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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 14th June, 1882, at King's College, Strand, W.C., 

 The President (Professor P. Martin Duncan, F.R.S.) in 

 the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of 10th May last were read aucl 

 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. 



From 

 Cole, A. C. — Studies in Microscopical Science, Vol. i. Nos. 1 



and 2, and two preparations in illustration The Editor. 



Geological Magazine, Vols, i.-xviii. (1S64-S1) Mr. Crisp. 



Heurck, Dr. H. Van. — Synopsis des Diatome'es de Belgique, 



Fasc. V. Crypto-Raphide'es, l e Partie, pis. 78-103 . . . . The Author. 

 Hitchcock, R. — Synopsis of the Fresh-water Rhizopods. (Svo, 



New York, 1881) 56 pp., with 4 pis. now added .. .. The Author. 

 Jones, T. Rupert. — Catalogue of the Fossil Foramiuifera in the 



Collection of the British Museum, pp. xxiv. and 100. (Svo, 



London, 1882) The Trustees. 



Micrographic Dictionary. 4th ed. Part 12 Mr. Van Voorst. 



The President called special attention to the donation of a com- 

 plete set of the ' Geological Magazine,' and Mr. Stewart referred to 

 the ' Studies in Microscopical Science,' edited by Mr. A. C. Cole, the 

 illustrations of which he considered were very good, and the letter- 

 press appeared to be equally so. The novel feature was that a 

 microscopical preparation accompanied each part. 



Mr. Crisp exhibited a £-inch objective by Tolles, with a very 

 tapering front, and stated that it was claimed on Mr. Tolles' behalf 

 that he was the first to make such fronts about ten years ago. 



Mr. Ingpen said that he had one of Andrew Ross's ^-inch objec- 

 tives with a triplet front, dated 1848, which was similarly tapered. 



Mr. Beck said that he had made them in the same way for the last 

 fifteen years. 



The President, referring to J. L. de Lanessan's ' Traite de 

 Zoologie — Protozoaires ' (8vo, Paris, 1882, pp. vii. and 336, and 281 

 figs.), said that it treated of Amoebce on a somewhat grand scale, par- 

 ticularly as regarded the larger kinds, and he would suggest to some 

 of the Fellows that they should search for these species as being of 

 great interest. He obtained one from the Hampstead ponds which he 

 found full of minute refractile points. 



Mr. Stewart said he had examined some large Amoebce, a short 

 time ago, which came from Mr. Ingpen's aquarium, and were crowded 

 with refractile points. They were distinctly crystalline in character, 

 and had a vesicular nucleus. 



