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MONDAY, 13 AUGUST, 1877. 
on AtFreD Roserts, M.R.C.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. H. Paterson said he had obtained numerous spec 
from a pond in the Botanic Gardens, and from the seiko Aaerateor 
to the city he exhibited several slides of thes 
e Rev. Gro. Martin stated that he ‘at: examined the mud 
n 
longipes and P. angulatum from scrapings obtained from 
floating oo He exhibited a slide showing valves of the 
P. angulatu 
a. D. Eins read a paper “Some local species of 
Diatomacee,” with an account of din: siden d he recommended to 
be followed in wit preparation of gatherings, and some remarks 
on the use of diatoms as test cy er he also exhibited 
numerous slides of the species he had fo 
e motion of Mr. H. G. A. Wr san, seconded by Dr 
it was resolved that a Committee should be aaaaiabed 
ri a pi eae alias of local species of diatoms, and the fol- 
lowing gentlemen were ai :—Rev. a Martin, Dr. 
Morris, Mr. J. U. C. Colyer, Mr. G. D. Hirs 
r. Minor read a paper on the Coccus a the Cape Mulberry, 
illustrating the same by ponlvars of the larva of this parasite m 
ts abdominal and dorsal aspec 
é aca PEDLEY oonibited some Foraminifera from New 
uine 
MONDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER, 1877. 
Rey. Go. Marrrn in the Chair. 
e Secrerary read a note he had received from the Chair- 
man, Mr. Alfred seine apologising for his absence through 
professional engagemen 
r. WM. Medios exhibited two ;'z inch objectives, by 
iberz. ese lenses showed the very finest definition, with a 
capacity for working through covering glass ‘007 inch in thick- 
