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course was still. It appeared as if death crept gradually over the creature, but perhaps 

 the movement of the cilia should uot be accepted as a proof of life, as it is well knowa 

 that iu the highest animals ciliary action will continue long after death. — George 

 Guyon; Ventnor, Isle of Wight, September 29, 1858. 



Infusoria on a Praivn. — The other day I observed the interior of the exuvia of a 

 small prawn that was lying in a bottle of sea-water swarming with infusorin, which 

 were no doubt attracted by some nutritive matter adhering to the shell. They had 

 penetrated all the limbs ; the legs were thronged, and some were disporting them- 

 selves in the very claws. But it was most curious to see them passing along the an- 

 tennce, which ap[)eared as slender as a human hair; ihey were visible for two-thirds 

 or three-fourths the length of the organ, but beyond that distance it was no longer 

 navigable even for their minute frames, being but the inch diameter. The scene 

 was a Temple Bar iu miniature, and many an atom found himself too bulky to pass 

 his comrade. One antenuse exhibited a slight monstrosity, the 44th joint being ^ inch 

 long, or equal to about six of the neighbouring joints. — Id. 



Proceedings of Societies, 

 Entomological Society. 

 October 4, 1858. — J. O. Westvvood, Esq. V.P., in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be presented to 

 the donors: — ' Biblotheca Historico-naturalis. Achter Jahrgang, von Ernst A. 

 Zuchold;' presented by the Editor. ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' Nos. 

 350 to 302 ; by the Society. ' Proceedings of the Eoyal Society,' No. 32 ; by 

 the Society. ' Memoires d' Entomologie j)ubliees par la Societe Entoraologique des 

 Pays-has, Livi-aisons,' 4, 5 and 6 ; by the Society. ' The Journal of the Society of 

 Arts ' for September ; by the Society. 'The Zoologist' for October; by the Editor. 

 ' The Literary Gazette ' for September; by the Editor. ' The Athenasum ' for Sep- 

 tember ; by the Editor. ' The Natural History of the Tineina,' Vol. iii. ; ' Manual of 

 British Moths and Butterflies,' Nos. 20 and 21 ; ' The Enton)ulogisl's Weekly Intelli- 

 geucer ' for 1858 ; the same. No. 105 ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. ' Monographic des 

 Elaterides,' par M. E. Caudize, Tome Premier ; by the Author. 



Election of Members. 



R. H. Mitford, Esq., of Haverstock Place, Hampstead, was ballotted for and 

 elected a Member; and W. H. Allchin, Esq., 7, Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, 

 a Subscriber to the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. Stainton exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Boyd, some of the latter gentleman's 

 most interesting captures iu Cornwall this summer, interesting not merely as species 



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