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Mr. J. Beattie On Photographic Lenses and Developing Pro- 
cesses. 
Mr. W. L. Carpenter. . . . The Composition of Pharaoh's Serpents' Eggs. 
Mr. A. Noble Exhibition of large Paper Negatives by Mr. West. 
Messrs. Worsley and "1 On the Solubility of Chloride, Iodide, and Bro- 
Gillford. J mide of Silver in Hyposulphite of Soda. 
Mr. J. R. Rogers On Specific Heat . 
Dr. Herap^^g^^^^^^^^^ } On the Micro-spectroscope. 
Zoological Section. — The papers read at the meetings of the Zoological 
Section were as follows : — 
Name. Subject. 
Mr. E. A. Praeger On the Food of the Hedgehog, and its mode of 
Feeding. 
Dr. Henry Fripp Anatomy of the Eye of Cephalopoda. 
" " Exhibition of Preparations and Diagrams of the 
Retina and Lens of Loligo. 
Mr. "W. W. Stoddart .... The Auditory Apparatus and Otoliths of various 
Invertebrata and Vertebrata. 
Dr. Henry Fripp Anatomy of the Choroid Gland of Fish. 
Mr. Groom-Napier Communication from Mr. Tristram on the Birds 
of Palestine, with a collection of Nests and 
Eggs. 
Bones of the Dodo. 
- Mr. A. Leipner On Asexual Reproduction of Larvae of Cecido- 
mydae. 
Mr. T. G. Ponton Various Specimens exhibited before the meeting. 
Entomological Section. — Four excursions were made by this Section, to 
Leigh Woods, Brockley, Nailsea Marshes, and Clevedon. Papers were 
read at the meetings by 
jName. Subject. 
Mr. S. Barton On two Species of Ceratorhina, and 
On the Coleoptera of St. Helena. 
Mr. Geo. Harding jun. On Eupithecia Lariciata, and 
" " On the Pterophorina of the Bristol District. 
Many of the evening meetings were wholly or partially occupied by the 
exhibition and mutual interchange of specimens. 
Botanical Section. — Excursions to various places, St. Anne's Wood, 
Portbury, Leigh Woods, Portishead, &c., occupied this Section during the 
summer months. At the winter meetings, subjects principally relating to 
vegetable physiology were discussed, those exciting most interest being 
