ARCHER —ON RHIZOPODA. 931 
The Honorary Secretaries explained that the Minutes of said Meet- 
ing were not yet written into the Council Minute Book, and that the 
Memoranda therefor were at that moment in another place ; and that it 
was therefore impossible, without adjourning the present meeting, and 
thus giving time to write up the Minutes of the Council-meeting referred 
to, that the motion could be complied with, if passed, and even then they 
could not have been confirmed. On this explanation, the Chairman re- 
fused to put the motion ; but the mover and seconder, and a majority of 
the members present, having persistently claimed that the motion should 
be put from the Chair, notwithstanding its ostensible object being, as 
explained, unattainable, the Chairman did so, and declared it carried. 
The Resolution sent down from the Council was then put, when 
the following Amendment was moved by Rev. Dr. Haveuron, seconded 
by Mr. Mutvany—“ That, while the Natural History Society of Dublin 
hails with pleasure the formation of a Section of Biology in the Royal 
Irish Academy, they consider it inexpedient at present to merge the 
existence of the Society in such a Section.” 
The Chairman declared the Amendment carried. 
The Rev. Dr. Haveuton moved, and Mr. R. P. Wittiams seconded 
the following Resolution, which was also passed :— 
“That the Natural History Society of Dublin are anxious to co- 
operate as far as possible with the Academy on the basis of joint meet- 
ings and joint publications of Proceedings of the several Scientific 
Societies of Dublin, in conjunction with the Royal Irish Academy.” 
The Meeting then adjourned, the hour being too late to read the 
Papers which had been announced. 
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1869. 
Joun Barker, M.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Tue Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following paper contains a complete resumé of various commu- 
nications made by Mr, Archer to the Society, now entitled :— 
On Some FResHwaTeR Rurzopopa, New or LirrLe-xnown. By Witi1amM 
ARCHER. 
[ With Plates VIII., [X., and X. | 
The microscopist, in the course of his examination of his gatherings 
made from pools and ditches, be the objects of his research what they 
may, cannot fail to encounter certain ordinary representatives of the 
group, to some new or little-known forms of which I am, in the follow- 
ing communication, very cursorily about to draw attention ; and this, 
indeed, rather by hardly more than simply pointing to the figures, 
than by assuming to throw upon them an additional light by any spe- 
cial observations. 
