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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
MEETING 
Held on the 19th of February, 1896, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 
The President (A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S.) in the Chair. 
The President said he wished, before the proceedings commenced, 
to make an announcement which he felt sure would be received with 
great regret. He was sorry to have to say that Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell’s 
health was in so bad a state that his doctors had insisted upon his 
giving up all work at once and going abroad for rest and change. He 
had therefore gone to the Canaries and might proceed to the Cape, and 
was expected to be absent for three months. He was sorry to say that 
Dr. Dallinger was also prevented from being with them through illness. 
Prof. Bell had asked Mr. J. J. Yezey to act for him at the meetings 
during his absence, and the thanks of the Society were due to that 
gentleman for kindly undertaking the duty. 
The Minutes of the Annual Meeting of 15th January last were 
read and confirmed, and were signed by the President. 
The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) received 
since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society 
were given to the Donors : — 
From 
Guide to the British Mycetozoa. By A. Lister. (8vo, London, 
1895) 
An Introduction to the Study of Rocks. (8vo, London, 1895) 
Catalogue of Scientific Papers. Yol. xi. (4 to, London, 1890).. 
A. B. Lee and F. Henneguv, Methodes Techniques de l’Anatomie 
Microscopique. (2nd edition, 8vo, Paris, 1896) .. -.. .. The Authors. 
Mr. A. W. Bennett called the attention of the Society to the little 
work on Mycetozoa, presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. 
Persons who had visited the Museum lately would have noticed that 
in the botanical gallery there had been placed a series of very beautiful 
drawings of Mycetozoa, and the Trustees had issued this pamphlet, 
which was a most admirable guide to the study of these plants. Tho 
book had been very carefully compiled by Mr. Lister, and contained a 
description of every species in the Museum ; and a drawing to illustrate 
nearly every genus, made by Mr. Lister’s daughter. 
The President said that every one who knew Mr. Lister knew that 
there was no more painstaking worker than he was, and students of this 
group of vegetable organisms would be greatly indebted to him for tho 
valuable help this little book afforded them. lie wished to call atten- 
tion to another of their donations — the Royal Society’s Catalogue of 
The Trustees of the 
British Museum. 
Royal Society. 
