Bacteria, and a large collec- 

 tion of apparatus for cultivating bacteria and preparing media. 



Mr. Groves : — Sections cut with the Barret Microtome. 



Dr. Maddox : — Photographs of inked surfaces covering pencil 

 lines. 



Mr. M. J. Swift : — Photo-micrograph of Tongue of Blow-fly. 



New Fellows : — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 

 Messrs. J. G. Carswell, E. F. Hodges, M.D., W. Kirkby, John 



Melhuish, J. C. Skelton, F. R. B. Walton, and Edmond Warner. 



Prof. H. de Lacaze-Duthiers was elected an Honorary Fellow. 



Meeting of 13th January, 1886, at King's College, Strand, W.C. 

 THE President (the Eev. Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S.) in the 

 Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 9th December last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) 

 received since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the 

 Society given to the donors. 



Crookshank, E. M., An Introduction to Practical Bacteriology From 



based upon the Methods of Kocli. xxii. and 249 pp., 

 30 pis. and 42 woodcuts. (8vo, London, 1886) The Author. 



Forbes, W. A., The collected Scientific Papers of the late. 

 Edited by F. E. Beddard, M.A., with preface by P. L. 

 Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. xiii. and 496 pp., 25 pis., 

 and 142 woodcuts. (8 vo, London, 1885) Mr. F. Crisp. 



Three Slides, Phyllocactus phyllanthus Mr. J. Kruttschmtt, 



Mr. Crisp called attention to a series of forty very thin sections 

 of European woods, each cut in three different ways, which had been 

 sent by Mr. M. Wilmersdorffer, for exhibition. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson exhibited a 1 in. aplanatic lens by Zeiss (after 

 Steinheil), which was made upon a somewhat new formula — a kind of 

 achromatic Coddingtou ; its great merit being the very large and flat 

 field which it gave at a focal distance of about an inch. 



