ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICKOSCOPY, ETC. 899 



Renard, A. — Description lithologique des Re'cifs de St. Paul. (Litbological 

 description of the Rocks of St. Paul. [See supra, Geikie, A.] 



Sep. Repr. Ann. Soc. Beige Micr., 1882, 53 pp. 

 Richtek, P. — Preparations Microscopiques d'Aphidiens. (Microscopical Pre- 

 parations of Aphides.) 



[List of 34 genera with number of species.] 



Journ. de Microgr., VI. (1882) pp. 472-3. 

 Seileb, C. — Remarks on Grinding Knives for Cutting Thin Sections. 



[At the Montreal meeting of the Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. he stated that 

 after considerable experience in grinding knives for cutting thin 

 sections, he had found that the bevel of the edge should be the same on 

 the two sides, and he explained a device which enabled him to ensure 

 the true bevel without difficulty.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., III. (1882) p. 200. 

 Suras, J. — A Collier's Experience of Section-cutting. 



[Jocular story of an attempt to soften coal in carbonate of potash.] 



Sci.-Gossip, 1882, p. 227. 

 Szyszylowicz, I. — Korallina jako odczynnik mikrochemiczny w histyjologii 

 roslinnej. (Corallin as a micro-chemical reagent in vegetable histology.) 

 [Post] 



Osobne odbicie z Bozpran Akad. Umiej. w Krakowie, X. (1882) 18 pp. 

 Cf. Abstract in Bot. Centralbl., XII. (1882) pp. 138-9. 

 Whitman, C. O. — Methods of Microscopical Research in the Zoological 

 Station in Naples — concluded. 



[Translation of P. Mayer's article, ante, III. (1880) p. 551. Supra, p. 866.] 

 Amer. Natural, XVI. (1882) pp. 772-85 (5 figs.). 

 Wood, J. T. — Manipulation. 



[Taking up cover-glasses by suction through a glass tube ending in a 

 small piece of rubber tubing. Also small and light objects by a glass 

 tube drawn out to a very fine point with the smallest conceivable hole 

 through it.] 



North. Microscopist, II. (1882) p. 321. 



OBITUAKY. 



The following Obituary notices were read by the President in 

 his Address, ante, p. 145 : — 



Chas. Joseph Hyde Allen, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., was elected in 

 1859 and appointed Treasurer of the Society at the Annual Meeting 

 in 1862, but failing health compelled him shortly afterwards to leave 

 England. Mr. Allen died 20th March, 1881, aged 62. 



Sir Antonio Beady, Kt., J.P., F.G.S., F.M.S., F.A.S.L. (elected 

 in 1854, died 12th December, 1881), was the eldest son of the late Mr. 

 Anthony Brady, of the Boyal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth, by 

 his marriage with Marianne, daughter of Mr. Francis Perigal. Born 

 in 1811, he entered the Civil Service of the Navy as a junior clerk in 

 the Victualling Yard, Deptford, more than fifty years since. After 

 serving in various offices, he became head of the Contract Office and 

 Eegistrar of Public Securities in 1854, subsequently assisting to 

 reorganize that office. He was subsequently appointed first super- 

 intendent of the Purchase and Contract Department, retiring from 

 the service in 1870, when he received the honour of knighthood. 

 After his retirement, Sir Antonio took a leading part in the preser- 



