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The President said they had received a letter from Miss Jelly, a 
portion of which he read to the meeting, to the effect that the state of 
her health was such that she could not undertake to promise the return 
within any given time of specimens sent to her to name. He thought it 
was well to mention this because many persons had been in the habit of 
sending specimens to Miss Jelly for that purpose. 
Mr. F. Xi. Bixon-Nuttall’s paper, c On the Male of Stephanoceros 
Eichhorni ,’ was read by Mr. 0. F. Rousselet (see ante , p. 166). 
Mr. G. Western said he could not say anything on the subject in 
addition to what appeared in this paper, but he was well acquainted 
with Mr. Dixon-Nuttall’s work, and was quite sure that his drawings 
and description might be entirely relied upon. He had diligently 
searched for, but had not been able to discover, a single male egg, 
although his aquarium swarmed with female specimens. 
The President'was sure the Fellows of the Society would feel greatly 
indebted to Mr. Dixon-Nuttall for his very interesting paper. He always 
thought that there was no better work to be done than that of tracing 
out the life-history of these minute forms ; it was most important in its 
results, and it was of the greatest interest to them to hear what had been 
done in this direction. Not only was the paper extremely interesting, 
but he would call attention to the great beauty of Mr. Dixon-Nuttall’s 
drawings with which the paper was illustrated. 
A hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Dixon-Nuttall for his communication, 
and to Mr. Rousselet for taking charge of it on that occasion, was pro- 
posed by the President and carried unanimously. 
The following Instruments, Objects, &c., were exhibited: — 
Dr. G. L. Cheatle : — Dehydrating apparatus. 
Mr. E. M. Nelson : — Photomicrographs. 
Mr. 0. F. Rousselet : — Male of Stephanoceros Eichhorni. 
MEETING 
Held on the 18th of March, 1896, at 20 Hanover Square, \Y., 
the President (A. D. Michael, Esq., F.L.S.) in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the Meeting of 19th February last were read and 
confirmed, and were signed by the President. 
Mr. Conrad Beck exhibited two Microscopes made on the Conti- 
nental pattern, which he thought the Fellows of the Society might be 
interested in seeing, although, as they had already been figured in the 
Journal, he did not think any description would be necessary. He also 
exhibited a simple form of mechanical stage intended for use on the 
cheaper class of instruments ; it could be easily fitted, and would be 
found to work very satisfactorily ; amongst its merits he might mention 
that it was very inexpensive. It had already been described, but he had 
