^SSSJuneTiff] PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 877 
Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society.* 
May 13tli. The President, Mr. Glaisyer, in the chair. — A Micro- 
scopical meeting. Mr. Wonfor, Hon. Sec, read notes by Mr. T. B. 
Horne on a series of Anthozoa and Polyzoa collected during the 
preceding two months at the Isle of Wight by that gentleman and a 
daughter of the President. 
The specimens were afterwards exhibited by the President, the 
most noticeable being Sertularia operculata (from the resemblance of 
the vesicles in this species to the urns of mosses, botanists were, at 
one time, led to claim them for the vegetable kingdom), Plumularia 
cristata, Grisidia cornuta, Anguinaria spatulata^ Notamia hursaria, and 
Bugula calattira with bird's-head processes. 
The Eev. J. H. Cross exhibited an interesting series of sections of 
forest and tropical trees, entomological preparations, and diatoms. 
Mr. Gorringe showed foraminifera, Australian diatoms, butterflies' 
wings, feathers, and hairs. 
Mr. T. Cooper exhibited sections of cedar, human hair, and textile 
fibres. 
Mr. Simonds exhibited antheridia and zoospores of Fucus serratus, 
jungermania. Sphagnum, polystomella from Shoreham Harbour, and 
palates of moUusca. 
Mr. Pete showed, under polarized light, sections of rocks of 
igneous origin, among which were granites, serpentine, jasper, pitch- 
stone (a very peculiar arborescent crystallization), quartz, and lava 
from Mount Hecla, the two last containing fluid cavities, and a very 
fine crystallization of agate, called from its arrangement and the 
gorgeous display of colour, " ribbon " agate. 
Mr. K. Glaisyer showed ova of the toad, a curious fungus, one of 
the physomycetals found inside a lump of Turkey opium, various seeds, 
and living larvae of the poplar hawk moth just emerged from the egg. 
These last were shown under a very cheap but remarkably good four- 
inch objective, by Norman, of City Eoad, London. 
Mr. Wonfor exhibited various salts crystallized at high tempera- 
tures, in which either a radiating or spiral form was seen, the most 
remarkable were aniline, hippuric acid, phloridzine, santonine, and 
sulphate of copper. In the copper the spirals were as true as if 
mathematically ruled ; plumules and battledore scales from the males 
of various families of butterflies, in which they are marks of sex, 
{. e. found only on the upper side of the wings of males. These 
were illustrative of two papers read by him before the Society, " On 
certain Butterfly Scales, characteristic of Sex," and since published. 
Also drawings and engravings of the same, and the insect " porcupine" 
Tingis hystricellus, which attracted attention at the April meeting of 
the Society. 
* Report supplied by Mr. T. "W. Wonfor. 
