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the great discoverer of the circulation of the blood, were dwelt on, 
and also of Malpighi, who first demonstrated it to the naked eye by 
means of the microscope. The lecture was illustrated by coloured 
diagrams, dissections, and living objects. 
The fifth ordinary meeting was held at the Royal Institution, on 
Tuesday, 4th May, Eev. W. Banister, B.A., Vice-President, in the 
chair. 
Bristol Microscopical Society. 
May 27th, 1869. Mr. W. W. Stoddart, F.G.S., F.C.S., President, 
in the chair. — The minutes of the preceding meeting having been 
read and confirmed, and some other business discussed, Mr. W. J. 
Fedden, Vice-President of the Society, read a paper entitled "A 
Gleaning from the Float." The paper was a descriptive account of 
various organisms found by the author in the floating harbour at 
Bristol. He said it must not, however, be considered in any way 
as an account of the zoology and botany of the harbour, as he had 
not by any means worked out the subject so completely as he in- 
tended to do, and that, therefore, his present paper must be considered 
merely an instalment of more to come. 
The following is a list of the various animals and plants mentioned 
by Mr. Fedden :— 
Crustacea : — Cyclops quadricorms, Talitrus, sp. f 
Eotifera : — Motif er vulgaris, BracMonus, ■ sp. ? 
Helminthozoa : — Anguillula fluviatilis. 
Infusoria: — Euplotes charon, Urostyla grandis, Stylonichia mylitus, 
Amphileptus anser, AmpMleptus fasciola, Cothurnia imperbis, Cothurnia 
Jloscularia, CJiilodon cucullulus, Epystilis digitalis, Carchesium polipinum, 
Vorticella patellina, Vorticella nebulifera, Vorticella convallaria, Stentor 
polymorpha, Stentor Mulleri. 
Diatomaceas : — Diatom tenue, Diatom elongatum, Diatom mesoleptum^ 
Synedra tenuis^ Synedra angustata, Surirella ovata, Bacillaria paradoxa, 
Melosira varians, Schizonema, sp. ? 
The author stated he had as yet been able to find scarcely any Des- 
midias or Algse, and would therefore reserve them for a future occasion. 
Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society. 
June 10, Mr. Sewell, Vice-President, in the chair. — A paper was 
read by Mr. J. Eobertson, entitled " A Narrative of a Eecent Visit to 
the Volcano on Barren Island, near the Andaman Islands," which, 
though a very interesting contribution to science, contained nothing 
in relation to microscopical or histological research. 
Maidstone and Mid-Kent Natural History Society.* 
^ The first general meeting of the Maidstone and Mid-Kent Natural 
History Society was held on Tuesday afternoon (May 18th) in the 
* The Secretary would much oblige us by in future forwarding a brief abstract 
of the meetings. The task of employing the scissors on a long newspaper report 
which has on this occasion fallen to our lot, is not a pleasant one, and it takes ud 
much time.— Ed. M. M. J. ^ 
