500 PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 



Dr. Coffin moved as an amendment that the last fifteen words of 

 the resolution (from and including the word " except ") be omitted, 

 so that ladies should be admitted to all the privileges of Fellows, 

 including attendance at the ordinary meetings. 



No one rising to second the amendment, the President put the 

 original resolution to the meeting, and declared it to be carried. 



The special meeting then terminated. 



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 



Catalogue des Collections du Musee de I'lndustrie. 241 pp. 



8vo, Bruxelles, 1846 Le Bibliothecaire. 



Musee R. de I'lndustrie — Bibliotheque Technologique — Cata- 

 logue. 275 pp. 8vo, Bruxelles, 1878 Ditto. 



45 Slides illustrating vol. i. of the 'Monogi-aph of British 



OribatidsB Mr. A. D. Michael. 



Slide of Halecium halecinum Mr. H. C. Chadwick. 



Slide of Objects found in Flue-dust and Coal-ash Miss Dancer. 



Slides of Sand obtained by washing clay from the boulder drift 



of Minnesota Mr. B. W. Thomas. 



Fish-trough Mr. A. W. Stokes. 



The following letter from Mr. Michael referring to his donation 

 was read : — 



" I send the type series of British Oribatidae which I proposed 

 giving to the Society. It corresponds exactly with vol. i. of my work 

 on the British OribatidaB, just published by the Eay Society. 



The series includes all the species mentioned in the book, except 

 two, of which I have not any duplicates. It also includes many of 

 the immature stages. 



I have marked the slides with a running number so that if they 

 get out of order they can at once be restored to the arrangement of 

 the book. I have also put a separate list of the slides with them. 



Blanks are left for the two species of which I do not possess 

 duplicates. Should I obtain any at any time I will fill up these 

 blanks ; I shall also hope to deposit a similar series illustrating the 

 second volume, whenever that shall be published. 



I have announced in the preface of the book that the types have 

 been deposited with the Eoyal Microscopical Society. 



Finally, I venture to hope that others may follow my example, 

 and that it may assist in ultimately placing the Society in possession 

 of such a collection of typical and interesting slides as it ought to 

 have." 



Dr. C. H. Golding-Bird exhibited and described his new freezing 

 microtome, which was intended to be put into the hands of students 

 and intermittent workers. It was graduated to cut sections of less 

 than the 1/lCOO in. in thickness, whilst in one form it was adapted 

 for the use of ice and salt, and in another for use with ether spray. 



Mr. Groves, in reply to the President, said that he had had the 



