PKOOEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 319 



Mr. A. D. Michael said they should not separate that evening with- 

 out passing a hearty vote of thanks to their Secretaries, who had done 

 the work of the Society so admirably during, the past year. How well 

 they had performed their duties was so perfecty well known to the 

 Fellows that it was impossible for him to say anything new about it ; he 

 would, therefore, simply move that the best thanks of the Society be 

 given to the Secretaries for their valuable and efficient services during 

 the past year. 



The motion was seconded by the Rev. T. S. King, and on being put 

 to the meeting by the President, was carried unanimously. 



Prof. Bell said that his feelings, when any allusion was made to the 

 secretarial work, might be compared to those of one of two men who had 

 agreed to share a bottle of wine together ; the other man was such an 

 efficient drinker that the amount which he got himself was only a very 

 small glass now and then. He thought that in the matter of thanks for 

 work done in connection with the of&ce, he deserved the one-hundredth 

 part and Mr. Crisp the other ninety-nine hundredths. It was probably 

 due to the fact that Mr Crisp thought he had usually so little to do that 

 he put upon his shoulders the difficult task of responding to-night to the 

 vote. He thanked the Pellows, on behalf his colleague and himself, for 

 the way in which they had passed it. 



New Fellows — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows: — 

 Messrs. Anthony Dalzell ; C. W. Turner, M.R.C.S. ; Charles H. Wright ; 

 and Miss Mary Ann Booth. 



Meeting op 13th Makoh, 1889, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 THE President (Dr. C. T. Hudson, M.A., LL.D.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 13th February 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. 



From 



Bennett, A. W., and G. Murray, A Handbook to Cryptogamic 



Botany, viii. and 473 pp., 382 figs. (8vo, London, 1889) . . The Authors. 



8 Photomicrograplis — Arachnoidiscus Elirenhergii, scale of Test 

 Podura (2), scale of Degeeria domestica, Surirella gemma (2), 

 Coscinodiscus centralis (2) Mr. T. F. Smith. 



Photomicrograph of spermatozoon, showing filament 3Ir. E. M. Nelson. 



8 Slides of Psamathiomya pectinata. 1. Slide of adult (}. 2. Slide 

 of adult ?. 3. Wings of ditto. 4. Ovipositor. 5. Male anal 

 forceps. 6. Leg with foot and appendages. 7. Larva. 

 8. Pupa with male escaping from it Mr. Dehy. 



Mr. Crisp called attention to Bennett and Murray's * Cryptogamic 

 Botany ' and read some extracts from the introduction. 



Mr. Bennett, in reply to a question from Mr. Crisp, said he had 

 nothing further to say with reference to this book, because in a recent 

 number of the Journal a description was given of the principal changes 



