384 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The President announced that the second conversazione would be 

 held on April 22nd. 



The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited:— 



Mr. Bilker: — Objcct-loxcs in book form and otherwise. 



Mr. Beck: — (1) "Complete" Lam]) with glass reservoir; (2) 

 Vertical Illuininator with diaphragms. 



Mr. Bolton : — Larva of Spio. 



Mr. Cliesliire : — BneiUusohci (1) from juices of diseased bee, (2) 

 showing spores begiuuiug to stain ; (3) spores further advanced, (4) 

 in Agar-agar cultivation showing sjwrcs. 



Mr. Clioyue: — Series of i)rcparations illustrating the propagation 

 of Bacillus alvci. 



Mr. Crisp : — (1) Nobert's original ruling macliinc ; (2) Winkel's 

 Class Micros jopc with movable stage; (3) Tolles' Clinical Micro- 

 scope; (4) Klonne and Miiller's Portable Microscope; (5) Swift's 

 Microscope for examination of disease in skin of sheep; (6) Griffith's 

 and Bertrand's Objective Adai)ters ; (7) New form of Finder ; (8) 

 Eobinson's Focusing glass with spiral adjustment ; (9) " Carter's 

 Cabinets of curious seeds for the Microscope," consisting of from 

 12 to 100 specimens, each in separate wooden " pill-boxes " and named. 



Mr. Fowke : — Photographs illustrating his paper on the Comma- 

 Bacillus. 



Mr. Kitton: — Three slides of Diatoms mounted in Balsam of 

 Tolu. 



Mr. Madan : — " Signal-green " glass, cobalt blue glass, and 

 apparatus for showing the difference in diameter of red and blue 

 interference rings. 



Mr. E. M. Nelson : — Drawing of Koch's Comma-Bacillus showing 

 flagella (1/15,000 in. x 2450. Powell's 1/12 in. Oil-immersion 

 Objective, 1*43 N.A.). 



Dr. Ord : — Glass showing erosion of surface by action of carbonate 

 of lime and a colloid. 



Mr. Adam Sedgwick : — Slide containing 100 sections through a 

 Polyzoon colony. 



Mr. Stephenson : — New Cata-dioptric Illuminator. 



New Fellows : — The following were elected Ordinary Fellows : — 

 Messrs. C. H. Freeman-Underwood, M.D., J. G. Gibbs, M.D., T. J. 

 Lambert, and G. E. Tweedie. 



Dr. J. H. L. Flogel was elected an Honorary Fellow. 



