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PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 



The first Conversazione of the Session was held on the 28th November, 

 1888. 



The following objects, &c., were exhibited : — 



Mr. C. Baker: — (1) Portable Medical Microscope. (2) Zeiss's Apo- 



chromatic Objectives. 

 Messrs. E. and J. Beck : — (1) AmpJiipleura pellucida, with new 1/12 in. 

 Oil-immersion Objective. (2) Circulation of Sap in leaf of Vallis- 

 neria, with 1/6 in. Binocular Objective. 

 Mr. Bolton : — Limnias annulatus. 



Mr. Crisp : — Griffith Club Microscope with new fine-adjustment. 

 Mr. P. Fitch:— (1) Anatomy of Golden-banded Fly ?. (2) Eepro- 



ductive Organs of $ Earwig. 

 Mr. H. E. Freeman :— (1) Section of Eye of Tadpole. (2) Section of 



Flower of Horse Chestnut. 

 Mr. H. F. Hailes : — Longitudinal Section of Fuselina from Iowa, 



U.S.A. 

 Mr. J. D. Hardy: — (1) Nummulitic Limestone from the Pyramids. 



(2) Eozoon canadense. 

 Mr. J. Hood : — Melicerta jairus and M. tuhicolaria. 

 Mr. S. W. Ireland: — (1) Nodosaria scalaris Batsch, var. separans 



Brady. (2) Wehhina clavata J. & P., parasitic on grain of quartz. 

 Eev. T. S. King : — Insects in Amber. 

 Mr. E. T. Lewis : — (1) Lecanium acuminatum. (2) Living Larvae of 



two species of Psychidee from Natal. 

 Mr. E. Macer : — Ciniflo atrox, showing spinnerets of a living Spider. 

 Mr. S. J. M'Intire :— (1) Pupa of Cat Flea. (2) Section of Eye of Privet 



Moth. 

 Mr. G. E. Mainland : — Braula caeca. Parasite pf the Hive Bee. 

 Mr. A. D. Michael : — Principal Ganglionic Chain and Proventriculus 

 ("Gizzard) of Staphylinus (Coleoptera), one of the very minute forms. 

 Mr. B. W. Priest : — Internal Casts of Foraminifera. Macassar Straits, 



45 fathoms. 

 Messrs. A. Pringle and C. Lees Curties. — Photomicrographs of Bacteria, 

 Physiological preparations, Diatoms, &c., exhibited with the Oxy- 

 hydrogen Lantern. 

 Mr. C. Eousselet : — Limnias cornuella, a new Eotifer. 

 Mr. G. J. Smith: — (1) Olivine Dolerite, Glacial ' Drift, Finchley. 

 (2) Basalt (columnar) with Olivine, Erpel, Linz, Ehine. (3) Micro- 

 pegmatite. (4) Pikrite, Tringenstein. (5) The Fayette Meteorite, 

 Bluff Settlement, Colorado Eiver, Bluff Co., Texas. (6) Ejected 

 blocks of Trachytic Lava from the Tuff of the Lacher See, Eifel, 

 Prussia. 

 Mr. W. T. Suffolk: — Scale of MorpJio menelaus mounted in oil of 



cassia. 

 Mr. J. J. Vezey : — Salivary glands of Eristalis tenax. 

 Messrs. Watson and Sons:— (1) Amphipleura pellucida, with 1/12 in. 

 Apochromatic Objective by Eeichert. (2) Tentacle of Sea Anemone 

 (Actinia). (3) Trans. Section of Lamprey through region of Ovary, 



