108 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, 



Dr. J. D. Cox's letter with reference to Dr. Flogel's views on the 

 structure of diatoms was read, as also a further communication on 

 some broken diatom valves, of which a photograph accompanied. 

 Dr. Cox considered " it was hard to avoid scepticism as to Dr. Flogel's 

 very thin sections. Nobody pretends to cut sections of any other 

 tissue even remotely approximating those he claims to make, and 

 the fragile silcx of a diatom would seem much less likely to stand 

 thin cutting than the fibre of wood, &c." 



Mr. Parsons said that in April last he found at the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens in Regent's Park, an object which he considered to be a 

 zoophyte. Desiring information upon it, he took it to a meeting of 

 the Quekett Club, but unfortunately spoilt it. After this ho found 

 there was a recovery of the stock, and he obtained some more very 

 good specimens, but these becoming starved, died out before he could 

 identify them. In the course of the week, his attention was called to 

 the letter of Prof. Lankester in the ' Times,' describing the hydroid 

 form of Limnocodium Soicerbii, found in the Victoria Regia house at 

 the gardens, and having obtained some from the tank, he found them 

 to be the same as those he had previously obtained, and he now 

 exhibited some specimens. 



In reply to a question from Prof. Bell, Mr. Parsons said he had 

 none of the original find, but he had made a rough drawing of them 

 which was handed round. 



Mr. Crisp said the American Society of Microscopists had decided 

 to establish a fund for a memorial to the late R. B. ToUes, and the 

 Council had on consideration of the matter voted the sum of 5 guineas, 

 as a contribution from the Society. 



Dr. C. V. Zenger's communication was read, describing a method 

 of mounting diatoms, so that both sides of the object could bo 

 inspected (supra, p. 161). 



Mr. Cheshire gave a resume of his paper on some new points in 

 the anatomy of the bee, the subject being illustrated by numerous 

 drawings on the board, and by specimens exhibited under the 

 Microscope (supra, p. 1). 



Prof. Stewart said he could hardly adequately express his 

 admiration at the way in which the subject had been worked out by 

 Mr. Cheshire. He considered the paper one of the most interesting 

 that had been placed before them for several years. 



Prof. Bell said that it seemed to him that the concluding remarks 

 of Ml'. Cheshire were of even more importance than the details which 

 he had worked out so admirably. There were some hermaphrodite 

 animals, concerning which they would like to know more ; in fact the 

 whole question of the mechanics of reproduction was one in which 

 the Microscope might be expected to play an important part. 



