336 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 
A series of slides from the Technical College. (Mr. Ramsay.) 
A diatom from Cook’s River, Himantidium. (Mr. Macdonnell.) 
Slides of Hydroid Zoophytes with tentacles expanded ; also, 
diatoms from Bondi. 
Mr. WuiTELEGGE explained his method of mounting Zoophytes 
with their tentacles expanded by means of the addition of a 
minute quantity of chloroform. 
12 JULY, 1886. 
Mr. Pepuey in the Chair. 
The following were exhibited :— 
. din. objective by Green (for many years with Tolles), having an 
angle of 54°, and fitted with a conical front. (D right.) 
<x slide of Bacillus of Tubercle. (Dr. Wright.) 
“Two new Monocular microscopes by a London maker. (Mr. 
Weisener. 
The peristome of a moss, also the circulation in the “chara.” 
(Mr. Whitelegae €.) 
9 AUGUST, 1886. 
. Mr. Pepuey in the Chair. 
‘The following were exhibited :— 
“A copy of * Cro okshank’s Bacteriology.” (Dr 
A beautiful Radiolaria from Port Jackson. (Me. pie 
fo nae rotifer, Votomata Parasita, from a fresh-water 
po , y- 
A slide of diatoms from Lake Wendouree (Vic.) (Mr. Sharp.) 
ANE presented to the Society a Micrometer, by 
Fasolt, of New York, ruled to the 25-000 inch. 
I3 SEPTEMBER, 1886. 
Mr. Peptey in the Chair. 
-. The following were exhibited :— 
Brown and Sharp’s Co. ee for cover glass measure 
ment- (Mr. W. H. H. Lane. 
« Voleanic dust from Tarawera. (Mr. Rigg.) 
Nachet’s $s Microscopes. (Messrs. Gaunt.) 
_ Spencer's 1 inch objective 40°; Spencer's } hom. objective N. A ; 
135 with gold-plated fronts to resist acids. * (Dr. Wright.) 
Dr. Morris brought Tolles’ 1 hom. objective N.A. 1-52 to com- 
pare with Spencer's on a difficult slide of A, Pellucida. The — 
thane of both these - glasses was of unusual “excellence), = 
as near as could = 
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