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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
King’s College, March G, 1878. 
H. J. Slack, Esq., President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 
The President announced that the first number of their new 
Journal would be in the hands of the Fellows in the course of a few 
days, and that he hoped, for a beginning, that it would give satis- 
faction. 
A list of donations to the Society during the past month was read 
by the Secretary, and the thanks of the meeting were voted to the 
donors. 
Mr. Charles Stewart gave a description of a supposed new coral, 
belonging to the genus Stylaster, said to have been obtained from 
a small island in the vicinity of Tahiti, where it was considered 
to be exceedingly rare. After pointing out the difference between 
various genera of corals, Mr. Stewart proceeded to describe and figure 
the species under notice, and to compare it with other known forms 
of the same genus. Specimens exhibited under the microscope in the 
room were objects of much attention at the close of the meeting. 
The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to Mr. Stewart 
for his communication. (The paper will be found at p. 41.) 
The President said they had another paper “ On a new Opercu- 
lated Infusorian from New Zealand,” by Mr. Hutton. It would per- 
haps be remembered that in the, first volume of the ‘ Monthly Micro- 
scopical Journal ’ (p. 289) there was a short paper by Mr. W. S. Kent, 
“ On some new Infusoria from Victoria Docks,” in which he described 
a new species of Cothurnia, which had been discovered by Mr. Eeeves, 
and which possessed a well - developed operculum. Mr. Charles 
Stewart having drawn in coloured chalks upon the black-board the 
species described and figured in Mr. Hutton’s paper, the President 
observed that the animal discovered by Mr. Reeves carried the cover 
up with it when it came out of the cup, thus far resembling that 
described by Mr. Hutton, but the latter was remarkable for its forked 
bristles. 
The President then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Hutton for 
his very interesting communication. 
A paper by Mr. Adolf Schulze, “On a New and Simple Means 
of Resolving the finest Balsam -mounted Diatom Tests, with special 
reference to Amphipleura pellucida,” was read by the Secretary. 
The President said that Dr. Dixon had been kind enough to come 
down to the meeting to exhibit the mode of illumination which was 
described in the paper, and invited that gentleman to make some 
observations upon the matter. 
Dr. Dixon said he had really no remarks to make, for the process 
was so simple that he had great difficulty in finding anything to say 
about it. 
