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The fresh-waier shells were mostly Paludomi, which 
genus is endemic to Ceylon alone. 
In the discussion which ensued, Mr. Melvill said that he 
possessed a specimen of a reversed Helix haemastoma, 
believed by Mr. Sowerby to be the only one yet recorded in 
this state. 
At the meeting of the Microscopical and Natural History 
Section, on the 13th February, 1882, Mr. Marcus Hartog, 
referring to his remarks “ on the treatment of damaged india- 
rubber with a solution of magenta,” on the 10th October, 
1881, stated that Mr. William Thomson, of Manchester, 
was the discoverer of the application of magenta there 
recorded. 
MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. 
Annual Meeting, April 17th, 1882. 
Alfred Brothers, F.R.A.S., President of the Section, 
in the Chair. 
The Secretary’s Report and the Treasurer’s Accounts 
were presented and passed. 
