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Mr. H. C. Eichter : 



Drawings of spiders, Salticus scenicus and S. tardigradus, house- 

 fly and dung- fly. 

 Mr. J. Smith : 



Pleurosigma attenuatum with -^ object-glass, and Podura scale 

 with y^Q- object-glass, with illumination as described in his 

 paper (see Journal, iii. (1880), p. 398). 

 Mr. J. H. Steward : 



Head of silkworm-moth and human intestine injected by Professor 



Quekett. 

 Improved form of portable Microscope. 

 Mr. Charles Stewart : 



Eye of turtle, showing optic disk, retina, choroid, and sclerotic. 

 Messrs. Swift and Son : 



Pleurosigma angulatum with radial traversing substage illumi- 

 nator. 

 Mr. A. Topping : 



Head of Cysticercus, stomach of Dytiscus, and teeth of medicinal 

 leech. 

 Eev. J. E. Vize : 



Spores of coffee fungus, Hemileia vasfatrix. 

 Mr. F. H. Ward : 



Sections of twig and petiole of horse-chestnut, leaf of mistletoe. 

 Mr. E. Wheeler : 



Fructification of acrogens, lichens, fungi, and algae. 

 Prothallium of fern with antheridia and archegonia. Spermogones 

 and apothecia in lichens. Acrospores and resting-spores in 

 fungi. Tetraspores and antheridia in algae. 



Meeting of 12th January, 1881, at King's College, Strand, W.C. 

 The President (Dr. Beale, F.E.S.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 8th 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. 



Fro 



(Hooke, Dr.) — Microscopic Observations; or Dr. Hooke's 

 Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, &c. 65 pp., 

 33 plates. (Fol. London, 1880.) Dr. Maddox. 



Trevisan, II Conte V.— La Fillossera e I'Awenire della 

 Viticoltui'a in Italia. 78 pp. and 2 plates. (8vo. 

 Milano, 1880.) And 22 other pamphlets and papers by 

 the same author . . The Author. 



Photographs of glass crystals J^^r. G. E. Davis. 



Slides of Diatomacece from Illinois, U.S.A Mr. B. W. Thoma!'. 



