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ee aalageaa of the feet ‘ae oi mounted by Mr. Hy. Sharp of 
elong, in biniodide of mercury, and using Tolles’ +5 sigedcives 
The aan was to fisale: if the pulvili or the fine hairs fringing 
the feet exuded a fluid or had a cup-like termination, but sufficient 
data were not forthcoming. Mr. Lanz exhibited three slides of O. 
Fasoldt’s celebrated micrometric rulings, advancing ee ,000 to 
120,000, 200,000, and 250,000 lines to an inch respect 
HaAswett, a slide of serpula prepared by Mr. Caldwell’s aneaaiaeie 
microtome, containing 100 consecutive sections 3;)5»5 inch in thick- 
; Mr. Wuiterecer, slides of mosses, gathered in the neighbour- 
Soe of Sydney, of the species Phasiwm, showing the capsules 
with spores in progressive series of developement. 
13 OCTOBER, 1884. 
Mr. G. D. Hirst in the Chair. 
Dr. Morris exhibited Powell and Lealand’ s new solid front 4 
viz., Canada balsam, liquid amber, chinoline, mono-bromide of 
napthalene. 
17 NOVEMBER, 1884. 
Mr. G. D. Hirst in the Chair. 
Mr. Hirst exhibited A. cee resolved by Zeiss’s } water 
immersion objective, in a manner scarcely to be surpassed by the 
new oil immersion objectives. The adam was mounted in sul- 
phur—this proving Dr. Morris’s theory that a highly rnnnes 
mounting media enables low-angled aorta to compete in reso- 
lution with the new oi immersions ; also rass turntable on 
Aylward’s principle, made by himself. Mr. Pius showed a slide 
of the micro-fungus, an ecidium that infests the orange trees of the 
Ryde district. 
& DECEMBER, 1884. 
Mr. G. D. Hirst in the Chair. 
Mr. Pepiey showed several beautiful slides of spicules of 
Sponges and gorgonia collected and ae by Mr. Durrand, a © 
visitor present, and a member of the Quekett Microscopical 
Society. Mr. WEISENER showed a seks of very choice slides 
by Wheeler of London. Dr. Morris—A. pel mounted in 
a film of pure metallic ‘silver, and resolved easily by Powell and 
Lealand’s } water immersion “objective—Refractive index, 2°3. 
