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Prof. Bell said that they had received from Dr. G. M. Giles some 
deep-sea deposits from the Bay of Bengal, which would be placed at the 
disposal of any Fellow who wished to make use of it. In his letter 
Dr. Giles says that “ deep-sea soundings are rather difficult material to 
procure and I thought they might be of value to some Fellow interested 
in such things as Foraminifera. Will you kindly give them to any one 
so interested ? I have a good deal of marine material by me which I can 
never hope to work out, notably a quantity of well-preserved surface 
material (Copepoda, Sagittae, Salpae, diatoms, and so on). These are well 
preserved in spirit and glycerin, but are in no way sorted. If any 
Fellow would like to take up the job of really working them out, he 
would be quite welcome to them. They would furnish materials for a 
series of most interesting papers on the surface fauna of the Bay of 
Bengal, and I should not care to give them to a mere species-maker ; 
but if you would ascertain if any Fellow would care to take up the 
study of the collection, I would be most happy to hand them over. 
They were collected by me when I was Surgeon-Naturalist to the 
Marine Survey.” 
Prof. Bell said that a letter had also been received from Mr. G. O. 
Mitchell, Corresponding Secretary of the San Francisco Microscopical 
Society, stating that he had sent with it a quantity of diatomaceous 
earth from Los Angeles in California. This would also be placed in the 
Library at the disposal of any Fellows of the Society who might wish to 
take some home for examination. 
Mr. Karop said that some of this earth had already been sent to 
Mr. Morland, Dr. Gray, and Mr. Kitton, by whom it was being investi* 
gated. 
Prof. Bell also read a short paper by Mr. J. Hood, of Dundee, 
describing two species of rotifers under the names of Hudsonia ( Notops ) 
ruber g. et sp. n., and CEcistes brevis sp. n. 
Mr. C. Kousselet said that the first of these had, he believed, been 
already described under the name Notops pygmalis. Mr. Colman found 
it nearly six years ago, and it had been exhibited in that room on an 
occasion when there was no opportunity for calling attention to it. As 
it was already named the specific name given to it could not be altered, 
even if it was to be transferred to a new genus. 
Prof. Bell did not think that Mr. Hood had distinguished very 
clearly in his paper between the generic and specific characters. With 
regard to the name Hudsonia , did Mr. Kousselet think that sufficient 
reason had been given for constituting a new genus ? The species 
at least appeared to be old. 
Mr. Kousselet said it was very much like a Notops , and he did not 
himself think that the reasons given were sufficient for placing it in a 
new genus. The other rotifer, which Mr. Hood proposed to call CEcistes 
brevis , was new, so far as he was aware. 
Mr. G. Western said that if the first species was to be made a new 
genus, there were some more at present included in Notops which would 
have to be transferred with it. 
The President remarked that this was not the first time that an old 
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