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MISCELLANEOUS NOTEi. 



Mr. Ishikawa on " some Observations on Noctiluca." 



October 22. — Mr. Mitsukuri gave an account of some of his observations on the 

 zoological institutions of Europe and America, and exhibited some photographs. 



November 19. — Mr. Iwakawa on "the Japanese Species of Anodon, Unto, and 



Corhicida." 



December 17. — Mr. Mitsukuri exhibited some lepidoterous specimens purchased 

 in England, to illustrate the principle of mimicry. The rest of the meeting was taken 

 up by the election of officers for the next year. 



January 21, 1899. — Mr. Awano gave a general account of his observations in 

 Formosa. Mr. Oka then exhibited two new forms of microtome invented by himself. 

 One was very simple and is intended for use in the secondary schools ; the other was 

 more complex and automatic. Their descriptions will probably appear in the pages 

 of this Journal. 



Feburary 18 — Mr. Ishikawa on " Plecogbssus altivelis and the trout of Lake 

 Bivva." 



Mr Mitsukuri exhibited some Zoological specicmens and apparatuses from Europe 

 and America. 



March 19. — Mr. Miyajima gave an account of his observations on a specimen 

 obtained in Misaki, Jan. 1 of this year, and supposed to be identical with Branchoce- 

 rianthus urceolw E. L. Mark. In his opinion the animal is a hydroid and Monocaulus 

 imperator Allman is also probably to be identified with it. 



Mr. Iwakawa gave an account of his trip to the southern part of Kiushu. 



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